Amusing though revelatory. I simply didn't know storage tube tech was used, and it's quite possible I walked by them without realising they weren't scan-line ty

Amusing though revelatory. I simply didn't know storage tube tech was used, and it's quite possible I walked by them without realising they weren't scan-line type CRTs. Your video was an eye opener. Modern visions of futuristic tech are a riot. Straight green lines as wireframes on a black background. I even saw that on a tube advert a couple of years ago. The monitors were green because long-persistence phosphor happened to be that colour (though orange was available if rarely seen), straight lines because that was easier for the hardware even though curves were possible just too expensive, and green on black because early scan-line monitors distorted badly when the majority of the screen was bright. At least three tech failings became iconic 'look of the future'. That's hilarious. I watched the original blade runner recently and right at the start a company logo of tree is drawn slowly in green on black. I said to myself - that's done on an apple 2! It must have been impressive at the time.