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I hope this doesn’t exacerbate the shortage of CRTs. These are extremely valuable for retro gaming. Old LCDs would be just fine for reading Wikipedia. CRTs are
by chongli 7y ago
I hope this doesn’t exacerbate the shortage of CRTs. These are extremely valuable for retro gaming. Old LCDs would be just fine for reading Wikipedia. CRTs are irreplaceable.
- Scoundreller 7y agoWhat’s my grandpa’s 32” worth anyway?
- TotempaaltJ 7y agoDo you truly believe that retro gaming provides higher value than providing unconnected communities with access to Wikipedia and associated knowledge sources?
- goda90 7y agoThe point that you and GP are missing is that these CRTs are what they have lying around in their area already. They aren't coming to the United State and such to buy up CRTs. The could just as easily use flat panels if they are available.
- reaperducer 7y agoI drop off donations at Goodwill every month or so. I see no "shortage" of CRTs.
- chungus_khan 7y agoOld CRTs are generally pretty easy to find cheap at boot sales and junk shops though, and the ones used for things like this would most likely be sourced local to the region they are being used in (and as such appropriate to whatever TV standard is used regionally and probably not compatible with yours).
- ddingus 7y agoFor now. This nice time will end. If you like CRT displays, get one or two you really like. Now is the time! Personally, I picked up a PVM for watching SD content. It looks amazing.