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Late in the 90s we had a 27” CRT. That was absolutely sold as a big screen. I don’t think you could get much bigger. Past that you had projection TVs. They cou
by MBCook 2y ago
Late in the 90s we had a 27” CRT. That was absolutely sold as a big screen. I don’t think you could get much bigger.
Past that you had projection TVs. They could get way bigger but the picture was also dimmer and perhaps not as sharp? I only remember being around one a few times, we never had one.
- sgerenser 2y agoCRT TVs up to 36” were widely available (although expensive) in the 90s. Projection sets usually started at 42 or 43”.
- nyanpasu64 2y agoMy impression is that projection TVs reflect/diffuse even more of ambient light than regular CRTs, making black areas of the image look gray (regular CRTs already reflect more light than LCD-like monitors, though CRTs could be tinted to improve contrast at the cost of brightness).
- hulitu 2y ago> Late in the 90s we had a 27” CRT. That was absolutely sold as a big screen. I don’t think you could get much bigger. CRTs were 4:3 aspect ratio. I remember that a 19" CRT was about the same size as a 21" LCD with 16:9 aspect ratio.
- rasz 2y agoHeight, it was same height until you rotated LCD killing this nonsense argument :)