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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·13 days agoI’ve never had a CRT TV that lasted more than ten years.
minus-squarejustdaveisfine@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·13 days agoAll of mine did but got increasingly quirkier over time. Sometimes you needed to hit it on top to get the picture looking right. Audio got crackly. The component cables needed a fine touch to display the picture correctly. That sort of fun stuff.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·13 days ago Sometimes you needed to hit it on top to get the picture looking right. Ah yes, percussive maintenance.
minus-squarejustdaveisfine@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoIt took skill to do it right. If you hit it too hard, it got worse, so the smack needed finesse.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoMy parents black and white set from the sixties was like that. They refused to replace it until the mid eighties.
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·13 days agoThe soup pot we used to whack the TV with when it cut to static has outlasted the TV and the channels displayed on it.
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·13 days agoI’ve never had a CRT fail on me.
minus-squarepewpew@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days agoIn the late 90s to early 2000s they made cheap plastic crap, the circuit board could break if you pushed the power button too hard
I’ve never had a CRT TV that lasted more than ten years.
All of mine did but got increasingly quirkier over time. Sometimes you needed to hit it on top to get the picture looking right. Audio got crackly. The component cables needed a fine touch to display the picture correctly.
That sort of fun stuff.
Ah yes, percussive maintenance.
It took skill to do it right. If you hit it too hard, it got worse, so the smack needed finesse.
My parents black and white set from the sixties was like that. They refused to replace it until the mid eighties.
The soup pot we used to whack the TV with when it cut to static has outlasted the TV and the channels displayed on it.
I’ve never had a CRT fail on me.
In the late 90s to early 2000s they made cheap plastic crap, the circuit board could break if you pushed the power button too hard