bridgeenjoyer comments on What do we do when all the crts are gone?

What do we do when all the crts are gone? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I worry this about a lot of things. But what alternatives are there when crts are gone or all broken?

I've never had a flat-screen with as good color or 0 latency like a crt. And im sure they exist theyre probably just 2000 dollars.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works [S] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Aren't they illegal to make now?

You cant just make old things again. If they did, they'll cost $3000 each, or more like 10,000.

Just like how a reel of 1/4" tape is upwards of $50 now. There's 1 company left making them.

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[+] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

CRTs are very simple devices. The only complicated part is the tube and that can surely be automated by now.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

automation is only profitable is you're making absolute gads of exactly the same thing

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if someone like the Czech guy who started a nixie tube factory a decade or two ago could pivot to artisanal CRTs for deep-pocketed retro-gaming enthusiasts.

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[–] root@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think early generation CRTs had mercury and lead in them, which made them not enviromentally friendly. Not too sure if there are any modern materials which can replace the hazardous ones.