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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That was the thing with these old heavy CRTs ... they could take a beating .. they could also give a beating.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    have you really used a CRT if you haven't learned how to smack it back into working?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    lol ... I had a few family members with that mentality ... you gave it a few gentle smacks to try to coax it to work and often it did work ... but when it didn't, they'd hit it harder, then harder, then harder until the screen just turned into horizontal or diagonal static which usually meant the thing was destroyed.

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