Think that apple should make a CRT based iMac again?

[chrfr]

Perhaps it was the way I was reading it, but I thought the tone of the article was "novelty," not "realistic technology vector."

I do remember how excited I was to get my 20-inch Sony monitor, which if memory serves weighed 80 pounds. I also remember being amazed at how much better my first Dell 17-in LCD display looked. Built like a tank (still works), easier to look at for long periods of time, and sharp as a tack.

Then there was our 32in (?) Sony XBR TV. Had a cabinet built around the dimensions for it, but the cabinet maker forgot to account for the weight, and the 1-in-thick shelf bowed in the middle. The instruction manual clearly stated that it was not a 1-person job to move. I think it was 180 pounds.

Would probably have to reinforce the house to have the CRT equivalent to the 55-in Samsung we have now.

I have a friend who had a Mitsubishi 40-inch CRT TV. I distinctly remember that the weight listed on the TV itself was 286 pounds. the TV had 4 handles on the side and when you lifted it, it wanted to tip onto its face because the glass was so thick. Unfortunately I had to help move it several times and it offered nothing a current flat panel TV doesn't do better.

 

[wardie]

I have a friend who had a Mitsubishi 40-inch CRT TV. I distinctly remember that the weight listed on the TV itself was 286 pounds. the TV had 4 handles on the side and when you lifted it, it wanted to tip onto its face because the glass was so thick. Unfortunately I had to help move it several times and it offered nothing a current flat panel TV doesn't do better.

It’s a lot less stealable? Its gravitational mass impacts tide timetables locally?

 

[Ledgem]

CRTs are superior to LCDs in every way except size and weight.

This is directly from the article you shared:

Within PC gaming circles, some people insist that cathode ray tube monitors, despite their lower resolutions, smaller screens, and considerable bulk, are superior for games because they respond to input faster and have less motion blur than LCDs.

And then there's this:

In fairness, LCD panel makers have done a lot to close the gap with CRTs. Young points out that liquid crystals twist faster than they used to, and LCD panels can further reduce latency and motion blur by buffering an additional frame in their timing controllers or inserting artificial frames.

The entire article basically extolls CRTs as being superior for gaming only, and only because of the refresh rate. They admit the shortcomings; it's far from being "superior in every way." The interesting point for me is that while they mention faster refresh rates, there are no mention of numbers or measurements. Is there really a difference, or is this some nostalgic placebo effect? My hardcore gaming days are over, but I don't recall feeling any penalty in going from a CRT to an LCD, even when LCDs were newer technology. You also don't see CRTs being used even in the professional gaming circuits.

I agree with the comment previously that the article seems more about novelty rather than some true benefit.

 

[chrfr]

It’s a lot less stealable? Its gravitational mass impacts tide timetables locally?

It’s also able to flatten small children with little effort and with no damage to the TV itself.

 

[TheIntruder]

Energy consumption
Reliability
Cost
Turn-on time
Burn-in

The list could be longer. The demise of the CRT is good riddance.

Lead

Geometry
Overscan
Sensitivity to magnetic fields
High-voltage danger to service personnel

Who doesn't miss stumbling around in the service menus of your TV trying to tweak it to get the best picture?

IIRC, either the monster 36" Sony or 40" Mitsubishi had some sort of setting to crudely compensate for the orientation of the Earth's magnetic field where it was used.

Sony had a 43" pro monitor that weighed 440 lbs. Mitsubishi supposedly experimented with even larger tubes that had too many issues to consider making them saleable products.

Being freed from the physical constraints of CRTs has had a big effect on architecture and how people live.

 

[Zdigital2015]

I don’t miss the days of moving 20” CRTs from place to place for office moves and reorganizations. The occasional larger monitor or two...however, the sense of nostalgia in this thread is roughly equivalent to waking up in an ice bath with a kidney missing in a seedy motel. All the bad things are still there and no one is going to crank up the manufacturing lines for misguided Luddites or a small cadre of gamers. I’m astounded this thread has gone on for this long. LCD flat panels are the future and the future is now.

 

[Fishrrman]

Why not re-issue the 9" B&W Macintosh SE, while they're at it...?

 

[Zdigital2015]

Why not re-issue the 9" B&W Macintosh SE, while they're at it...?

Make it an SE/30 and I'm in!

 

[retta283]

I have 15" LCD panels that I purchased between 2001-2002, I was glad to move away from CRTs. While the image can be very high quality, the CRT is far too bulky to come back. Not to mention the materials used to build them, power usage etc.

CRTs died a long, long time ago. They will not come back. Sorry if that upsets you but people have moved on.

 

[CE3]