• @errer@lemmy.world
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    693 months ago

    400+ pound television? My spine spontaneously slipped three disks just by watching this video

    • oleorun
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      113 months ago

      My brain buzzed a bit when it was turned on too. That’s normal, right?

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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      73 months ago

      They seem to all be lifting it properly in the picture, though. Putting the strain in their backs, not on their knees, while making quick, jerking, twisting motions.

  • @Krudler@lemmy.world
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    243 months ago

    This is insane and awesome!

    Totally random… but I just found a CRT Trinitron with original rabbit ears and I shit you not, the original Trinitron sticker on the front of the glass :o

  • @statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz
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    193 months ago

    My first job in IT 20-some years ago began swapping their CRTs for LCDs and I got to take home a Dell rebadge of a 19” Trinitron. It did 1600x1200 at 75hz. It had a fantastic picture for gaming. I can’t for the life of me remember what happened to it.

    • @ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
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      53 months ago

      After the divorce, my dad got a top of the line desktop with the biggest crt monitor is ever seen at that point. It must have been 19-20". He didn’t know shit about computers, but he knew he wanted the biggest ones when he walked into best buy.

      He never did a damn thing with that powerhouse but watch porn, a fact I unfortunately stumbled upon when clearing all the malware from shady Y2K era porn sites.

      Folks, never Ever learn your folks sexual preferences.

    • @CandleTiger@programming.dev
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      33 months ago

      I had one like that. It gave up its magic smoke a short time after I discovered you could enter custom horizontal timings in Linux for higher-than-standard resolutions

  • @TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    93 months ago

    I love getting my eyes bombarded with the occasional ionization electron beam fired from the electron gun that make it past the phosphorescent screen.

    I do not envy some of the ocular conditions some of the old long-time programmers in the industry had, although this is from personal experience. All CRTs generate Xrays, even if later on regulation would attempt to minimize the amount generated. and using them should still mean keeping your distance. The effects it has on your eyes are not instant, specially if you don’t use them as part of your job.

    A lot of the excessive warning from screens came from this era, where there was an actual risk. Unfortunately, there are planty of antivax-like CRT-radiation deniers, but fortunately, it’s no longer a problem.

  • Blue
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    73 months ago

    Love shank and his videos, and this one was phenomenl. Truly showcases his passion and dedication for something few people would see worthy of saving.

    • @na_th_an@lemmy.world
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      133 months ago

      You had a TV that cost $40,000 ($100,000 adusted for inflation) and only a dozen or so were ever made?

      • @enbyecho@lemmy.world
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        33 months ago

        You had a TV that cost $40,000 ($100,000 adusted for inflation) and only a dozen or so were ever made?

        I had a TV that weighed 400 lbs. Probably more.

  • @berno@lemmy.world
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    23 months ago

    Really great video! Glad the community was able to help this person out, love stories like this