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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Sometimes I think about how some technologies could have evolved if they didn't get out of fashion. I always thought it's a bit unfair to compare products made decades ago with new ones and use it as a comparison for the whole technology.

In the case of crts, it would be totally possible to make them with modern aspect ratio and resolutions. The greatest challenges would probably be size, weight and power consumption.