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What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations? (pawb.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I'm biased because I'm building up a small collection, but radios were cooler when they were made of Bakelite.

My modest collection:

Also, I realize that digital tuning is more accurate, but there's something I find very pleasant about turning a knob and the station suddenly comes in clearly. Just that little "aha" serotonin hit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice!

Been hunting for an old tube state radio ever since I heard one last year - it blew my fucking mind how deep, rich, and punchy FM radio came through on that little thing. I couldn't believe how good it sounded.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

To be honest, I've never plugged any of these in and I have no idea if they work. They probably don't because I was getting them at thrift stores for like $20.

But I do want to get a working one eventually. When I see the working ones on eBay they're much pricier.

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