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Posted by IGot2P on January 24, 2008, 2:24 pm
Dave Martindale wrote:
>
>>>> Did they also call it a "flat screen"? :-)
>
>>> If the CRT is flat and not convex they can call it "flat screen"
>>> because it is.
>
>> They call it a "flat screen" to fool people into buying it thinking
>> it is a flat panel TV like an LCD screen. "Flat Screen" was never
>> marketing hype before flat panels were on the market.
>
> No, flat screen CRTs appeared years ago, well before LCD screens were
> any sort of reasonable alternative to CRTs. Flat screen CRTs *were*
> different, and commanded a price premium over, non-flat CRTs. The
> standard Trinitron or equivalent slot-mask tube typically had a
> cylindrical face, while delta-gun CRTs typically had a somewhat
> spherical screen face.
>
> (I'm typing this on a flat-screen CRT, a ViewSonic EF70).
>
> Dave
Well said, I am also using a flat screen CRT that is several years old,
a ViewSonic E70fb.
Don
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