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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Plus these things used a fresnel lens to make the image as big as it was, which meant that you had to sit in exactly the right spot to be able to even see anything. It's like how VR headsets are blurry and dim if you're not wearing them properly; same issue with these TVs.

And then there's the fact that they would get dimmer and dimmer over time (within 5-10 years), which surely didn't help matters much. Honestly you were much better off with a CRT over one of these old rear-projection TVs back in the day.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The viewing angles werent that bad. Honestly better than even a modern LCD TN panel. Also, only the newer lcd projectors had the dimming issues. Older models were 3 crts in a trench coat. They have a whole suite of issues on their own.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You gotta replace the lens juice

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but I don't know anybody who actually did that. Most people get a new TV every 5-10 years anyway, and by then, plasmas were affordable and widely available.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

There were also...I remember a certain class of rear projection TVs from around the turn of the century that were a lot more compact than the gigantic box type from the 90's. Similar technology but just not as boxy, often available in 16:9 that weren't plasma or LCD panels.

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The... Wat?

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2A0fK6NlXY

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRT_projector

The glycol may also react with the aluminum in the CRT cooling system and crystallize over many cooling and heating cycles creating CRT fungus, which degrades image quality since its optical properties are different than that of the surrounding glycol.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

You guys sound like David Silver from 90210. Can't remember the episode, but the gang plays poker in a beach club house or something and Silver geeks out about back projection TVs