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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by VinesNFluff@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] anzo@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

dial-up modem-router noises when connecting to the Internet

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[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Pre LCD/LED tech for numeral displays. Nixie tubes kicked so much ass, shame they are hard and expensive to source now.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

A bunch of tiny lightbulbs that use twisted light and quantum mechanics to turn on or off.

[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did someone say CRT??? https://lemmy.world/c/crtart

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[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

"Steam gauges" on car/plane instrument panels. Yeah, digital displays are cheaper to manufacture and less prone to failure, but they kinda suck the fun out of it.

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