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   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
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   On 2026/3/6 17:33:38, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   > On 3/7/2026 1:09 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Thought just occurred to me: does friend have a TV? These days (in UK   
   >> anyway), even a relatively old TV is likely to have an HDMI input. (Take   
   >> a cable though!). If he has a cable, he could even try ....   
   >   
   > Anyone got a friend or cousin that still watchs CRT TV? Some said CRT's   
   > picture quality was better than any LCD/LED TV. :)   
   >   
   I still have a couple (with set-top boxes) in little-used rooms. I could   
   probably replace them with ones people are giving away - certainly, I   
   could get cheap ones from charity shops.   
      
   I think the CRT-pictures-better is now similar to the vinyl lobby. There   
   _was_ a period when they had a certain something that some LCD ones   
   didn't; I haven't really experienced a true LED TV (meaning LED pixels,   
   not LED backlight) in other than a store environment, so can't say, but   
   I _suspect_ those are comparable. (I'd say a CRT picture was better _in   
   some ways_ than an LCD one of the same resolution - though lost out in   
   others, in particular ability to work well in a well-lit environment,   
   such as sunlight.) Resolution is probably going to be the main kicker   
   nowadays: CRT sets with more than SD were quite rare birds, whereas most   
   LCD screens are at least 720.   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is   
   too dark to read." - Groucho Marx   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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