CRT television
Boxy old display
A CRT television uses a cathode ray tube to display images—the bulky, heavy sets that dominated homes before flat screens.
The technology fires electron beams at a phosphorescent screen to create the picture.
CRTs are now largely obsolete but prized by retro gaming enthusiasts for their response time and how they render older graphics: The PlayStation looks better on a CRT television.
- picture tubeElectron beam display
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- tube TVElectron-beam picture box
- staticWithout motion or change
- static electricityAccumulated surface charge
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