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Old 12-02-2010, 11:54 AM
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REAL TVs have TUBES!
 
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The early CRTs had sulfide phosphor, which caused the greens and reds to be much deeper. After the mid-50s, they went to rare earth phosphors, which made less-deep greens, and orangish reds.

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