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Post #1535950

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Marooned Biker Scout
Parent topic
Unique ways of watching/displaying the Star Wars movies
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Date created
26-Apr-2023, 6:23 PM

screams in the void said:

I have had this tape since I bought the boxed set in 92 and I think I enjoyed watching it today almost as much as the day I bought it and watched it on the 50 inch CRT rear projection tv my folks had back then . The tape still plays great after all these years ,only a little tracking issues/static lines right as the credits roll and then it clears up .I also plugged a set of quality stereo headphones into the tv for added enjoyment . Is it just me , or did some of those early LCD TVs have some better vivid colors

You may have to explain what tracking issues are to the younger members on here! 😉

Up until a few years ago some of the architects at my old work place swore by the old CRT screens. They reckoned the CRTs gave far more accurate colours than the flat panels, and a wider range or something like that. I always thought it was because they wanted to keep er the bigger desks, as anyone who had a flat screen had to have a modern sleek (and cheap) looking desk. Maybe there was actually something to those CRTs. They certainly lasted longer than many of the newer flatscreens at our place.

Retro gamers seem to want to play their old systems on CRT TVs when possible, but that could be due to the connectors, and not wanting to pay for expensive adapters?