Comment on What do we do when all the crts are gone?
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 20 hours agoAren’t they illegal to make now?
You cant just make old things again. If they did, they’ll cost $3000 each, or more like 10,000.
Just like how a reel of 1/4" tape is upwards of $50 now. There’s 1 company left making them.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 hours ago
CRTs are very simple devices. The only complicated part is the tube and that can surely be automated by now.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
automation is only profitable is you’re making absolute gads of exactly the same thing
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 18 hours ago
I wonder if someone like the Czech guy who started a nixie tube factory a decade or two ago could pivot to artisanal CRTs for deep-pocketed retro-gaming enthusiasts.