Cathode Ray Tube Safety Issues

I remember our old console CRT TV when I was a kid was starting to go. All the colours were getting fuzzy. My dad and cousin had the back off and were adjusting parts of the CRT tube using screwdrivers wrapped in electrical type while wearing gloves.<p>My dad was a EE and cousin a CompSci. I think even then as a kid, I realize how incredibly dangerous this was. It really didn&#x27;t seem worth it. They did get the colours sorted out and it lasted like 8 or 9 months before it started going again and my dad gave up on it. Seems like an incredible amount of disk to to take to squeeze out a little more use.

The best part of CRTs: phosphorescence effects and vector monitors.<p>When any other kind of monitor tries to imitate what vector games look like or how things looked on old television sets, they really can&#x27;t do it justice.<p>Stella (Atari 2600 emulator) has had a phosphorescence effect emulation as an option for quite some time, but it isn&#x27;t the same. The differences in intensity in ghost images that fade can not be trivially reproduced.

Interesting coincidence: I just got my first LCD monitor this week.