CRT displays are still being made. These are small for specialized uses. They are still being refurbished too.<p>To me, a good plasma display offers a lot of what people like about the CRT. Phosphorus glowing in tubes are fast and high contrast. And maybe the micro-LED displays will be similar. Pixels lighting up, are still nicer than trying to block always on bright light.<p>Those things said, people like the CRT.<p>One mounted in a cabinet, for example, will deliver a really compelling experience! About the only thing I can see competing is a laser projection of some kind.<p>Really high refresh, interlaced CRT rasters have a look too. So does higher refresh rate, progressive scanned motion.<p>Maybe this ends up like vinyl. We have not lost the tech yet. Maybe there will be a return like we have seen for vinyl.<p>And here is an idea for someone:<p>Make the shadow mask on glass and enclose it in a vacuum, but not big like we need for an electron gun. Just big enough to enclose the phosphor.<p>Then, from the rear, excite the phosphor with lasers. Or even a few groups of them to get a full, high speed raster made up of multiple smaller ones all running in parallel. Think 4 rectangular displays stacked together with their longer edges touching.<p>Doing that keeps the deflection angle down.<p>And the lasers can be enclosed. But it won't be necessary to pull a high vacuum for the whole thing. Just the thin, front, phosphor portion. And that could be replaced when it gets tired, and or when burned in, or scratched up.<p>Registration becomes a software problem.<p>Good displays have .01x inch phosphor dot pitches. Violet light is orders better at 0.000015 inches. Light just outside visible would work great.<p>The phosphor glass assembly could be recycled or refurbished and relaxed vacuum requirements means avoiding toxic glass.<p>I bet a display like that would deliver the CRT experience and then some.<p>Someone go make the thing. I want one.<p>Or, maybe I hit the lottery! Then I will make my own.