The static on old CRT TVs with rabbit ears was the cosmic microwave background. No one in the last 25 years has ever seen it.
I have seen this on a much newer TV last year. It didnt just disappear
If they ever watch Poltergeist they'll know it's the TV people trying to get out.
or a new smaller tv sitting on top of the old, wood frame tv as a stand now
Dude Flatscreen HDTVs were expensive even in 2008, and cable actually got worse for higher price so most people were hooked into local broadcast.
Umm… I had a CRT until 2009 and even sold it to someone.
Was it just me or has anyone seen or make out patterns while staring at it? I sometimes found it amusing
2007er here, I grew up with a CRT as the TV in our second living room, I'd occasionally watch stuff like Bob the builder and others, but since it was all on analog tv, channels started displaying lots of static, pretty much only like 2 or 3 channels were working last I saw.
Also we had that CRT TV until 2018, then chucked it in the store room, then threw it out in 2020, I kinda miss it, kinda don't, idk.
My mother had one of these. I got to use it as a hand-me-down as a teenager because my mother was abusive AF.
For clarity, the subject of the TV wasn't the abusive part. Her rationale of "I didn't have one when I was a kid so you don't get to have one while you're a kid" was. It didn't apply just to the TV.
Same lol. Only 3 channels until I was 12 or so and no internet in the house until I was 15 or 16.
You mean the attack of the ants?
I have an old mini tv(the kind that took C cell batteries) that can still pickup the good ol CMB!
uhhh, yes i have? I'm pretty sure some of my younger cousins have lol
I had a CRT as our family's main TV until 2017
A high end CRT is a solid choice and was hard to replicate until recently.
Part of me wishes they still made them.
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