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Old 04-19-2017, 03:41 PM
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To me, old tube television sets are simply amazing.
Think about it. Glass bulbs. Red-hot glowing elements. Bits of steel plates. Coils of wire. Tubes of paper, wax and aluminum. Pieces of carbon with wires sticking out. Doughnut shaped pieces of ferrite metal bits. Crude, simple, elementary bits and pieces of raw materials combined in just the right way, inside a box to pluck moving pictures and sound out of thin air, able to bring news, entertainment, sports, major events, to one's very own home.
...and the tiny electrons flying many thousands of miles per second, hit the screen and force the phosphor to light up!



That's my favourite view of an old television, I almost see those electron beams drawing the picture!
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