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Old 05-14-2013, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by AiboPet View Post
Even being solid state, both these sets take awhile to come up for some reason.
The 5" jug in these sets uses a conventional design indirectly heated cathode, which takes 10-20 seconds to warm up. Most of the small Sony CRTs that were designed later used a directly heated cathode for near instant warm-up, as well as much lower power consumption.

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Last edited by jr_tech; 05-15-2013 at 01:16 AM. Reason: removed excess wording
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