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Originally Posted by RetroHacker
....One thing I was wondering about though - how 'structuraly sound' is the picture tube with the safety glass removed? Obviously they put the glass on there for a reason...
...in other words, is the only thing stopping the tube from going *fwooomph!* the safety glass, or is that just stuck there as an added layer of protection from things thrown at the TV, little kids, etc...
...Just some idle thoughts, I'm just curious how stable picture tubes are.
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*I've* always wandered about that re bonded safety glass as well. Here in the UK they never had production colour (you can tell I'm a Brit!) roundie picture tubes, but I've been present at and assisted in a fair few TV tube implosions in my nefarious past, and it's surprisingly hard to bust one, unless you crush the neck. Certainly, it took my mate a fairly large THWACK with a ballpein hammer to smash the tube on a 14 inch monitor, and another time, another mate (who literally DID go psycho in the end!) threw a breezeblock from above his head straight through a mid-70s 24 inch telly, but that was VERY stupid...
On topic though - that colour roundie's picture is very good indeed! I keep looking at my modern(ish) 1995 Sony and, while it's not THAT old, it's fairly old for a modern telly. The picture's still excellent, and I see no need to upgrade to widescreen or plasma/LCD until it totally dies. Don't want to tempt fate with that comment though...