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Old 01-22-2011, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ha1156w View Post
Speaking of CRTs, what was with the GEs that had the blue face when off? I remember seeing ads for them but not many sales if I remember right. What was their point with it? What gave it that blue color?
Mostly a gimmick, done with blue glass (?) or a blue coating, don't know which. I also have ads for GE black and white tubes/sets that had an especially blue color (I think the phosphor rather than the glass), so they had a history of doing this.
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