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I've recently seen some Philips CRTs with no magnets on the neck, only a coil connected to a small board with some surface mount ICs and a power IC on a heatsink. I've seen these CRTs in Toshiba TVs. I haven't researched how the alignment is done, but I suppose there is a memory somewhere storing data that decides what goes to the coil. This could allow alignment to be precise across the entire screen just like the digital convergence on projection TVs.
Anyone else remember the super-flat inline CRTs RCA used in the late 70s or early 80s? They had a CTC-eighty-something chassis I think. I remember the edge and corner focus being pretty bad.
It's sad to see the CRT fading away, especially when you consider how good it looks.
It's also sad to see the CRT fading away, when you're a guy who has spent the last 25 years keeping them running.
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