Retro gaming and CRT TVs becoming a thing

[zeno]

I'm stalking a Zenith 1490 VGA for my 286 - which was like a Trinitron of 640x480 CRT PC monitors from the late 1980's.

The Zenith was the first FTM or Flat Tension Mask CRT. At first only
used on monitors & military apps. IIRC the F15 used them. At the
time our Zenith rep said if they built a TV with it is would sell for
abt $800, more than twice the price of a TOTL 13". So we had to wait
years for them in TV's.
I had a ham friend that was a manager at NYNEX, the phone co. at the time.
After the Zeniths were depreciated they changed them all out & he grabbed
abt a dozen. I got one & it gave an absolutely killer pix. Considered
untouchable by anything else. The only bad thing thing was they tended
to get cold joints & weighed a TON. It was packed solid with CRT, PCB's
& tons of steel shielding.

73 Zeno
LFOD !