Unique/Strange CRT defects

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by nasadowsk

I had a Zenith once with a honest to god hole in the phosphor right in the center. No idea how that happened, either.

That happens if both horizontal and vertical deflection fails. Probably if the yoke connector fell out.

Once saw, at a hotel, a color TV crt where some sort of 1/4 inch metal strip inside the CRT in one of the corners was masking the phospors in that corner.
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