Emission and Cut Off

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Another way of thinking about it is that good emissions = good brightness and good cutoff = good contrast.

Is it possible to have a CRT with good emissions and bad cutoff? What would the result be?

The B&K CRT testers I have used at home and work have a "set cutoff-add one meter division" function if I remember right. Near-dead CRTs at work would never move that pointer at all, until I rejuvenated them, then maybe it worked properly.