31 May
2019
31 May
'19
12:45 p.m.
On 2019-05-31 03:16 PM, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
(To go back the the "where are they made?" subtopic, Ontario used to be a major source of an element critical to high quality colour CRTs: yttrium, I think it was. The uranium mines around Elliot Lake were a major source, but now neither is particularly in demand)
RCA used to have a picture tube plant in Midland. It's probably gone now. ;-) Incidentally, it's been years since I've seen a CRT set on sale. Around the time I got my first HDTV, 10 years ago, there was a single small CRT TV on sale at Walmart. I wonder if they ever sold it.