How Did Old CRT TVs Work?

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News Summary
- CRT TVs were the dominant display technology for most of the 20th century
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth built the first working picture tube in 1927
- The rise of affordable CRT-based TVs opened the floodgates for a new form of entertainment
- CRTs are making a comeback for classic home game console fans
An electron beam is colorless until it hits the phosphor (the reactive coating on the inside of the screen); the color we see from the other side is a property of the coatings used. Early CRT TVs we [+1183 chars]