However, the TV part of the product ‘emulates the CRT effect,’ which means it doesn’t use an actual CRT.

However, the TV part of the product ‘emulates the CRT effect,’ which means it doesn’t use an actual CRT.

  • ruuster13@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Is there actual technical appeal in CRT aside from nostalgia? I imagine the magic dying the moment I lift the box and remember how much they weigh.

  • FuyuhikoDate@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    500 USD

    For a cheap AliExpress controller board.

    An flat screen! (Not real CRT)

    And a VHS Player…

    What a bargain…

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I’m surprised it’s that cheap. I doubt they will sell many of them. They have to cover the cost of all the tooling required to build the VHS players. They are fairly complex and have a lot of moving parts. It’s been about a decade since anyone made a VHS player. Unless they got lucky and found the tooling sitting in a warehouse somewhere, they would have to build it all.