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On 2026-10-03 10:20, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>> Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>wrote:
>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>wrote:

...

> You could else accidently hit the front, and the CRT would implode,
> then spit out pieces of glass all over the place.
> 
> Later, without the extra screen if front of the CRTs:
> In the studio (very old one) one of my colleague once was working there
> on some equipment and  heard a strange noise coming from a CRT monitor,
> He though that was a good moment to go and get a cup of coffee.
> When he came back the CRT of that monitor had imploded, spit out pieces of glass
> that were stuck in the big thick sound proof door of the studio.
> He was lucky to go for the coffee.
> 
> The other thing I have noticed (later) when I had my own TV repair shop,
> was that if you cleaned the CRT fronts then brightness increased substantially.
> A thick layer of nicotine from people smoking in their room
> had collected on the screen, the static high voltage charge attracted the smoke!

And grease in the kitchen. Mixed with dust.

> LCD did away with that problem.
> My big Samsung LCD TV somehow even seems to reject dust.
> 


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.