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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So in what way were they better? Back in the day, even he didn't know, the only answer i got from him was that tge screen was flat. I didn't really bother anymore because that was also the year people started showing up with flatscreens.

[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Sharper and brighter images for a while. The aperture grille design allowed more light through than the shadow masks for a while until shadow mask manufacturing quality caught up in the late '80s. The flat screen offered a simpler geometry that allowed for sharper images until the old school CRT manufacturing caught up in the mid '90s. By the early '00s, there were really no advantages and they were riding on name recognition as a superior brand until the late 00's when LCDs finally overcame their size and price hurdles.