Until the 2000s vacuum tubes practically ruled the roost. Even if they had surrendered practically fully to semiconductor ...

If you were a curious child growing up when TVs were universally equipped with cathode ray tubes, chances are good that you discovered the effect a magnet can have on a beam of electrons. Watching the ...

When Duck Hunt landed in living rooms in 1984, it brought with it one of gaming’s most iconic peripherals: the NES Zapper.

There is definitely something wrong with this guy, and I'm not quite sure how to explain to him that he's a complete idiot.<P>Basically, we were discussing watching DVDs on computers, and something ...

I'm paying $20 for CRTs and up to $25 for shipping costs if shipped to me. They do not need to be functional. They also do not need to contain the "guts", as all I need is the plastic shells to make ...

Also, setup and key adjustments are more complicated with LCDs&#8212;and much more necessary&#8212;than they are with CRTs. To be sure, all displays can benefit from proper tuning and adjustment. But ...

Most new and upgraded systems call for flat-screen, narrow-profile LCDs rather than old-school, big and bulky CRT displays. But switching over from CRT to LCD is more difficult than it seems. Systems ...