Examples of cathode-ray tube in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Douglas created a game of tic-tac-toe, which was also displayed on a cathode-ray tube, for the University of Cambridge EDSAC computer. — Noah Wardrip-fruin, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2021 Seven years later, Boris Rosing first transmitted silhouetted images of geometric shapes, using a cathode-ray tube receiver. — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Oct. 2020 The idea of a big screen with a fixed connection will be as alien to the second half as landlines and cathode-ray tubes are to today’s youngsters. — The Economist, 8 June 2019 When first built in 1965, the consoles had era-appropriate cathode-ray tube monitors. — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2018 There is mercury in liquid-crystal display screens, lead in cathode-ray tubes, cadmium in semiconductors and batteries, and ozone layer-destroying chlorofluorocarbons in old refrigerators, for example. — Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2018 The console also offers three display choices: the original 4:3 aspect ratio of the games, a CRT filter that replicates the same blurry look of cathode-ray tube TVs, and a Pixel Perfect mode that makes the games look crisp and clean. — Gregory Schmidt, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017 See More

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