retro_tech_usa

The CRT Repair Specialist & Researcher of the Obsolete. Creator of Retro Tech YT: you need serious CRT help, join the Patreon!

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

CRTs are dead and have been for a long time. There is no future production of new ones on the horizon. The entire planet has forgotten the art of creating a good glass CRT. Aside from a handful of us brave souls out here trying to save these machines, there is no mainstream or large corporation contributing to saving the CRT. It's sad to watch such an iconic and important piece of hardware disappear, but I'll press on. Trying to save as many of them as I can, while I can.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@khmr33 You know how deep the crt rabbit hole goes

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

The gamers ultimate choice has become: embrace the future and this Steam Machine OR invest in a crt and a way to play retro games. Personally, I made my choice over 10 years ago!

[The Retro Room 🎮🕹🎬🎥 @TheRetroRoomRoo]

Bro connected a CRT as his second screen and I can't can't thinking about it 📺

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

How is a machine that works for 50 years plus "unreliable"?

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@slicedpunx You just described 2 completely different types of CRTs as if they were one.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

You guys better grab some CRTs while you still can. I just caught wind that the "homestead" IG crowd is scooping them up.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@Jaydecanter Nah man, only boomers want all that junk.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@MaxlSchuberts Better watch out, once people realize how much Spyware and data theft occurs in every new TV, they'll be scrambling for a CRT.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@CAPTRetroMods Well, they are apparently clinging to the VHS/dvd combo sets which only slightly better than RF/hot chassis

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@RTX_3060 I don't know what a grey newbuild is, but it doesn't sound as cool as a CRT.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@WraithmenRoy Wait till they find out that TV line is worthless without the oem remotes.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

I visited the O Street Museum in Washington DC where everything is for sale. I tried to buy this CRT located in a teak wood themed master bathroom. They told me since it was in the wall, it was part of the building and not for sale. I would really love to save this CRT. I'll be back one day with an offer to good to refuse. *3rd pic are some really old transistor tubes.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

This CRT video is hilarious, partly because everything said within is true.
https://t.co/YB65OxBoyd

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

@William35716 @Cruzlink2 Cool beans willy!

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

Hey everybody. I have new video up. This time I'll ad RGB to one of Sony's 1990s S Tier Trinitrons. I almost didn't get this one to work. It was quite a PITA, but all good in the end. Thanks for checking it out.
https://t.co/PlprBoNSZV

[Kytor @KytorIndustries]

I'm working on some Atari Jaguar things for Retro Access. The good people deserve crispy RGB when playing Alien v Predator at 8 frames per second.

[retro_tech_usa @usa_retro]

Look how bad modern TVs suck. Just stick to the CRT. I will preach this message till the powers that be shut me down! Long live the non-data stealing CRTs!

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

Your smart TV takes a screenshot of your entire screen every 500 milliseconds.

that's twice per second while you watch.

The technology is called ACR. Automatic Content Recognition.

It doesn't just track Netflix. it tracks your cable box. your gaming console. your laptop plugged in via HDMI. everything that appears on that screen.

and it infers things from what you watch:

your race. your religion. your politics.

Those aren't my words, that's from the Texas Attorney General's lawsuit against Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense, and TCL filed last year.

Who buys this data:

advertisers. data brokers. content networks. and political campaigns that use your viewing habits to target voters.

Your TV is not just showing you content.

It is building a profile on you and selling it.

Texas sued five manufacturers. Samsung settled in February. The other four are still collecting.

If you're not in Texas, you're on your own.

Vizio got fined $2.2 million by the FTC in 2017 for doing this without consent.

They paid the fine.

They kept doing it, they just ask now.

The opt-out is buried in your settings under names like "Viewing Information Services", "Live Plus", or "Interactivity Services."