[atrain] wants to know if we’ve got any thoughts on things to do with old CRT displays instead of giving them away or recycling them. We’ve seen pic programmers and oscilloscope projects ...

Here’s a bulky old CRT monitor used as a touch-screen without any alterations. It doesn’t use an overlay, but instead detects position using phototransistors in the fingertips of a glove.

With the rise of retro gaming came a renewed desire to own CRT TVs. However, these old sets serve as more than just nostalgia, as some games actually need these TVs to function. One NES classic ...

The electron beams scan across the screen line by line ... Those of you that remember the warmth emanating from an old CRT ...

Despite being over 20 years old, CRT monitors offer incredibly ... these electron guns shoot rays onto a fluorescent screen, creating images. While new CRT monitors have not been manufactured ...