POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Not a geek : Re: Not a geek Server Time
5 Sep 2024 11:23:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Not a geek  
From: Darren New
Date: 12 May 2010 17:00:22
Message: <4beb16e6$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Hmm, I wonder why? It was colour, so it's obviously solid-state. 

Errr, no?

It probably just didn't keep the coil in the CRT warm. Most modern "instant 
on" TVs use a fair amount of current to keep the CRT's cathode hot, if 
they're actually *instant* on.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
    you literally shooting yourself in the foot.


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