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Old 1st Dec 2017, 4:45 pm   #6
Argus25
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Default Re: 1937 RCA Projection TV "gun"

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Originally Posted by Nuvistor View Post
Slightly bigger version of the 1937 type.
Wow, that one looks massive.

I found a little more information on the 1937 gun version in Fink's television book. The CRT apparently runs 2mA beam current and they mention a figure of 5mA too and 10kV, so it has about 20 to 50 watts screen power. No a wonder the CRT phosphors had a habit of aging relatively quickly. It also has a focus coil wound to prevent spherical aberration. I'm sure a scan collapse on one of those projection CRTs would destroy the phosphor is short order.
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