People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. - eviltoast

The static on old CRT TVs with rabbit ears was the cosmic microwave background. No one in the last 25 years has ever seen it.

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    I think they’re more likely to have been scrapped than other old tech.

    They’re bulky, and mine was too heavy to get out in the attic. I still have my ZX Spectrum and Amiga, but the CRT needed for lightgun games is long gone.