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That incredibly high pitched 15 KHz tone they used to emit while they were on that made it seem like you had superhuman hearing and/or was a demigod or some poo poo. You’d be in another room yelling, “Hey, turn off the dang TV!”, and someone would ask how you knew it was on, and you’d just turn to the imaginary camera and grin like Kevin McAllister. Apparently, a lot of people I knew never even heard the tone (probably about half), while the other half could hear it as clearly as I could. Could you hear it?
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Oct 8, 2021 01:28
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I bet you can't hear it anymore. You're old, like the rest of us.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:32
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How are u posted:I bet you can't hear it anymore. You're old, like the rest of us. I'm 37 and I can still hear it  (because I'm a nerd who doesn't listen to loud music)
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Oct 8, 2021 01:42
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My hearing is destroyed and I can still hear it, it's not that high pitched u wretched human being. Got my CRTV right here ready to play some N64, some NES, some SNES, some Genesis, some PS1, I got all the system hooked up and ready to go.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:44
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The correct answer is the degauss button.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:46
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Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
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Oct 8, 2021 01:48
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15,734 for ntsc. 15,625 for pal.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:53
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:53
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An action hero smashing a thug's head through the screen of a CRT TV looks more impressive than just whacking them with a LED screen.
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Oct 8, 2021 01:56
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button. Yes it's this
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Oct 8, 2021 01:59
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Putting a magnet on the screen is the best bit about CRTs
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Oct 8, 2021 02:01
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I remember when someone would turn on the hair dyer, the TV picture went to poo poo.
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Oct 8, 2021 02:14
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button.
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Oct 8, 2021 02:16
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button. degauss was like cumming but for yr monitor
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Oct 8, 2021 02:16
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. God that sounds loving horrible to listen to
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Oct 8, 2021 02:23
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i can still hear both PAL and NTSC despite a life of loud music and noisy pubs so that's a big win
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Oct 8, 2021 02:34
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. I think I top out around 14,900. I'm nearly 39 though, plus loud construction noises in my early 20s, and loud music throughout.
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Oct 8, 2021 03:10
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tinnitus sucks, i already know i'm going to be one of those cellphones at max volume type of old person
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Oct 8, 2021 03:27
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. i tested the site and i can hear that tone but i closed the page and now i can't not hear it 
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Oct 8, 2021 03:30
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Throwing a CRT at another CRT, or dropping a fridge on a CRT
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Oct 8, 2021 04:05
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Call Your Grandma posted:i tested the site and i can hear that tone but i closed the page and now i can't not hear it Turn off your tv.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:06
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Call Your Grandma posted:i tested the site and i can hear that tone but i closed the page and now i can't not hear it you got havana syndromed
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Oct 8, 2021 04:19
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While in my teens I used to be able to hear not just CRTs but also all kinds of switching regulators in power supplies. Like, a common OKI dot-matrix printer sitting in standby would emit a distinct sound I could recognize. I loved audio back then, music was a powerful sensory experience. I'd hang out in record stores sampling every one of the albums on the headphone demo table. I was poor so I got a factory job to save up for a hifi system. The job involved banging aluminum trays against steel bars. Gave me permanent hearing damage in mid-frequencies. Life choices.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:33
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Buy an 80s VCR and you can still hear that poo poo, same with older CRTs and a lot of other AV electronics. That hum and whine is extremely audible, especially as the unit gets hotter over longer use sessions.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:36
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:37
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Commodore 1702 monitor would always let me know it was on. It wasn't so much hearing it, it was just a feeling.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:43
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I could and do. I just thought you all would want to know that.
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Oct 8, 2021 04:43
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the emulators on a hd monitor dont capture the
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Oct 8, 2021 04:45
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kntfkr posted:degauss was like cumming but for yr monitor whole new meaning to "turn on your monitor"
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Oct 8, 2021 04:48
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Boner M posted:Putting a magnet on the screen is the best bit about CRTs Dont't try this at home, CRT device owners. I did it to an old black & white TV once, and the purple splotch I created in one corner of the screen never went away completely afterwards, no matter what angle I dragged a magnet over it. frumpykvetchbot posted:I was poor so I got a factory job to save up for a hifi system. The job involved banging aluminum trays against steel bars. Gave me permanent hearing damage in mid-frequencies. Life choices. Is this a subtle way of saying you went to prison for a long time, and were old with bad hearing by the time you were released?? But seriously, if you haven't already, see a lawyer. In Australia, our government provides compensation for even decades old workplace hearing loss. In the U. S. probably not, but I imagine you could sue, with a pro bono lawyer.
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Oct 8, 2021 05:13
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degauss button was fun and all, but the real fun was to be had with a degaussing coil
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Oct 8, 2021 05:14
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BigBadSteve posted:Dont't try this at home, CRT device owners. I did it to an old black & white TV once, and the purple splotch I created in one corner of the screen never went away completely afterwards, no matter what angle I dragged a magnet over it. You reverse damage simply by rubbing the magnet over it again.
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Oct 8, 2021 05:23
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. I didn't think before loading this and now my dog is very agitated.
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Oct 8, 2021 05:45
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Vakal posted:The correct answer is the degauss button.
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Oct 8, 2021 05:46
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. yes and holy hell it is unpleasant even at a low volume
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Oct 8, 2021 06:13
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Philthy posted:Commodore 1702 monitor would always let me know it was on. It wasn't so much hearing it, it was just a feeling. Yeah my 1902A was like that.
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Oct 8, 2021 06:16
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I always liked juggling CRT TVs. Lots of fun.
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Oct 8, 2021 06:43
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i hear it so well that i have to disable power to the vintage station beside me or it annoys me.
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Oct 8, 2021 07:14
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seth's corner/seth clips was really wise to include an artificial crt buzz, it's like i'm literally channel surfing in the late 90s
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Sophy Wackles posted:Try playing around 15,700 Hz here and see if you can still hear it. I think that's the CRT whine frequency. i drop off right at 16,000 hz. what's the fq they play to keep teenagers from loitering at malls again? e: holy poo poo it's 17.4 khz i'm not even in the ballpark 
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