• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You might be too young to remember this, but computer screens used to be made from cathode ray tubes (CRT) instead of LCD or OLED. The line is probably just “burn-in,” a phenomenon in which the light-emiting phosphor behind the screen degrades more quickly in certain areas from being used more often. This was common with early gaming.

    People, do not make me put an “/s” on this.

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      3 days ago

      I googled monitors and the AI summary said something else.

      Apparently the curved screens were a temporary fashion statement. But they fell out of fashion during world war 2 due to excess materials used in the design