@tubetime I vaguely remember something like. ISTR they couldn't figure out how to do shadow-mask-colour, so it was monochrome only.

@tubetime Damn

@tubetime I think Sinclair Research was looking at something similar.

@tubetime holy fuck i want to live in the timeline where these exist

@tubetime I want to live in the timeline where Philips is still doing research and making excellent products. Sadly ended up pasting their name on so much garbage

@tubetime this is what they stole from us

@tubetime older b&w version?

http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_flat_crt.html

Imagine a parallel universe where this, instead of LCD and OLED, ended up being the dominating flat-panel display technology

@tubetime Wasn't Sinclair portable TV tube as well doing something like that ?

@tubetime And there I was, thinking sinclair's screen was weird AF.

@tubetime neat, I remember when the Sinclair TV80 came out with its “flat screen” and what they did was have the electron gun at 90 degrees to the screen.
But 180 is impressive

@tubetime Doesn't forcing electrons to take tight corners release all sorts of interesting radiation?

@tubetime ok where do i buy one?

@tubetime I wonder how this would work as an oscilloscope tube design. It's all electrostatic so in theory you can deflect pretty fast...