THE comparator principle is well known in the accurate determination of lengths. It may also be applied to the measurement of time intervals. By installing an extra electrode system in a standard type ...

Those of us who worked in TV repair shops, back when there was such a thing, will likely remember the cardinal rule of TV repair: Never touch the yoke if you can help it. The complex arrangement of ...

Happy birthday, boob tube! Well, almost. The cathode-ray tube, the technology that made television sets possible, was patented 100 years ago today. But it would be a slow slog before TV took over our ...

When I was a kid, all we had were the fat TVs that were stuffed with cathode ray tubes. I can recall my grandmother having a really old TV that you had to turn on and wait until the cathode tubes ...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (Reuters) - Five companies including Samsung SDI Co Ltd and Koninklijke Philips agreed to pay a total of $528 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging price fixing in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Samsung SDI will pay a $32 million fine after pleading guilty Monday to a one-count felony charge that it participated in a global price-fixing conspiracy. The Korean technology ...

Marked: "3611, Pat. in USA, 3-20-7; 10-8-20; 4-22-24; 6-16-25". Early cathode ray tube with horizontal and vertical deflection plates. Plates are connected directly to filament stem which is cracked ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Five companies including Samsung SDI Co Ltd and Koninklijke Philips agreed to pay a total of $528 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging price fixing in the ...

Flat panel TVs have spoiled us. It used to be that a big display took up a lot of room on your desk or living room because of the depth of the CRT’s electron gun. We wonder what the designers of the ...