I have one of this plasma glowing orbs
When I touch the glass with a Nixie they do glow nicely

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 14:33 gregebert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anyone still have a functioning TV with a CRT in it ? I'll bet you
> can get nixies to glow by holding them in front of the glass, especially if
> you are touching some pins.
> There's enough charge in the HV area to give a mild zap when you touch the
> screen, due to body capacitance.
>
> So many things I remember, and utterly HATE, about those old TV's........
>
> On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 1:21:15 PM UTC-8 orange_glow_fan wrote:
>
>> Ira and....
>>
>> The first round color crt was the 15AXP22 which came in the RCA CT-100.
>> The first 21" round crt was the 21AXP22 which was unique because, unlike
>> its predecessor it had a metal funnel/bell instead of a glass one. That
>> metal bell carried the 2nd anode voltage and could really carry a punch to
>> the unsuspecting technician....don't ask how I found out...more than
>> once.... The 21FBP22 and 21FJP22 were the first all glass 21" color CRT's.
>> The difference between the 21FJP22 and the 21FBP22 is that one had a
>> bonded/slightly frosted safety plate, the other did not and was mounted
>> behind a clear glass safety plate...Despite the issue of reflections, I
>> always felt the version with the clear glass had a sharper picture.....
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 8:54:46 PM UTC-5 Ira wrote:
>>
>>> The same was true about black and white crt's, all were round for quite
>>> some time. IIRC the first 21" round color crt was a 21AXP22?   Ira.
>>>
>>> On 1/7/2021 2:40 PM, 'orange_glow_fan' via neonixie-l wrote:
>>>
>>> When Color TV's first came on the market in the early 50's all of them
>>> had round CRT's. The first ones were 15" CRT's. Around 1954 RCA introduced
>>> a 21" round CRT and they were the standard until around 1963 when the first
>>> rectangular CRTS entered the market. I suspect this film was made during
>>> the short  time when both versions were available. The first practical,
>>> consumer color tv was introduced by RCA in 1953 and they sold about 4,000
>>> of them at a cost of $1,000, about $8,000 dollars in 2021 dollars...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 4:19:16 PM UTC-5 Bill van Dijk wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe the round tubes were for the cheaper TVs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Yohan Park
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2021 3:50 PM
>>>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating film about 1960s colour CRT
>>>> manufacturing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Enjoyed watching that, thanks for sharing.
>>>> Any idea what the large round tubes were used for back then?
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 1:40:27 PM UTC+1 mikeselectricstuff
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrSLPVkxCo
>>>>
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