picture tube

Example Sentences

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Despite all this, picture tube televisions continue to linger.

From The Verge • Feb. 6, 2018

The replay boards suffer against the standards of today, like entering a hotel room with a small-screen television backed with a giant picture tube.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2013

Menotti has not had time within the framework of a television hour to develop either characters or unity of mood, has tailored his libretto to the limitations of the picture tube.

From Time Magazine Archive

The TV picture tube is accused of many things, but rarely of being a revolutionary force.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a moment I was disoriented, seized by panic; could a ghost embody itself through wavelengths, electronic dots, a picture tube?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt