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[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey we had flat screens back then, they just took up the whole floor space and it took 2 people to move those projection TVs

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Laptops also had LCDs. Just don't move your mouse too fast or the screen can't keep up and it'll disappear

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're thinking of passive matrix displays. Those were the cheaper option but active matrix screens did exist.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

They did, but you had to pay a pretty penny to have one of those