The static on old CRT TVs with rabbit ears was the cosmic microwave background. No one in the last 25 years has ever seen it.

  • Mr_Peartree@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Umm… I had a CRT until 2009 and even sold it to someone.

    Was it just me or has anyone seen or make out patterns while staring at it? I sometimes found it amusing

  • apemint@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Well, not really. The cosmic microwave background radiation was a tiny fraction of that noise. What everyone saw was mostly thermal noise generated by the amplifier circuit inside the TV.