The CRT Glow: A Photo Archive Vol. 2: Computers

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The CRT Glow: A Photo Archive Vol. 2: Computers is a digital photo album intended as an overview of the CRT TV & monitor era, showcasing the authentic look of games and software displayed on various CRT sets connected to real computers.

 This volume contains:

  • more than 300 pages featuring high-resolution photos of live CRT screens 
  • several CRT TVs and monitors
  • 14 different computers, including most of the icons of the era (C64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, MSX, ZX Spectrum...)
  • many games ranging from well known hits to obscure underdogs
  • comparison sections showcasing differences between various video inputs and CRT tech (e.g. RF vs composite vs S-Video vs RGB, or slot mask vs aperture grille)
  • PDF bookmarks for every page
  • tags for easy searching 

Please note that the photos in the book are of much higher quality than the previews available on this website, due to web compression. The photos in the book are also highly zoomable, often allowing to see details on the phosphor-level.

The CRT Glow: A Photo Archive book is based on the material contained in The CRT Photo Archive, a preservation project aimed at collecting high-resolution photos of live displays of CRT TVs and monitors.

The CRT Photo Archive collection is hosted on archive.org, where all the photos included in the book are available for free. The book itself is meant as a tangible reward for those wanting to support my work on this project, while also serving as a comprehensive overview of the CRT era.

The CRT Photo Archive is a work in progress, and will be updated with new material in the near future. The book will be also updated with these new photo additions. All the subsequent future editions of the book will be available for free to those who purchased it previously (you should get an automatic notice about new downloads).


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