The Largest CRT Television Ever -
No Rival to be Found
Mitsubishi 37C960 37-inch TV

Large-screen TV with Beautiful Images -
Created Using CRT Technology

In the early 1980's, the mainstream technology for televisions with screens 30 inches or larger was the use of rear projection systems both in the Japanese and North American markets. The reason was simply because it was impossible from a practical application standpoint to employ the use of CRT technology in the manufacture of TVs that size. The production of a larger CRT monitor becomes exponentially difficult in terms of weight and strength. A vacuum state exists inside of a CRT, and the high atmospheric pressure required for larger CRTs also multiplies the dangers of implosion. The most popular and safest size for large CRT-based TVs was 28 inches. In contemplating the production of a 37-inch model, the development team determined that the general strength would have to be four- to fivefold that of the 28-inch TV; an extremely high engineering hurdle to clear.