I had a nice old viewsonic 22" 1600x1200 CRT sitting in my parents' garage that my dad threw out eventually. I remember overdriving it to 1856x1392 when Compiz came out for the first time, it was glorious. It even blew some caps once but we repaired it. People made fun of me for years lugging that thing to LAN parties but they were always jealous. Now I'm lucky if I can find 1280 on a dumpstered LCD. I when i buy devices (I don't buy devices) i shop based purely on the display. There wasn't an android with decent rez until the nexus seven 2013 and was still only 1920x1200. Closest thing I have to a desktop these days:
I will always love CRT monitors and TVs. It's jarring for me to see flat-panel screens anymore due to how washed out everything appears in comparison. I'll probably be a tube user for life... who needs HD?
Hell, old CRTs were better rez than HD. Even ancient LCDs were better, I've got a shitty old dell inspiron with a fucking geforce2 that had a 1600x1200. HD was just a buzzword to sell cheap TVs and then all the computer manufacturers followed suit because they could use the panels and beat the good monitors on economy of scale.