Do cathode ray tubes (CRT) in TVs produce X-rays?

If the high voltage were to go too high then the tube could produce X-Rays however there are safety circuits in place on all modern CRT monitors that are designed to shut the set down long before Xrays are emitted. This was not the cae with old tube type Tvs that used a shunt regulator. read more

The first commercially made electronic television sets with cathode ray tubes were manufactured by Telefunken in Germany in 1934. Flat panel displays dropped in price and started significantly displacing cathode ray tubes in the 2000s, with LCD screens exceeding CRTs in 2008. read more