Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, John W Kennedy said:

> Flat as in hang-on-the-wall-like-a-painting. The idea took a lot longer 
> than hoped to get to market -- I believe the idea was to use standard 
> cathode-ray technology, but with much more powerful magnets and drivers 
> to reduce the waste volume -- but it was already in conception.

Remember the Sony Watchman?  Sometime in the 80's or early 90's, IIRC.
The CRT was under, not behind, the face.
 
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