I was going to say that, early terminals had less resolution than many TV's, in the early days, especially as graphics drivers weren't standardized yet or had CPU/Memory constraints on how many pixels it could draw.
The neat thing about crt terminals, or really any monochrome crt. is that because they don't use shadow masks. The text is crisp. Really good looking, Much more so than one would expect given the low resolution. Especially compared to text on a color crt.
I sometimes wish monochrome displays were more of a thing. There is e-paper tech and text on it looks great for exactly the same reasons. but I would like to see what a high resolution monochrome LCD or oled display could do.
> but I would like to see what a high resolution monochrome LCD or oled display could do.
Monochrome LCDs are out there, but they mostly burn a hole in your wallet. They're used in medical imaging, but there's no other mainstream market for them, so the prices are high because the unit count is low.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_display_standard