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ESigma25 07-02-2018 06:03 PM

The end of CRT in America?
 
For years I was under the impression that there were no new CRTs manufactured for sale in the US (at least at retail) after 2004, as I had never found a CRT set made after 2004. However today I found a set made in November 2005. Is it possible that new CRTs were manufactured for retail sale in the US in 2006, despite me never having seen one personally?

KentTeffeteller 07-02-2018 06:12 PM

I think 2009-2010 was the end of consumer CRT set sales in the USA. The last ones seem to be the Disney themed youth sets, made cheaply from leftover component parts.

dishdude 07-02-2018 09:29 PM

I think you could still buy CRTs until 2010ish. The last ones were cheap offbrands from China, Funai and maybe an Orion. They even had digital tuners.

ESigma25 07-02-2018 09:50 PM

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the November 2005 set I got is either a Funai or a LG, it's a TruTech branded 13(?) inch TV/VCR combo unit made in Korea.

WISCOJIM 07-02-2018 10:41 PM

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My Sansui digital CRT TV was produced in October of 2008, and I know they still had CRT TVs in some stores locally at least through Black Friday 2010.

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SpaceAge 07-02-2018 11:28 PM

This guy found a Sansui manufactured in November 2009: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LicDSxHEQcs

I love the video description (emphasis mine)
Quote:

I had to cut this video short because the people who own the house with this TV on it came out the door. This set has been out on this person's lawn for a little while.
Filmed by me with my laptop's webcam.
I’m trying to picture this. He must have been holding the computer against his chest with the screen facing away from him so that the webcam was pointed towards this trashed TV. In someone’s front yard, no less. Yeah, not suspicious at all... :screwy:

jbattles 07-03-2018 08:59 AM

I have a Sony kv27fs120 made in 07. Dam good set cant wait to get it of storage .

andy 07-03-2018 09:40 AM

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dieseljeep 07-03-2018 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dishdude (Post 3201622)
I think you could still buy CRTs until 2010ish. The last ones were cheap offbrands from China, Funai and maybe an Orion. They even had digital tuners.

The last of the Funai's and Orion's seem to be pretty good. I have a few with the DTV converter board.
I have a few RCA jail sets with the DTV board. They work rather well. Built in 2009.

ESigma25 07-03-2018 10:47 AM

One of the clear ones? I want one of those...

dieseljeep 07-03-2018 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ESigma25 (Post 3201645)
One of the clear ones? I want one of those...

You can own one easy enough!
I'll clear a few spaces in my PM box later today. :thmbsp:

Steve D. 07-03-2018 12:30 PM

I recall about 10 years ago or perhaps a little later, seeing CRT sets relegated to a back corner of my local Best Buy store. Probably 6 or 8 different plastic cabinet analog table models. Screen sizes from 9" to probably 17" sets. This does not include those small screen, very cheap $10.00 CRT's found in drug stores & discount stores ect. These Coby analog crt sets are still listed on the Amazon site. Are they the very last of the CRT sets?

Celt 07-03-2018 03:23 PM

In 2005 I bought a 13" colour stereo Emerson with a built in DVD player.
It's build amazed me. They used a DVD ROM, like you would see in a tower PC.
All the resistors were gold banded and all the caps were Nichichon.
It also had two 3" round speakers mounted up front which gave decent audio.
I retired it when our cable went digital only...and gave it to a friend's grandkid to play
his DVD's on. It's still going strong too.


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bgadow 07-03-2018 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve D. (Post 3201649)
I recall about 10 years ago or perhaps a little later, seeing CRT sets relegated to a back corner of my local Best Buy store. Probably 6 or 8 different plastic cabinet analog table models. Screen sizes from 9" to probably 17" sets. This does not include those small screen, very cheap $10.00 CRT's found in drug stores & discount stores ect. These Coby analog crt sets are still listed on the Amazon site. Are they the very last of the CRT sets?

That was the last one I really remember; Rite Aid drug stores had them for $10-20. There were also some cheap portable karaoke machines with a crt but I guess they don't quite qualify as a TV.

dieseljeep 07-03-2018 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bgadow (Post 3201657)
That was the last one I really remember; Rite Aid drug stores had them for $10-20. There were also some cheap portable karaoke machines with a crt but I guess they don't quite qualify as a TV.

I had to laugh about some of the fools on the E-place. They're asking $40-50 for this junk.


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