Any one here will still use the C.R.T tv's for every day wathcing tv?

[Stoffie]

Love my Sony FD Trinitron WEGA, but because of space/weight constraints, when it dies, it will probably be replaced by a LCD/Plasma that can be hung on the wall...

[targeteye]

Yep. Why replace a perfectly good working TV. In fact you can buy really nice CRT tv's off of craigs list for little change right now. Excellent value.

Steve

[birddog]

We have three of them, and I doubt they will be replaced with anything but another CRT when they go, assuming we can find good replacements for them.

[Urizen]

Two Sony Trinitrons here, the BR 20" set is over 20 years old. Both still have great pictures, and I'll use 'em 'til they give up the ghost, or I'm forced to go digital.

[vintagecollect]

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[Arkay]

A couple CRTs here, one bought (used B&O) several months ago. The only flat panel screen around here is my computer monitor. For big-screen movies, I use a projector.

[peverett]

I watch my four year old Sanyo as well as several 30+year old CRT based sets every day. I have no plans to change.

[Lady Ayeka]

my 1999 32" TOSHIBA, still going strong...

[wkand]

Hi:

I am more of a lurker than a participant in this hobby. That said I USED to fix older sets, and I highly admire the hard work you all do to keep these ol' beauties going!!

My daily watcher is a 50" LG plasma set. Love the HD picture detail, but the color reproduction is no match for a 1960's roundie!

Respect to all!

Walt Anderson

[simplynuts]

I only watch on crts as does my whole family. i can easily get the biggest screen I want in my neighborhood just by cruising on bulk refuse day. The crt ends up on the street with the remotes and they usually are next to the large screen lcd empty box. Eventually the lcds will find there way to the curb as they don't last as long as crts.

[holmesuser01]

I have a 1991 Sony KV27EXR25, and a KV27TS32 (Both 27" CRT) and a spare junked TS32 for parts, that has a tube that was run for about a year. It will fit in my EXR25, and when the set finally goes, I will install my spare tube.

Dont really care for flat screens. Have seen them just up and die suddenly too often!

Just got an RCA 32" widescreen CRT set for free that needed a new flyback transformer that cost me $22. It works great.

[Randy Bassham]

I'm using an RCA 32" with the CTC-187 chassis. It was given to me at least 5 years ago and was a dead set. I replaced the horiz output transistor and a few capacitors around the horizontal circuit that checked bad on my ESR meter. It hasn't missed a beat since. Not bad, over 5 years service for around 10 dollars in parts and a little time. Have no plans to replace it unless it crashes too bad for me to fix. I don't see any programs on TV worth the kind of money they want for the new HD stuff. This old RCA looks good to me and the older I get the lower resolution my eyes get. I've got Directv so I think NTSC will be available to me for quite awhile.

[Tapehead47]

C - R - T

Is Good - For - Me

I have about 6 or 8 of them, from a couple of 13" to a 32" main teevee in the LR.

But the teevee I watch most of the time is a 13" RCA in my ManShun. I have to use my reading glasses to see the scores, though!

[Findm-Keepm]

All CRT TVs here - and all free! Two from freecycle (broken when we got 'em) and two are from Dad. Also have three tube sets - an Emerson B/W, a GE Portacolor, and a Zenith metal cabinet hybrid set - all working, but used only in winter to supplement the heat.

My brother recently replaced his 12 year old Sony with a cheapie LCD - damn CRT had the Sony "intermittent" cathode problem. Sony even published a service bulletin (attachment) for the problem - with NO solution! Open set and whack the CRT? Nah gunna do it....

Cheers,

[Scorpion8]

Yup. I have a 1995-ish Sharp and a 1998-ish Sharp that both still work great. Why replace them if they still work? Besdies, all these mega-size flatpanels require a whole new living room furniture & sound system arrangement and I'm not willing to go there yet.