Death of the tube TV
 

One benefit of this would be the lighter weight of the sets. It will be easier to carry LCD/plasma screens when it comes to moving day.

look at it this way, you'll be able to get used CRT HD sets cheap soon.


If you have to go with the flat pannel, wait for the LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) sets to come around. THese are supposed to have the deap high contrast picture with the true blacks similar to CRTs. However they are still in development and would probably be horribly expensive

Which reminds me-- the other day I was thinking about how the increasing popularity for (and decreasing cost of) LCD TV's should cause a renewed interest and improvement in the design of portable TV's, but for some reason it hasn't yet. Sure, a number of LCD TV's in the 15" - 20" range have a carrying handle attached to the back, but they still aren't really designed to be portable, especially with the easily damaged LCD screen left exposed. I mean, c'mon, how about an integrated screen cover that pivots on a hinge and turns into a sturdy adjustable stand? Or a TV with a wrap-around "roll-top" cover? Or a sliding clamshell that can fold back around the set? I think there are *lots* of possibilities for an attractive yet functional portable TV that are just waiting to happen.

Over the next few years, I'm sure we're going to see a *big* increase in the the number of high-end CRT sets found sitting out on the curb...

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Interesting, but sad & distressing article. Makes me feel old. This sounds corny, but I sometimes joke with friends who are a couple years younger than I am... I tell them that I am older because if we were TV sets, I would be a roundie (born in early '67) and they would be rectangular. Some get it, and some need it explained. But soon, they won't even know what a tube is.

And one more thing, the article is about a decade off in chronology:

(quote) "The CRT has served us well for many many years — since the early 1930s into the golden age of television and the advent of color in the 60s," said LG's Taylor. "The longevity of that technology is probably second to none in our industry, but time marches on, and flat panels have really captured the enthusiasm of the American public." (Unquote)

Charles

Welcome to the club, I was born July 8th, 1966 so if I was a TV, I would most likely be a "roundie" too. I get a big kick out of today's "yung uns" where they stare in shock at a TV with knobs on it. Better yet, they really get spooked at a black and white TV. Some of my younger co-workers think I'm weird for running a Playstation on a 1966 Sony 9 inch black and white set (my 19 inch 1998 Zenith is doing double duty for the 1982 25 inch Zenith when she acts up a little). I look at it this way, it is better than no TV at all. :))

Chuck

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Typical fluff article.

What about flat thin CRT's?

i still like my computer crt monitor as opposed to the picture on the computer lcd monitor...

I agree. I have a CRT monitor on one PC and a flat LCD on the other and the CRT has higher resoloution. We use a video editing program (Pinnacle Liquid ed.) on the PC w/the CRT.

Now that CRT's are becoming a thing of the past, which set would be the hands down best of the last? I want to know because that model TV is the one I want to get. Would it be the Sony WEGA HD?

I have already spoken about all of this before..you know my thoughts on this subject.
 

And NO ONE here seems to beleive me in the SLIGHTEST, when I try and explain how the country, and world, is being "sold down the river" as far as non-crt sets, and digital broadcasting are concerned.......

In a few years....I figure they will see the light.

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Don't get me started, I can rant for hours on this. Thank God I'm at work during lunch hour, that rations my time a bit. ;)

I mentioned this before but I did see an LCD- HDTV at Radio Shack. It had to me mis-adjusted, the colors were all pasty and generally the picture was yucky. My 1982 Zenith would eat it for lunch, heck, I think even my 1966 Sony B&W would. :D