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Fair enough I would not really say there's a great difference between a modern CRT set and a roundie other than a lot of the picture carved off by the roundies. Except of course when watching a DVD or something like that and you get twice the horizontal lines displayed or something like that.
I agree LCDs are at the bottom of the tv heap, but shouldn't the newest plasmas be pretty comparable to even a very good CRT? Seems like basically the same idea, a panel made of fixed phosphor-type pixels, except on a plasma, sharpness and convergence are both essentially perfect since there is no concerns about 3 different beams and how sharp each is. Maybe I would not have thought this when plasmas first came out but with the brightness and contrast going thru the roof on them lately, I think I'd pick one over a same-sized and priced CRT. (Low priced plasma, right!) I'd really like to hear an explanation of why a plasma would not have as 'sharp' a picture as a crt if it had the same # of fixed pixels (like CRT dots) except they are individually controlled with no convergence or beam alignment/spot size issues. Is there an issue as far as the ratio of black space between the CRT dots and between the plasma pixels? What is the contrast ratio of the best CRTs that are still made?
As far as standard def looking like crap on a plasma or LCD, to me that is a much more a byproduct of the picture being blown up to 50 or 60 inches vs. a 36 inch CRT. You're talking about making the picture 3 to 4 times the size so of course 'Gilligan's Island' eventually looks like garbage. If it wasn't for HDTV resolution, no way would I have sprung the $ for a set bigger than the CRTs I've owned.
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