Sad curb discovery :(

[Celt]

It was amazing how just how many people pushed their CRT sets to the curb here when that bullshit of "digital cable" was announced. Here it is years later and our cable still passes the same channels just as before.

[kramden66]

these things deliver great pictures especially for me who watches 90% 4.3 , I don't understand how people could invest so much money into one and just toss it especially when it is hd, we are such a wasteful people compared with years ago , that's part of the reason we are able to get the vintage sets.

I do find it interesting that it is 2002 and doesn't have the hdmi input like my 2004 kv-36hs420 however the sound on it is standard and flat as far as bass goes , doesn't matter I run the receiver for sound on dvd and blu ray, getting this set off the ground was unbelievable so I can imagine the 40" is an even bigger nightmare.
so these would need the cable that converts to hdmi cable which is ok with me.

[NJRoadfan]

Originally Posted by kramden66

I do find it interesting that it is 2002 and doesn't have the hdmi input like my 2004 kv-36hs420 however the sound on it is standard and flat as far as bass goes , doesn't matter I run the receiver for sound on dvd and blu ray, getting this set off the ground was unbelievable so I can imagine the 40" is an even bigger nightmare.
so these would need the cable that converts to hdmi cable which is ok with me.

HDMI didn't appear on sets until 2004-05. Prior to our plasma purchase, we had a 5 year old 32" Panasonic Tau 4:3 flat CRT in the house, did 1080i. We landed up giving it to a friend of the family. Sadly a year later it just up and died on them.

The local thrift usually has CRT TVs for no more than $10. They must hate the things since nobody wants to lift them. I saw the 16:9 widescreen version of that Panasonic Tau CRT at a local thrift for $15! I guess the fact that it had HDMI and boosted "HDTV" on the front raised the price.