Flat Screen conspiracy?

[peverett]

From what I have read in various magazines (including the IEEE Spectrum magazine) plasma is the least reliable and has the shortest life of any of the currently available flat panel displays.

From the same IEEE Spectrum article discussing flat panel displays, I have come to the conclusion that none of them will be as reliable as the CRTs in the short term(and possibly long term). This is due to the complexity built into them.

I have also read that for the HDTV aspect ratio, it is almost impossible to build a single CRT set as the CRT yield is very poor. At present, if you want both a good picture and long life for HDTV, the heavy projection CRT sets are your choice(at least as long as they are produced).