NoTransistors
02-01-2008, 04:17 PM
I walked into Circuit City to take a peek at those newfangled flat/digital TVs.
Colors were not quite correct, and way too deep. Images, even slow-moving ones were smeared and/or blotchy.
The sound was Bose-like in 'quality'.
The best pictures by far were from two Samsung [yup, that's right], tube sets that have full HDTV play capability.
Is it digital that makes things so bad, or the no-more-CRT tube thing that spoils them?
I almost grabbed the Samsung 27", but realized that I would have to strap it to the glass roof of my Firebird.
This gave me time to investigate. I discovered two things:
1- No one offers CRT TVs any more.
2-The Samsung that I had almost purchased has a poor reliability record.
I own a nearly-new Sony 32" CRT TV.
Will I need to nurse that along for the next four decades, to get a decent picture? And, will I get a decent picture with the required adapter?
Am I somewhat nuts, or is digital TV just another p.o.s. that has been forced up our butts?
Even the house phones are digital, and most of them are far from clear.
I am far from happy over the consumer junk that we are forced to accept. Even my newish Maytag dishwasher is crap.
Help.
Seth
Forever Analog and Covered In Parrot Poop
Colors were not quite correct, and way too deep. Images, even slow-moving ones were smeared and/or blotchy.
The sound was Bose-like in 'quality'.
The best pictures by far were from two Samsung [yup, that's right], tube sets that have full HDTV play capability.
Is it digital that makes things so bad, or the no-more-CRT tube thing that spoils them?
I almost grabbed the Samsung 27", but realized that I would have to strap it to the glass roof of my Firebird.
This gave me time to investigate. I discovered two things:
1- No one offers CRT TVs any more.
2-The Samsung that I had almost purchased has a poor reliability record.
I own a nearly-new Sony 32" CRT TV.
Will I need to nurse that along for the next four decades, to get a decent picture? And, will I get a decent picture with the required adapter?
Am I somewhat nuts, or is digital TV just another p.o.s. that has been forced up our butts?
Even the house phones are digital, and most of them are far from clear.
I am far from happy over the consumer junk that we are forced to accept. Even my newish Maytag dishwasher is crap.
Help.
Seth
Forever Analog and Covered In Parrot Poop