It always seemed logical to me that an HD CRT set would have the superior picture since it has none of the LCD/Plasma/Light Engine drawbacks... Obviously weight is the issue, but who cares? It's not like I carry around any TV set for kicks (or maybe you just get used to TV sets weighing so much after dealing with our vintage stuff, lol)
That said, I've only seen ONE HD CRT-style set in operation on HD*, and I was less than impressed. Captain Moody has one of the 38" NTSC/ATSC 16:9 RCA sets from 2000... I wouldn't call the picture "bad", but it certainly produced no "wow" from me. In fact, focus in white areas looked worse than a good ol' Chromacolor. Are the RCA (Thompson) sets just that inferior to the HD Sony's? Or do you think this set might have been simply showing its age?
Should I start looking for a Sony just to have around? I'm not that into the crap that's on TV anyways, don't even have cable/sat, but I should grab one while I can for the future.
How much should I pay? I workout with weights like Charles and have a one-ton truck, (although no backhoes, lol) so moving should not be too much of an issue.
*I did attend a special event hosted by a smaller, local appliance shop back around 2000 that was supposed to wow me with a demonstration of digital HD. The crowd gathered 'round, and a hush fell over the room as we prepared to be awed by this new electronic wonder. Here is what we saw:
