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Most of the European brands sold here (Metz, Grundig, Philips, Blaupunkt, etc) sold 16:9 CRT sets starting in the mid 90s. Initially they were insanely expensive. For a while some of the cheap Chinese brands were selling some 16:9 convex CRT sets (I remember the ads for a Teac set that was the first widescreen set for under $1000). Lately the cheap 16:9 CRT sets have disappeared as the flat panels have dropped in price.
Dead 16:9 CRT sets are starting to show up at the various places around here, but I haven't been interested enough to pick one up. 16:9 just doesn't look right to me. I can happily watch movies in either letterbox or panscan on a 4:3 set, I can't bear to watch 4:3 on a 16:9 set whether stretched or vertical letter boxed.
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