Create a scenario where CRTs make a comeback

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Originally Posted by jwharris

That is the only thing bad about the progression of television. Unfortunately, that is the problem with most consumer products. Of course, that is also why they are cheaper. If you wanted a 50" plasma screen that lasted as long as a 40s-50s CRT you would have to pay $5000+

Even plasma TV's are starting to phase out. People have been switching from plasma to LCD because of the clearer picture quality (for the most part) and longer lifespan. Of course, their longevity doesn't compare to that of a CRT TV. If someone can create a CRT TV with a digital tuner, it could legally be sold. Keep in mind, the FCC required that all TV's manufactured after March 1, 2007 had to have an ATSC tuner. Is it even possible to create a digital cathode-ray tube TV? We have a nice 2005 Sony Trinitron CRT TV upstairs that, while rather bulky, has that ideal flat-screen HD quality that many American longs for in this materialistic world.

Still CRT TV's, especially those from the 1970's and earlier, have that "look" that no LCD TV could replicate.

Also, believe it or not, a vast majority have at least one flat-panel TV in their homes nowadays. People think I'm a hypocrite for using a laptop and watching TV on an LCD TV. I'm really not. While I do have an Apple laptop (which I have to admit isn't nearly as good as my "old" HP) and a 2006 Samsung LCD TV, I also have a Remington Quiet-Riter Eleven Manual Typewriter from around 1970, a rotary Model 500 telephone, a 1972 Zenith, and a 1974 RCA. It's all about accepting the future of technology, but at the same time embracing and learning about the past.