The future of the C.R.T. tv's

[Telecolor 3007]

What do you think is the of the C.R.T tv's? Anyone will use them (I'm not talking here about old tv enthuziasts) or they going to stell be produce? (I heard that post 2000-2001 C.R.T. tv have poor qualty C.R.T.).

[HomerJ]

I purchased a Sony FD Trinitron KD-34XS955 34" TV in March of 2006. It has an absolutely stunning image. Plasma, LCD and the like can only hope to look a fraction as good as the image on this tube.
The future looks bleak though for home TVs. The best hope is SED, essentially a bunch of small tubes making a big screen. The technology has hiccupped as of late but I hope they get it out soon. The picture will kick ass as it is tube.

[3Guncolor]

I hate to say it the CRT is dead. Even our new prodution monitors I just got at work are LCD. The pictures on the new stuff is getting better everyday.

[andy]

I'd say that the day of the CRT is already over. The best CRT TVs and monitors are not made any more. Most of what's left are poor quality. Sony doesn't even list any CRTs on their web site (when did that happen?). Does anyone know what the last Trinitron was? It might be neat to take a picture of one next to the first Trinitron.

[merrylander]

Maybe Sony's last Trinitron is the 30" HDTV in our family room. Plasma, LCD and smoke and mirrors DLP should look so good.

[dr.ido]

I don't think the current CRT sets will last that long. Recently I've scrapped 3 sets that were no more than 3 years old with bad CRTs.

I haven't seen any CRT sets sold here with built in digital tuners. You can still buy a new 80cm 16:9 CRT set here, but the built in tuner is analog even on the upper end model with a built DVD player and surround sound. When analog transmissions are turned off even the bottom end of the market will be LCD for those who want a new set.

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by andy

I'd say that the day of the CRT is already over. The best CRT TVs and monitors are not made any more. Most of what's left are poor quality. Sony doesn't even list any CRTs on their web site (when did that happen?). Does anyone know what the last Trinitron was? It might be neat to take a picture of one next to the first Trinitron.

The last Sony Trinitron CRT ever made is the Sony KD-34XBR970. It's still available at some Circuit City stores. The latest production date was March 2007.

[OvenMaster]

I think CRT television is dead. LCDs use less power, take up less room, weigh less... perhaps they'll make them a bit longer for computer use; graphic work is supposedly best on a CRT because LCDs don't have as large a color palette or blacker blacks.
Tom

[Bill R]

At our WalMart we have crt sets with digital tuners from 13 inch up to 32 inch, including 4 combo units. Two of which have vhs and dvd players.

Bill R

[Kiwick]

LCD and plasma sets are ugly and nasty to repair... but at least they're A LOT easier on repairmen's backs...

maybe with the mass scrappage of big screen CRTs i could get into my 50s with a healthy back and continue to ride my horses...

[TV Engineer]

The hottest selling set in the Samsung line is the Slim Fit series of sets. I just bought the TXT3093, which is very popular with gamers, as LCD and plasma don't work with them. This is a 3rd generation wide screen CRT set, and was introduced to the public in May of this year.

It sports analog and digital tuners, 2 composite, 2 component, and 2 HDMI inputs. 30", 16/9 aspect ratio, 1080i native format, and only 16" deep. Weighs 117 lbs. All for under $600 at Best Buy.

It has the most jaw dropping picture I've seen on a TV in a long time.

[Telecolor 3007]

I heared that "LG" flat screen tvs have poor picture tubes

[andy]

I've never cared for the slim fit CRTs. They have very coarse dot pitch at the edges and all the ones I've looked at were out of focus at the edges.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

I heared that "LG" flat screen tvs have poor picture tubes

That's probably true. The LG/Goldstar/Zenith tubes of the '90's were the worst I've ever seen. In fact; I've never seen too many Goldstar tubes that were that great.

[KingBubba]

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