Can CRT televisions make a comeback in the future?

[classictv80s]

What do you all think are the chances of this ever happening?

[Sandy G]

Slim & none. We would have to convince marketing managers, accountants, etc, etc, to crank up the CRT making machinery & that would be a miracle on the order of the loaves & fishes...if, indeed, if said machinery hasn't been summarily disposed of by now...

[kx250rider]

I've said before, that most likely they will on the high-end. Just as today, they still produce turntables and vacuum tube audio gear............for a price. As Sandy says, most likely never for the common TV set. In fact, I don't think there will be TV sets as we know at all, nor computers nor phones. There will be some kind of a one-piece device to handle all communications from television to radio to the internet, and you'll just dock it to a projector or large screen of some sort, for watching movies & ball games at home.

Charles

[andy]

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[rca2000]

But flat--panel sets are SO unrelaible and fragile!! I just visited a place where they repair electronic stuff for Amazon and some warranty. There must be 5THOUSAND flat--panel sets there for repairs...and HALF of them had broken panels!! Panels are so expensive...most often a set gets parted out when that happens.

I personally think that CRT sets MAY come back--at least the CRT display--as it is MANY times more durable and relaible than plasma or LCD sets. With a decent flyback, caps, and soldering, a CRT set could be made to be VERY reliable--and we all know how hard a tube is to break..

(BTW--I may just take a job ar that place I spoke about. The pay (19/H) is not quite what I made at that TV shop before( to start there at first anyway..) , BUT it WOULD be steady work, WITH benefits, I would NOT have to deal with customers,. OR go into ANY homes, AND I would not even have to install most of my own PARTS!! An "installer" is there just for that purpose!! I am wanted for my "diagnostic skills..), (And sets are "pre--screened , for me--to weed out the broken panels and cabinets) AND I would STILL be able to work "on the side", maybe where I do now.

But 7AM starting time...after about 8 months of "working when I wanted to", (when there was work to do, anyway..) that will NOT be easy..but it WOULD be a "guaernteed paycheck" and NOT like now--where I might make 500-600 one decent week and 400 for the next THREE weeks total!!)

[jr_tech]

I still see a few smaller 13" crt sets with ATSC and QAM tuners for sale. So are they "new old stock" or using up the remaining supply of these tubes, *or* are crts still being manufactured somewhere?

jr

[radiotvnut]

The next time I'm at walmart, I'll look to see if they have any CRT sets left. A few months ago, the only CRT on the floor was a 27" Sansui.

[old_tv_nut]

The major glass plants for CRTs are being shut down one by one. No glass, no CRTs, especially not the large ones.

[Sandy G]

I have a friend who worked at one time for Bendix, who make a LOT of the subassemblies for all things automotive-related-Brakes, electronics, this, that, & the other. He said that once demand for a BR-549 Ford whickerbill assembly dropped below "X" units, it would be discontinued, & often as not the tooling would be scrapped. He said that at some point in the future, a lot of otherwise serviceable cars could be sidelined because of the inavailability of these electronic gizmotrons. Could be fun for future generations of motorheads wanting to restore a 1994 Mustang in say, 2040...Which is about the same amount of elapsed time as us wanting to restore a '64 Stang today...

[crtfool]

I don't think that CRT TV sets will ever make a comeback because of several reasons:

1. CRT sets are very heavy, bulky and take up a lot of room.
2. LCD sets are getting larger and cheaper.
3. LCD quality is getting better, especially with LED backlights.
4. OLED will eventually become mainstream and affordable.

[jr_tech]

Indeed, very heavy an bulky... As much as I would l like to have something like this 40 inch Trinitron, it just aint gona happen. A 325lb TV really is not very practical these days.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-40-FD-TRINI...item45f1483f2c

But I bet it displays a great picture!

not affiliated,
jr

[andy]

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[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by rca2000

(BTW--I may just take a job ar that place I spoke about. The pay (19/H) is not quite what I made at that TV shop before( to start there at first anyway..) , BUT it WOULD be steady work, WITH benefits...

If people are not excited about $19/hr in Cincinnati then I know where I need to relocate to. I make little better than half that and the large criminal element of New Orleans has murdered two of us in the last two years. (No, I'm not a cop, I'm a service tech for an amusement company.)

[Kiwick]

CRTs are still widely used in some specialized applications, for example, most portable ultrasound scanners used by equine vets still have a small (about 6") hi-def B/W crt.

There are also a few LCD-based models but they seem to be far less successful than CRT ones, maybe because LCDs are less viewable in daylight, or maybe because LCDs are less tolerant of horse kicks and abuse.

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

If people are not excited about $19/hr in Cincinnati then I know where I need to relocate to. I make little better than half that and the large criminal element of New Orleans has murdered two of us in the last two years. (No, I'm not a cop, I'm a service tech for an amusement company.)

Oh, don't worry. I AM taking that job, I am telling them Monday morning. The last check I got from the place I have been working for part-time, bounced today, messing up things for my finances again. This WILL be a guarnteed, good pay, EVERY week, no fear of bounced checks or having to beg for my pay, buy my own parts or put up with Bi-polar bosses(hopefully not, anyway.)

It is just going to be hard for me to "re-adjust" my life to getting up EVERY DAY before 6Am, when since last August, I had NO true time--frame to worry about, and only worked when there was "work to do"(which lately has NOT been very often). I have nearly drained my savings, and have NOT been able to do things like get my Trofeo painted, buy a new computer, or much else.

SO, I will be willing to make that sacrifice, of my "free time" to KNOW that EVERY week, I WILL get a good paycheck, that will meet my expenses.But it WILL be a "difficult adjustment" at first. But probably well worth it!!