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[rainman]

Sounds like you had a great time Sadoun. that sound like it would be any electronics man fantasy.

[pictureon]

I heard that LCD last longer than plasma TV's.

[be236]

But I think rear-projection DLP is the best bang for your buck.. cheaper than plasma or LCD.

I think you can get a 42" DLP set for about $1000... Good price, eh?

[elgemcdlf]

But I think rear-projection DLP is the best bang for your buck.. cheaper than plasma or LCD.

I think you can get a 42" DLP set for about $1000... Good price, eh?

I believe you can get 42" HD either monitor or TV for the $1300 range without shopping to awful hard. Do not remember Plasma or LCD but believe it was Plasma. Just happens to be the size I am looking at for a flush mount in the wall system in my FR

[wejones]

I'm curious why conventional CRT was not one of the options? From everything I've read, CRT HDTVs are significantly better than any of the other types listed here, although perhaps they aren't available in the same range of sizes.
Actually, this is 95% of the reason I don't have an HDTV now, because I want a CRT model, and the wife wants an LCD. As the TV ad says, eventually we'll compromise, and we'll get an LCD.
{hopefully she doesn't read this forum}

[satnutwillb]

I agree wejones,everything I've read about says crts produce better picture,but I guess are just too bulky.I like the LCD look,but better quality and longer performance are a nice feature also.

[Sadoun]

CRTs are no where to be found at the last CES. With 1080P resolution, you will get the best picture possible with today's technology (tomorrow might be a different story ).

When you buy a PLASMA, you have to be careful about burn-ins. This will happen if a static picture is left on the plasma screen for a long period of time. For example, let say you keep the channel on CNN news for a whole day. And the CNN logo is static and stays at the same location on the screen. That will create a permanent burn-in of the logo on that spot of the screen.

I don't know if new Plasma technology eleminated that problem. LCD does not have an issue with this.

[Sadoun]

When you shop for a PLASMA TV, make sure you check the resolution capability of the screen. Some have low resolution (VGA) and sell way too cheap. These are not HDTV capable but will work well with regular SD and DVDs.

[pmb1010]

CRT HDTVs are significantly better

Bill, I did the same analysis a couple years ago. Everything pointed back to a tube type set for HD as having the best picture.
So I ended up with 34" Sony HD tube set. This thing is HEAVY.
But I've been very satisfied with the set for the time I've had it. Time Warner cable (formerly Adelphia) has a ton of HD channels, and since I'm near Canada - I can pick up CBC for HD hockey with OTA antenna.

I think realistically the limit on tube HD - Widescreen 16x9 - ends up at about the 36" level. There are manufacturing issues making glass any bigger than that, so thats why nothing at CES for glass anymore. People want 40, 50 , 60 inch sets.... ain't gonna happen with glass.

This will suffice my needs until this "laser" HD technology comes out in a couple years.

[wejones]

Bill, I did the same analysis a couple years ago. Everything pointed back to a tube type set for HD as having the best picture.
So I ended up with 34" Sony HD tube set. This thing is HEAVY.
......

That "HEAVY" thing is part of the reason why I can't convince my wife to go for the CRT. We now have 4 TVs, 2 of which, are OLD, mechanical tuning types, but are still working fine, but our main TV is a Sony. This Sony, like you say, is HEAVY, but it replaced a Sony that died, that was even heavier, which replaced a Sony that died. My last Sony was so heavy that I needed to use the front end loader on my tractor to move the darn thing. I wanted to replace my current Sony, which has been showing signs of dying, with a Sony HD, and my wife just can't understand why I keep buying Sony TVs when they keep dying, but I really don't think there is anything else with the features of the Sonys, particularly with respect to multiple inputs, etc. When we bought our Sonys, there were also a brand called Proton or something that looked good, but that was years ago, so I don't know if they are still around or not.
But one problem with the CRTs, which will probabably be the case with other type displays once they figure it out, is that at least where we live, you can't get rid of the old ones. Ie we aren't allowed to just put them in the trash. You have to call some special hazardous waste company and pay something like $25 per TV to dispose of it. This goes for both TVs and computer monitors. This went into effect a year or two ago, at a time when I had 2 old TVs, and about 7 old computer monitors in my garage. At that time, I found that a trash transfer station about an hour's drive from me was taking them for a fee of $90/ton, but only for a couple weeks until the prohibition hit them too, so I put my HUGE HEAVY SONY, plus an old Toshiba, and about 6 old computer monitors into my Jeep Cherokee, and drove up to the transfer station, and got rid of them. Kind of neat getting in line behind big trash trucks to get on the scales. I think it cost me about $22, plus the gas to drive there and back. So there are reasons to avoid CRTs now, however by the time a plasma or LCD goes bad, they will probably prohibit those in trash too. I think they were concerned about the lead and mercury and other heavy metals in them, which is probably the same for any electronics, but the prohibition was only for monitors at this time.