what brand is the best for CRT rear projection tv?

Answer 1

I do in fact have a recomendation and it's one shared by most experts in the audio/visual field. At this point in time the Hitachi f59 series is the absolute best bang for the buck available on the market, bar none. LCD? Plasma? DLP? Nope, it's got every set below $3000 covered hands down in every relevant category, be it picture quality, gaming performance or maintenance cost. The fact is that CRT is still the benchmark all others are judged by and at this point in time a High Def rear projection set such as the Hitachi offers the savvy buyer all the goodies without the hassles.

The F59 series is available in 51, 57 and 65 inch screen sizes, and as to price, well lets just say that on a good sale day you can pick up the 65 for between $1000-$1200 and the 57 for $999. Personally, I'd wait for the annual 'After the Super Bowl' sales as most retailers really offer some blowout pricing at this time, many close to those of 'Black Friday'. It was 'Black Friday' which put the 51 inch version on my doorstep at $699 shipped and I couldn't be happier with this set, heck I'd have paid full price and still considered it a steal. Yes, it really IS that good! But don't just take my word for it, take a look for youself at some of the factors which lead me to this purchase.

For instance lets look at the bulbs, or should I say lack of. ALL of the others technologies require an arc lamp bulb to provide the light source and it does a wonderful job...for about two years. 18-24 months is the average life expectancy of these bulbs under normal viewing conditions, then its time for replacement at a cost of $200. Average that out over the ten plus years you'll watch your typical CRT rear projection set like the Hitachi with ZERO bulbs and you'll see just what the latest 'High Tech' is really worth.

If you're a gamer this is the best choice once again due to a few things, the foremost being response time. CRT doesn't have to measure pixel response in milliseconds because there are none, thus instant and true image representaion is there 24/7/365. This is critical when playing first person shooters such as Halo on Xbox Live as the lag associated with the other technologies allows the slightest bit of lag. Sure, a 10ms lag doesn't seem like much but it is the difference in that hitting and missing those vital split second shots, the difference between tea bagging an downed opponent or cursing yourself blue over why your 'dead on' head shot failed to take out the bad guy. Oh, and screen 'Burn In' isn't really an issue either anymore so than any other set, in fact less if proper cautions such as not leaving ANYTHING paused for extended periods of time.

Now as far as movie watching goes I certainly hope you have access to a lot of DVDs because viewing them on this set is more addictive than heroin or internet porn. My personal collection grows by the week now, even movies I've seen a million times gain new life on this set. And as for cable, well I have digital cable and see NO reason to upgrade to HD because the Standard def stations would remain the same and the combo of digital and this TV make you swear you were watching true High Def when tuned to any of the Discovery Network channels.

I'll not even go into the realm of picture quality, suffice to say 1080i with the true blacks and true color representation only CRT can deliver is still king of the hill despite every attempt to knock it off. So go ahead and pull the trigger on one of these bad boys, I promise, you'll not be dissapointed in any way, shape or form. Good luck and happy viewing

Answer 2

I also own a Hitachi projo TV I selected it as a repairman because of many features including a very nice retrace speed preserving the PHOSPOR life Easiest way to see a burn in image is to display a solid blue screen. many DVD's do this with tray open VCRs with no movie or no signal on channel TV's with blue screen option set to ON and channel with no signal selected MY TV was purchased in 2002 42F500 never a problem has been on almost the entire time I dont recommend leaving a stationary image on the screen however its going take a real bad device to burn your CRTs like an old NES or Genesis cartridge based game console What should be your most important concern is watching the TV in Letterboxed mode too often. Recommended no more than 10 % of total viewing per week in that mode OR over time the TOP and BOTTOM will begin to appear BRIGHTER than the rest of the picture in full screen mode this is because when BLACK the Phospor isnt working no aging or loss of brightness NO BURN IN the area that wasnt letterboxed is aging with use do it too often you start to see the effect of uneven aging of the Phosphor BTW nice selection on TV those are the best built TV's ever. and it takes a great TV to unseat a 1992 Mitsubishi projo from the best ever slot

Answer 3

Samsung no. Mitsubishi makes the longest lasting picture tubes. And thats almost a fact.

Answer 4

Samsung or Mitsubishi.