Is it still possible to buy a normal good old fashioned 40 inch TV Not Plasma or LCD?

Answer 1

To answer your question, Sony and Mitsubishi were the only manufacturers in the worlds producing a 40" CRT TV. Production Ceased in early 2003 for Sony, and Late 1990's for Mitsubishi. These TV's were so MASSIVE, you needed Three people just to deliver one. They were to big and costly to repair. Buy a Flat screen Plasma, the Technology is almost identical to the "Good old fashioned" TV's, as they use Phosporus Based materials to make the picture (Just Like CRT TV's) The only difference is they are flat and use millions of tiny TV type bulbs. The life span of Plasma today is almost TRIPLE that of a CRT "Tube" TV. Good luck, Dan Home Theatre Manager 15 Years

Answer 2

Below 42 inch go for an LCD. You will hear a lot of Urban Myth about both LCD and Plasma. My own personal choice was for a 42inch LG Plasma, which blew all the others away for image quality in my own personal tests. Don't rely on someone elses opinion. Image quality is subjective and down to the individual. Take a DVD to a few shops and sample all of the screens within your budget (LCD and Plasma) All of my friends own Plasma or DLP's above 40 inch and non of them have had any major failures! The only screen with a problem is a 2.5 year old Samsung LCD with dead pixels in the left hand quarter of the screen. They show up as a line of small red, blue or black dots.

Answer 3

The largest CRT television commercially available in the U.K. was 36" - you could not ever buy a 40" CRT television.

And of course, let's not forget, that the ol' style TVs ran 'hotter' than both plasmas and LCDs, as well as costing twice as much to run...

Answer 4

I was kinda wondering why would you like to buy something outdated when you do have better technology available nowadays...with LCD and HDTVs you get mucj more better picture quality, even if you find the old fashion TV, i think the reception would not be as good as the new ones cause nowadays the signals are digital so then u dont have better viewing in the old TV cause its not digital...may be you can try visiting http://www.ebazaar.biz/closeout_deal.htm where you can buy LCD HDTV for a cheap price

Answer 5

Yes, it is still possible, Sony has a very good 36" flat CRT, bigger than that you will have to do with a rear projection TV, now they sell them with very good definition and vivid colors with the DLP technology. There are 40"-42" Sony DLP TVs around $900 which is very good price for the definition and size. Hope you can find what you want!

Answer 6

the tech behind CRTs basically limits how big the screen size can be. Years in woking in tv repairs etc and I have never seen one that big.

I am sure i had my hands on a hitachi that was 37" it weighed a tonne... who said the japanese were small??? sorry bad joke.

the depth of it made it near impossible to get through a doorway.

Before LCD rear projection was the tech fo 37"+ so that would basically constitute old fashioned i guess.

Answer 7

The answer is Yes... of course, it will be much more difficult than finding a new one (you won't find them in any retail store)... try checking online bidding pages, newspapers, or ghetto shops... Soon everybody will be selling those for a few pounds.

e.g. ebay:
http://electronics.listings.ebay.com/Televisions_Standard-Tube-TVs_W0QQfromZR4QQsacatZ15080QQsocmdZListingItemList

Just a question, why on earth would you like one of those heavy, not fashion looking and in a little while incompatible with everything else...

Answer 8

The biggest I've seen is 36 inch, but I doubt they make them any more. They are just too heavy and bulky.

I got a 32" CRT, and it takes two people to lift it (still a struggle).

Answer 9

I would never purchase a plasma/lcd tv. They're overpriced. I do have one but I didn't pay for it. I got it from the freebie site on my page. :)

Answer 10

believe it or not but there rare,buy a second hand one sure,but new uns arnt around,tried to get one 4 my mum