The cathode ray tube is still superior (resolution & price). Until the flats improve isn't it better to wait?

Answer 1

They arent superior. CRTs are heavier, bulkier, are not made in as large of screen sizes (50" CRT anyone? You would need a forklift to move it), and I dont think there is a 1080p CRT.
I will take my Plasma and LCD screens any day.

Answer 2

I respectfully disagree.

I currently have a Sony 34" CRT Widescreen HDTV. It's a beautiful picture to be sure, and is pretty much the pinnacle of picture tube technology. When I bought it 3 years ago, it was far superior in price and picture quality to both plasma or LCD.

But a lot of progress has been made in LCDs and Plasmas in those 3 years, and some of the new LCD sets beat CRT in picture quality and price. Plus of course CRT has a definite size limitation to around 36", where the flat panel technologies can go up to 65" or even higher in some cases.

As good as my 34" CRT is, I'm really looking at 52" LCDs right now. The better ones have fantastic color and resolution. There is one, the Samsung 71f series that can make people look life like with a Blu-Ray movie. I don't get that on my CRT.

Answer 3

CRTs are far from being superior...they're bulky, heat producing, don't lend themselves well to integrated circuitry applications and are more expensive to build and maintain.

Answer 4

YES!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed!!!

I remain completely unimpressed by the flat screens on a price/performance basis. The only ones that look good are WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY overpriced.

Our main TV is one that my husband bought 15 years ago, and it still has a crystal clear picture like it's brand new!

We got a DLP projector onto a 110" home theater screen for watching movies, on sale an Overstock.com. The whole setup cost less than $2000, including a top-end screen and home theater sound system. And today I think you can get it even cheaper. IT BLOWS AWAY every single flat screen TV I've seen, even the high-end ones. AND IT'S ONLY 720p! HD looks phenomenal on it. Even just at 720p. Honestly I can't see wasting money for something even crisper that your eye barely notices. I mean, we can already see the pores on people's skin... what else do we need to see, their blackheads?

Until flat screens cost well under the $500 mark for a 40" screen, they are a complete rip-off...

... and probably the way that TV makers are trying to recover from the reality that CRT products lasted so long! (They clearly made them TOO good, which isn't good for profits.)

Answer 5

Nope...not anymore...whatever advantage they had in the past is so minuscule that is does not eclipse the many disadvantages.