LCD vs CRT TV. CRT is better.......

bookduck

I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition 2+ years ago. Think it was JVC had a stall there and they sold plasma and LCD. I went in as a LCD person and came out as a plasma person. Besides about 40% more life in an LCD screen, the plasma was sharper, slightly better colour? but no comet effect on fast moving items like footballs or cars.

Personally I have an old 20" crt computer monitor that is high spec graphics monitor (was in its time). My 2 year old LCD screen at work will not support the high scan rate compared to my CRT, but the colours and the gradient of colours, the blackness greatly superceed my high quality crt. One film I watched on it had an black alley scene, but at work I could see items and brickwork in the alley too.

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

CRTs don't have to scale an SD picture to fit their screen, do they?

Not upto a certain size. But at above 36" they would have to (Prossibly above32")
What im saying is that a lot of detail is lost on the smaller CRTs and when they get to 32" (ish) then gaps do start to appear in the screen and they then start to require scaling.
My 'scaled' Pioneer brings out all the detail so well that it looks better than most CRTs. So much detail is 'dredged up' that the Pioneer will outperform nearly every CRT ive seen anyways. On the downside, poor freeview programmes look VERY poor (As it dredges up all the cr*p that goes with it)
Im unsure of exact limits (And probably quite a few factors are involved) but above 36" I think they had to turn to projection screens (Which are def' scaled)
So if you want a large screen (I did) you NEED something other than a CRT. And my Pioneer far and wide outperforms BOTH Philips CRT tvs I had (28" and 32", of which the 32" did struggle with the size). My dads 28" panasonic CRT does look fantastic, but highly devoid of detail that my HDTV brings out.

anyways ~ off on a tangent.

Marty? No, they dont

Coveredinbees!!!!

yea LCD's suck that's why I got a plasma

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Not all LCDs are the same.. you need to look out for the contrast ratio and brightness values in the specs

el-cheapo LCDs have terrible contrast ratios and look murkey. The more expensive LCDs have a much high (possibly thousands of times higher) contrast ratios and look far better

aliEnRIK

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Not all LCDs are the same.. you need to look out for the contrast ratio and brightness values in the specs

el-cheapo LCDs have terrible contrast ratios and look murkey. The more expensive LCDs have a much high (possibly thousands of times higher) contrast ratios and look far better

Never EVER go off specs alone for tvs

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Well, of course not, but it's a pretty good indication

Good brand + good specs => pretty good chance of a good TV

BillScarab

LCD's are better now than they used to be but personally I prefer Plasma. We have a Pannasonic TH37PX80 and it does a good job with Freeview SD broadcasts. Combined with a Virginmedia V+ box it does a great job though so a lot is down to the quality of the input source.

BTW I took my mom to buy a new TV yesterday and she has gone for the Panasonic too. Empiredirect are doing the TH37PX80 and the TH42PX80 for £500 including a 5 year warranty from Panasonic. Excellent sets at an excellent price.

JoolzS

angelapops wrote: »

Hi Julie, I'm on the lookout for a new tv which one did you buy
Angela:A

I got a Panasonic TX32LXD85. There is a TX32LXD80 that it about £80 cheaper that also had good reviews.

Julie

Marty_J

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Not upto a certain size. But at above 36" they would have to (Prossibly above32")
What im saying is that a lot of detail is lost on the smaller CRTs and when they get to 32" (ish) then gaps do start to appear in the screen and they then start to require scaling.
My 'scaled' Pioneer brings out all the detail so well that it looks better than most CRTs. So much detail is 'dredged up' that the Pioneer will outperform nearly every CRT ive seen anyways. On the downside, poor freeview programmes look VERY poor (As it dredges up all the cr*p that goes with it)

Don't all PAL TVs, regardless of size, have 576 visible lines, which is the same as the SD broadcast?

Our 40 inch Samsung looks a lot better on SD broadcasts when using the built in freeview than it does using our Sky + box. Maybe I should try a different scart lead.

Im unsure of exact limits (And probably quite a few factors are involved) but above 36" I think they had to turn to projection screens (Which are def' scaled)
So if you want a large screen (I did) you NEED something other than a CRT. And my Pioneer far and wide outperforms BOTH Philips CRT tvs I had (28" and 32", of which the 32" did struggle with the size). My dads 28" panasonic CRT does look fantastic, but highly devoid of detail that my HDTV brings out.

anyways ~ off on a tangent

I thought projection TVs made the picture bigger by making the path of light between the CRTs and the screen longer. We have a 51 inch 1080i CRT projection TV here, and that's certainly how it works. The CRTs point towards the rear of the TV, where there is a mirror which reflects it back towards the screen. I had to open it up and replace the coolant in it the other week as the picture was horribly hazy; the stuff I sucked out was yellow instead of clear. It was a bit of an ordeal, but I got it done in the end.

Marty? No, they dont

lol....I'm only asking! :cool:

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

Don't all PAL TVs, regardless of size, have 576 visible lines, which is the same as the SD broadcast?

Our 40 inch Samsung looks a lot better on SD broadcasts when using the built in freeview than it does using our Sky + box. Maybe I should try a different scart lead.

I thought projection TVs made the picture bigger by making the path of light between the CRTs and the screen longer. We have a 51 inch 1080i CRT projection TV here, and that's certainly how it works. The CRTs point towards the rear of the TV, where there is a mirror which reflects it back towards the screen. I had to open it up and replace the coolant in it the other week as the picture was horribly hazy; the stuff I sucked out was yellow instead of clear. It was a bit of an ordeal, but I got it done in the end.

lol....I'm only asking! :cool:

Actually. I recall my 32" Philips actually had double SD scan lines (or so they claimed ~ I never looked into it)
Its true that the OLD style CRT tvs all had 576 lines, but I believe some of the more recent ones (When widescreen was taking off) started coming out with various size panels and scaling

Yes ~ I ment scaling as in 'blowing up' with projection tvs (Not ACTUAL scalers, though I believe some proper large projectors do)

And yes ~ scart cables DO make a difference
Buy a Thor mate ~
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thor-Scart-to-1-5m/dp/B0009E66SW
Inbuilt freeview should be pretty much a perfect signal (as its direct with no transports needed if done correctly)
My dads sky+ looks amazing with his scart (But I dont think youll be paying for one of them )