Er....what's so bad about CRT TVs?

keith1950

Arcana- The largest " normal " CRT TV'S produced and sold within this country were indeed 36", however you may be confusing them with the rear projection type of CRT TV. These used 3 seperate Red , Green and Blue tubes however the picture quality was quite poor and were usually bought by people who wanted to boast they had a large screen TV. If you had ever tried to lift a 36" you would realise that larger CRT's were not practical, sometimes needing 3 people to deliver/install. As ukcarper says, a well set up quality CRT can give a better picture than LCD when using standard definition input.

roddydogs

Why not post "Whats wrong with a Black and White set"?, or Whats wrong with not owning a car, or whats wrong with not having Central Heating, yada, yada.

brewerdave

I've got a 6 yr old 28" CRT TV in the lounge - picture is great for Standard def Sky and Freeview but last time I had to move it I had 10 days on the sick cos I put my back out ! Can't imagine what it would be like to move a 32" CRT!!!

JasX

Arcana wrote: »

I know they don't have quite the same picture quality as a LCD TV,

odd comment, I was always under them impression CRTs were perfectly capable of delivering higher rez stuff so you might fine CRT has BETTER image quality than LCDs Plasmas etc... the downside for them is bulk and small screen size (and that the picture is curved rather than flat unless you have a flat screened CRT)

JasX

UPDATE: here's what wiki says on the subject:

CRTs can be useful for displaying photos with high pixels per unit area and correct color balance. LCDs, as currently the most common flatscreen technology, have generally inferior color rendition (despite having greater overall brightness) due to the fluorescent lights commonly used as a backlight.[32]

CRTs are still popular in the printing and broadcasting industries as well as in the professional video, photography, and graphics fields due to their greater color fidelity, contrast and better viewing from off-axis (wider viewing angle). CRTs also still find adherents in video gaming because of their higher resolution per initial cost, fast response time, and multiple native resolutions.[33]

Generally, rear-projection displays and LCDs require more power per display area than CRTs for displays larger than 12", assuming the same per sq. cm brightness and a modern aperture grill design. Monochrome CRT are even more efficient than color CRTs. This is because up to 2/3rds of the backlight power of LCD and rear-projection displays are lost to the RGB stripe filter. Most LCDs also have poorer colour rendition and can change colour with viewing angle, though modern PVA and IPS LCDs have greatly attenuated these problems. Smaller LCD displays may be more efficient than CRT due to overhead of cathode heaters.


So there you go

blossom30

Hi I was interested in this thread as I keep waiting for my old tv to give up the ghost before replacing it. It is a 26 inch phillips black lines and was bought in August 1993 for £500. I am currently with virgin media and the tv works just fine. I do like the lcd tvs but being a born money saver I refuse to buy one until the old one is defunct. I have read some horror stories on this board about lcd tvs only lasting 18 mths!! so I will just stick with my old faithful until its ready for the electrical graveyard in the sky...shrewdalx

Badger_Lady

I recently spent £170 on a reconditioned projector on eBay... it's HD, up to 70" widescreen and works a treat with both 2D and 3D films. For the amount of "telly" I watch, the bulb that came with it should last me 23 years.

I haven't bothered with a screen yet - the picture projected onto my living room wall is fine. And the projector is ceiling-mounted (by me, using a £10 universal bracket), so no bulk to worry about at all!

Arcana

roddydogs wrote: »

Why not post "Whats wrong with a Black and White set"?, or Whats wrong with not owning a car, or whats wrong with not having Central Heating, yada, yada.

I'm more referring to the fact that every Tom, !!!!!! and Harry seems to throw out their CRTs faster than they can blink an eye, mostly because "they take up sooo much space" and "LCDs are prettier". Even my 73 year old dad has now got a LCD TV.
It just seems to me that people consider having a CRT is like having a 1960 VW Beetle in 2010, when it's more like having a 5 year old Toyota IMHO.

Obviously it's not like having a B/W TV as those are not comparable to LCD's at all.

Inactive

Arcana wrote: »

Even my 73 year old dad has now got a LCD TV.
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Wow really...:silenced:

Swipe

Still got a 32" Sony CRT here. Won't upgrade to LCD until they come with built in Freeview HD tuners at reasonable prices. I hardly watch TV anyway.