BlackTigers
Diamond Member
I am happy with my cheap CRT. It looks great and has worked fine.
And four bedrooms + living room + a small one in the kitchen + one downstairs for the PS2 and N64.
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do they even make CRT's anymore?
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I am happy with my cheap CRT. It looks great and has worked fine.
And four bedrooms + living room + a small one in the kitchen + one downstairs for the PS2 and N64.
Atomic Playboy
Lifer
CRTs are extremely old technology; they've been available for 60 years.
Comparatively, it makes sense for manufacturers to switch to LCDs. There's greater demand; consumers want thin, large screens. The manufacturing costs are similar, but because demand is higher for LCDs, retailers can charge more, so there's greater profit margin. It's also significantly cheaper to ship LCDs, as they weigh a fraction of a comparable-sized CRT, and as the price of gas goes up, this becomes an important factor for both manufacturers and retailers to consider. This particular set of criteria is not as pronounced in other technology like VCRs (which aren't significantly larger than DVD players), which is why the transition has not been as fast.
Comparatively, it makes sense for manufacturers to switch to LCDs. There's greater demand; consumers want thin, large screens. The manufacturing costs are similar, but because demand is higher for LCDs, retailers can charge more, so there's greater profit margin. It's also significantly cheaper to ship LCDs, as they weigh a fraction of a comparable-sized CRT, and as the price of gas goes up, this becomes an important factor for both manufacturers and retailers to consider. This particular set of criteria is not as pronounced in other technology like VCRs (which aren't significantly larger than DVD players), which is why the transition has not been as fast.
RagingBITCH
Lifer
Unm, I still see CRT TV's all the time at BB...what are you talking about?
And it's hardly such a fast phaseout...it's been going on for years. What cave have you been living in?
And it's hardly such a fast phaseout...it's been going on for years. What cave have you been living in?
0roo0roo
No Lifer
um, every bb i've been to has walls of plasma/lcd. any remaining crt is relegated to a ghetto isle in the back. its been like that for a while now, crts last gasp was a few wide screen tubes, but those failed to deliver or cost too much and any decent ones are gone now, so its been pretty fast.
I <3 widescreen LCDs so much going back to using a CRT would be terrible.
For television, though, I still use CRTs. My old ones are still working fine and I don't have any need for HDTV. When these go out I'll move to HDTV flat panels and service. If I watched television nearly as much as I'm on the computer (I don't watch TV at all, really) I'm sure I'd have made the transition by now.
For television, though, I still use CRTs. My old ones are still working fine and I don't have any need for HDTV. When these go out I'll move to HDTV flat panels and service. If I watched television nearly as much as I'm on the computer (I don't watch TV at all, really) I'm sure I'd have made the transition by now.
DivideBYZero
Lifer
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0roo0roo
No Lifer
form matters. try lifting a 40 " lcd/plasma... then try lifting a 40" crt.
try finding place to put that big crt.....
now try that with a 50-60". and watch a film on it. the advantage is obvious. and with gas prices the way they are, americans will spend more on staying at home being entertained instead of road trips or going overseas. flat screen isn't very much considering all that
mugs
Lifer
And for Internet access for a significant percentage of Americans.
I got a free CRT with a computer I bought a couple of years ago. I gave it away. My company still has mostly CRT monitors (I brought my own LCDs in).
Edit:
I don't believe for a second that Best Buy didn't have any CRT TVs. Most SDTVs are still CRT.
waggy
No Lifer
i don't see how he is makeing crap up. people are dumping braodband (at $60 for shitty service) for dial up.
my dad is a perfect example. he uses it for email and rarely gets online (looks up fishing forcast). he is fed up with the 2 broadband services's he has (the DSL he has now is down nearly every other day). he is looking for a dial up service. one is $15 a month and anothe ris $20
mugs
Lifer
Your dad is a perfect example of someone who never needed broadband to begin with. So you found one person who dropped broadband for dialup. Hardly the exodus that Dave was implying.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/257/report_display.asp
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband_2008.pdf
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