what TV have you got?

ready for prime time · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:41 pm

this seemed like a good enough question. what sort of TV have you got? is it plasma, LCD or the old cathode tube? i myself like the cathode tube, because i can't afford a flat screen, and i can keep it in the shed without worrying about it.
i don't really think flat screen is necessary, but that's just my opinion. mom's gonna get one in a few years time, when all the bugs have been fixed and the price has dropped. so, what have you got?

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:42 pm

We have the old fashioned Tube ones. We have no real need for an LCD/Plasma one.

PianoManGidley · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:44 pm

We have a big widescreen (about 52") HDTV in the den, but it's still CRT--not plasma or LCD flat-panel. The HD comes out pretty decent, though, for being CRT.

Chekt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:25 pm

I am assuming that "cathode tube" are the regular ones.

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:59 pm

Tube, and it's frightening to think that it will be completely obsolete in five years.

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:21 pm

NONE!

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:38 pm

I have a CRT projection TV.

You also left out DLP. And video projectors.

And the phrase you're looking for is Cathode Ray Tube.

No more polls for you.

Caustic Window · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:09 pm

um,i think Cathode tube.
if its one of the normal ones with the curved screen then yeah ive got one of those.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:49 pm

Finally a topic I know everthing about: TV's!

Caustic Window wrote:

um,i think Cathode tube.
if its one of the normal ones with the curved screen then yeah ive got one of those.

That's a Cathode ray tube.

I have a Cathode as well.

Chekt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:58 pm

I don't understand why people buy plasmas, they cost like $3,000 and die in 4 years.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:05 pm

the_chekt wrote:

I don't understand why people buy plasmas, they cost like $3,000 and die in 4 years.

Because of the picture quality. Plasmas, like other Flat screen TVs have superior picture quality compare to your standard Cathode Ray.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:40 pm

I've got a basic, run-of-the-mill, cathode ray tube TV. All three TVs in my house are cathode ray tubes.

Peter222 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:42 pm

I think Cathobe tube.

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:05 pm

Dark Grapefruit wrote:

Tube, and it's frightening to think that it will be completely obsolete in five years.

They'll be completely obsolete, and my family will still have them for another 15 years.

PianoManGidley · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:07 pm

ramrod wrote:

Dark Grapefruit wrote:

Tube, and it's frightening to think that it will be completely obsolete in five years.

They'll be completely obsolete, and my family will still have them for another 15 years.

You think that's bad? My father still has his old 8-track player, even though it hasn't worked in years and most likely never will. He still refuses to get rid of it, though.

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:10 pm

PianoManGidley wrote:

You think that's bad? My father still has his old 8-track player, even though it hasn't worked in years and most likely never will. He still refuses to get rid of it, though.

He sounds like my boss.....weird.

I have a question to all those that want/have a plasma TV, is the better picture quality worth the $$5000? I mean, it just seems too much for a tv.

Chekt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:21 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

the_chekt wrote:

I don't understand why people buy plasmas, they cost like $3,000 and die in 4 years.

Because of the picture quality. Plasmas, like other Flat screen TVs have superior picture quality compare to your standard Cathode Ray.

But that is almost $1000 a year. Well I guess if you can afford it...

firemarc924 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:00 pm

Yeah tubes will be obsolete, but it will be around for a while. Like people still used VHS until about 5 years after DVD players. Maybe 7 years.

Marshmallow Roast · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:26 pm

Yep, tube TVs for us.

PianoManGidley · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:40 pm

firemarc924 wrote:

Yeah tubes will be obsolete, but it will be around for a while. Like people still used VHS until about 5 years after DVD players. Maybe 7 years.

You speak as if there's no one using VHS anymore at all...>> I'll admit, though, that VHS is on the brink of being totally eliminated...probably a good 90% phased out by now.

Caustic Window · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:23 pm

add "cardboard box with pictures drawn on"
for us...ahem,financially challenged folks.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:12 am

PianoManGidley wrote:

We have a big widescreen (about 52") HDTV in the den, but it's still CRT--not plasma or LCD flat-panel. The HD comes out pretty decent, though, for being CRT.

CRT is actually far superior to LCD and Plasma (not sure about DLP, though). It's got something to do with the refresh rate and the contrast ratio.

As for the refresh issue, watch something with really fast action on a plasma or LCD, then watch the same thing on CRT. The CRT is sharper, and has less motion blur.

The only drawback to CRTs is their weight. A good HDTV CRT weighs something like 100-200 pounds.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:39 am

StrongRad wrote:

The only drawback to CRTs is their weight.

And their power consumption, IIRC. But I could be mistaken.

I think LCDs tend to be brighter, also, but like you said, it's at the expense of contrast.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:05 am

We have these 29" flat screens. I think it's a cathode tube, since it sticks out in the back, but the main screens are still flat.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:08 am

2 tubed tubes.

Yeah. Two cathode ray tube televisions. One's a big one Dad's had since the 1980s or something and the other one is a small one we bought about six years ago at a Circuit City. I think Circuit City, it's hard to remember.

lazadisk · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:17 am

Well, my main tv is a CRT, but my mom just got a sweet LCD... or mabye Plasma... Sumtin flat... in the loft. Whatever it is, it's freakin AWSOME!!! But I don't know why it is. Just cause. But yeah, I voted CRT.

Speckeldorf · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:35 am

CRT, but we also have a projector in the other room.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:22 am

Einoo T. Spork wrote:

2 tubed tubes.

Yeah. Two cathode ray tube televisions. One's a big one Dad's had since the 1980s or something and the other one is a small one we bought about six years ago at a Circuit City. I think Circuit City, it's hard to remember.

Those CRTs from the 80's are hard to beat. You pretty much have to try to kill them.

Jones, I think you're right. CRTs eat power compared to LCD, DLP, and Plasmas.

The non-CRT TVs also have lamps that burn out every so often. They're quite expensive to replace.
Samsung's new DLP TV is gonna fix that, though.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:37 am

StrongRad wrote:

The non-CRT TVs also have lamps that burn out every so often. They're quite expensive to replace.

I don't think LCD and plasma flat-screens have lamps that burn out, but projection TVs do (including the LCD ones).

I'd really, really like to get rid of my big huge CRT projection TV and replace it with something a little smaller and a lot lighter, preferably a DLP in the 40-50" range, but my funds have been diverted elsewhere lately, for things like.. food.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:54 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

StrongRad wrote:

The non-CRT TVs also have lamps that burn out every so often. They're quite expensive to replace.

I don't think LCD and plasma flat-screens have lamps that burn out, but projection TVs do (including the LCD ones).

I'd really, really like to get rid of my big huge CRT projection TV and replace it with something a little smaller and a lot lighter, preferably a DLP in the 40-50" range, but my funds have been diverted elsewhere lately, for things like.. food.

Looking at the pics of your living room, I'd say a 42 inch Samsung DLP would be perfect. They aren't too heavy, either. They weigh in at about 45 pounds.

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