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DEL.ICIO.USThere’s life in the old-fashioned tube TV
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ll never forget going out to a top-notch video production company - a place where many HDTV movies and commercials are edited - and seeing banks of old fashioned tube television sets used as monitors.
The engineer explained that - to get the accuracy of color that they wanted, only tube type sets would work.
Lost in all the - justifiable I think - praise for flat panel sets is the plain fact that tube type TVs work great and have a long track record to prove it.
Maybe not so obscure is the fact that these sets are real bargains now - including HDTV tube type sets and regular old fashioned analog TVs. I’m linking here to a story that explains sales are just fine - even in the hot sales period just before the last Super Bowl - for sets using the cathode ray tube (the old fashioned CRT). The story also talks about the unmatched fidelity of tube type sets.
You’ll find some comparison pricing here, showing that comparable sized CRT sets sell for roughly half what a flat panel set might cost.
A CRT set isn’t for everyone, but - for those of you who like a bargain and don’t mind the size of a CRT, either HDTV or analog - there are bargains. And, if you buy an analog set, it’ll work just fine even when all the broadcasters switch to digital and HDTV. As long as it is connected to a cable box or satellite receiver, it won’t miss a beat.
Am I recommending that you buy one? Nope, I’m just saying that it may be worth considering, especially if you are buying a second or third TV and don’t want to spend a fortune.
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