[Insaneperson]

So now CRT has been abandoned by the good quality manufacturers, what do you think the best one ever made is? Its unlikely to ever ne surpassed now. Sad thought. Might even end up buying one for a bedroom if the price for a used one is cheap enough on ebay.

[skinj]

Panasonic tx32pd50 Acuity set. Superb bit of kit both picture and styling. After that the philips 32pw9544 silver shadow. NOt flat screen but the styling was awsome and set trends for a few years after.

[Doctorb]

Well you can rule out any 100htz set, the only thing they do good is improve a poor analogue signal.

If think I would go for the 50htz Sony triniton sets.

[Doctorb]

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Originally Posted by skinj

Panasonic tx32pd50 Acuity set. Superb bit of kit both picture and styling. After that the philips 32pw9544 silver shadow. NOt flat screen but the styling was awsome and set trends for a few years after.

The Philips set was one of the worse ever made. They were always failing (the dreaded red lines of death) and scaled a decent digital signal to look like Tetris the movie.

I remember the first time I saw one of these sets, the tennis was on and Henman was playing, his arms were animated and blocky like he was made of Lego, even had a big thick line down his arm. Terrible, this was the day Philips died and started to divert attention to flashy cabinets and glowing strip lights. It still works on people.

The Panasonic was always a problem with perfectionists. I always had people wanting to fix noisy CRT scan coils and poor picture processing. The cure was to exchange and buy another set.

[mrvgarg]

Sony 36 inch widescreen.

[Billy 577]

Panasonic TX 36PL32 widescreen does it for me, give it a decent digital source like a DVD or Channel 5 and the picture is amazing. Colours are vivid , Black is true Black and the picture on the whole gives a 3D effect. Im so pleased with it im not interested in HD at all.

[russellelly]

Some of the latter Sony Trinitrons for me. Always preffered a Trinitron.

[beko1987]

I had an ageing Trinitron given to me a few years back, similar to this...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-FD-Trinit...QQcmdZViewItem

Had an excellent picture plus the surround speakers. Passed it on when I got my LCD, but kept the speakers, which are hooked up to my linux machine in the garage.

TV was solid, well made, good remote, good picture plus good inputs. Wiped the floor with my LCD but sadly I couldnt wall mount it and it didnt have a vga connector!

[w3dal]

Have to say my old Sony 32" FX66 100hz

Quite possible the best 32" CRT for under a grand without a doubt.

And with the remote finder button, just brilliant -

Dal

[mediafriendly]

Philips 36" dolby digital pixel plus with wireless speakers. Can't remember the model as it's at home. Absolutely superb. It's 100Hz too, so can't agree with the previous poster about the superiority of 50Hz.

[webbie]

Probably the best ones are on Sony's US website where you can get HD trinitrons. If only they were available here...

[Insaneperson]

This one looks hard to beet:
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/revi...onAvant32X.php
Can be bought on ebay second hand at £450. Quite a discount from £5000.

[amaninspired]

I've been thrilled with my Sony KD32DC11 50Hz Wega Trinitron with integrated digital terrestrial tuner.

It was one of the last of the Welsh-made Sony CRT TVs, but I suspect that some of the slightly earlier ones might have been fractionally better.

[digibod]

http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-35/h3.html




sony profeel, i had a rich mate in 1982, these were the dogs

[MrBUK]

My Sony Wega 32" 100Hz is preety good- many have commented upon the picture quality.

Only draw back - its a big box!

[Paper Doll]

This one:

http://bssc.sel.sony.com/Broadcastan...20073&id=80823

[roddydogs]

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Originally Posted by webbie

Probably the best ones are on Sony's US website where you can get HD trinitrons. If only they were available here...

Why on earth would you still want a CRT?

[DigiRich]

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Originally Posted by roddydogs

Why on earth would you still want a CRT?

They are cheap, have a better picture than all but the best of the LCD/Plasma sets, can be viewed from extreme angles without a negative image and never have dead pixels.

We still don't have any non-crt screens here as we have quality Panasonic models, a TX-32PK2 in the living room with a brilliant picture and excellent speakers and an early 90s 21" Panasonic which has probably the best picture I have ever seen on a SD set even today after around 15 years of service. Seeing some of the terrible pictures on LCD and Plasma TVs when presented with a non perfect signal I will be sticking with my CRTs until necessary

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by DigiRich

and never have dead pixels.

Completely untrue - CRT's can (and do) suffer from blocked holes in the shadow mask - just as with LCD/Plasma manufacturers specify how many (and where) they would consider a fault and replace it U/G.

[roddydogs]

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Originally Posted by DigiRich

They are cheap, have a better picture than all but the best of the LCD/Plasma sets, can be viewed from extreme angles without a negative image and never have dead pixels.

We still don't have any non-crt screens here as we have quality Panasonic models, a TX-32PK2 in the living room with a brilliant picture and excellent speakers and an early 90s 21" Panasonic which has probably the best picture I have ever seen on a SD set even today after around 15 years of service. Seeing some of the terrible pictures on LCD and Plasma TVs when presented with a non perfect signal I will be sticking with my CRTs until necessary

Cant believe that CRT diehards still belive they have a better picture, the Two ive experienced, Sharp, and Panny LCDs both give a better picture, even from SD sources, Honest! arnt the size of a small elephant, dont have "Motion Blur", both upscale normal SD pics, black ARE black (Honest), have built in Freeview, and cost wise the 32" Sony Triniton 100Hz i used to have,cost about £900 5 years ago, you can get the Panny for just over half that, you room will also appear much bigger, they Dont suffer from drop off, the screen size is bigger, thye dont need 2 weighlifters to carry it, i could go on but i wont, still if your happy with your oldcrt.............

[Gilbertoo]

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Originally Posted by roddydogs

Cant believe that CRT diehards still belive they have a better picture, the Two ive experienced, Sharp, and Panny LCDs both give a better picture, even from SD sources, Honest! arnt the size of a small elephant, dont have "Motion Blur", both upscale normal SD pics, black ARE black (Honest), have built in Freeview, and cost wise the 32" Sony Triniton 100Hz i used to have,cost about £900 5 years ago, you can get the Panny for just over half that, you room will also appear much bigger, they Dont suffer from drop off, the screen size is bigger, thye dont need 2 weighlifters to carry it, i could go on but i wont, still if your happy with your oldcrt.............

I'm not a diehard CRT fan but do agree that CRT showing SD is much better than the vast majority of HD ready plasmas/LCD's.....I do prefer my LCD as the screen is much bigger and takes up less space. However, PQ is not as good as my old CRT........can't wait for SED TV though!

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by Gilbertoo

I'm not a diehard CRT fan but do agree that CRT showing SD is much better than the vast majority of HD ready plasmas/LCD's.....I do prefer my LCD as the screen is much bigger and takes up less space. However, PQ is not as good as my old CRT........can't wait for SED TV though!

Why do you think SED will be better?, is it low resolution and blurred?, THAT'S what makes a CRT look better on SD.

Assuming SED has the same resolution as LCD and Plasma, and the same sharpness as LCD, then it will presumably suffer from the same upscaling artifacts and transmission flaws?.

[Gilbertoo]

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Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

Why do you think SED will be better?, is it low resolution and blurred?, THAT'S what makes a CRT look better on SD.

Assuming SED has the same resolution as LCD and Plasma, and the same sharpness as LCD, then it will presumably suffer from the same upscaling artifacts and transmission flaws?.

From what I've read, SED technology uses thousands of little electron guns instead of one big one used in a traditional CRT TV. SED will be HD capable and it's been suggested that this technology will be the best solution in a multi-resolution world...

I've not seen a CRT HD TV but I assume that they're better than LCD / Plasmas for handling both HD & SD images (except the size, obviously!).

[bobcar]

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Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

is it low resolution and blurred?, THAT'S what makes a CRT look better on SD.

There are many reasons why a CRT looks better on SD (and HD if it's an HD CRT), having a display resolution that matches the input resolution (whether HD or SD) is just one of them.

Unfortunately we can't easily buy HD CRTs in this country.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by Gilbertoo

From what I've read, SED technology uses thousands of little electron guns instead of one big one used in a traditional CRT TV. SED will be HD capable and it's been suggested that this technology will be the best solution in a multi-resolution world...

We can only wait and see?, presumably you're assuming better than LCD/Plasma for SD, but worse on HD?.

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I've not seen a CRT HD TV but I assume that they're better than LCD / Plasmas for handling both HD & SD images (except the size, obviously!).

I've never seen one either, but I seriously doubt it's better at HD - and it's also handicapped by the usual CRT limitations (poor focus, poor pincushion, poor convergence etc.) - luckily we're unlikey to ever see many