A week ago a few of us were discussing HD television sets.
In the meantime my mom's older Sears 27" is starting to act up & I was
trying to convince her to buy a LCD version.
Yesterday, my JVC 27" went south. I've had a bad solder connection for
years....since just after the 3 year warranty expired.
All I had to do was slap it upside the case and it straightened out.
Now, after a few minutes, all I have is about a half inch high picture
stretched across the middle of the screen. I'm guessing it's the
horizontal hold control.
Anyway the TV is 8 years old and I'm anxious to upgrade to HD so I dug
out my Consumer Reports magazines and started reading.
To my surprise, they say the newer HD CRT sets have the best picture,
give the best black contrast, better viewing from any angle and have a
proven reliability record...... plus they are half the price of LED sets.
I called a local SONY store and the salesperson confirmed that this is
true...she stated that the best HD CRT set was better than their new
Bravia LCD model...which is darn good.
The downside of course is the size of the unit (depth) and the
substantial weight.
That store is sold out of the 30" wide screen model I want until the end
of the month. I'll start shopping around.