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OT You were right Harry!
Eisboch wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message ... wrote: Harry Krause wrote: Don White wrote: 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. There's really nothing better than a really good CRT HD if what you are The thing I really like about CRT HD is the wide viewing angle. Most LCD's have quite a narrow angle, you need to just about be in front of it, and at the right height. My brother in law got a huge LCD wall mounted unit, only to find out that he couldn't sit on the floor with his kids and watch it! If you are checking out LCD HDTVs... look at the Sony Bravia. I walked side to side and it was great at all viewing angles. Very pricy though. I figure by the time I wear out a new HD Wide Screen CRT set (6-8 years), LCDs should be much improved and more reasonably priced. Some of the Sony displays utilize a multi-layer coating by 3M that reduces glare and enhances the brightness of the display. Many LCD displays use a dipped, Gel type anti-reflection coating. The 3-M coating, although superior, is more expensive to apply. I recently "retired" an old, 32-inch JVC color TV monitor that had an absolutely beautiful display. Colors were natural and rich, better than any of the new LCD or Plasma displays that I've seen. It didn't have a tuner - it was just a monitor and was "on" all the time, displaying a black screen unless it was getting a video input. It finally died and when I pulled it out (weighed about 200 lbs) I noticed the date of manufacture ..... Nov, 1988. Eisboch That's the other important consideration. Proven reliability vs ??. Consumer Reports says 1 year old LCDs have been very reliable....but can't comment on long term durability. When I was working, our technicians would keep the monitors on year after year unless something failed. Seems the act of turning off & on might slightly stress certain components. |
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