[JetePlentuara]

the real issue with crt hdtv isnt just the weight, even though they are way to heavy, the biggest issue was the depth and size of the tube. For some reason I remember reading that 36" was the max you can go on a wide screen crt because beyond that they start to have severe geometry issues. the later gen of samsung and sony crt hdtv's tried to go with the slim depth tubes and that resulted in really poor geometry issues that you wouldnt notice most of the time, but after you saw it the first time it would drive you insane. I have a sony 30" widescreen crt and while the image that it produces is amazing overall it took me months of tweaking in the service menu after getting a sony tech out to the house a couple of times to work on it before I ever got it to where I could stand to watch anything that has scrolling text across the bottom or subtitles. Once I stood over the guys shoulder and watched how he got into the service menu I was eventually able to resolve all the geometry issues but having the top left corner curve down slightly right at the edge. Samsung did get their slim hdtv's looking pretty good right before they killed them off, which I can only assume they did because their was no market left for them due to the limitation in size and the weight issue. $1000 for a 36" tube or $1000 for a 42" plasma.

I have decided that I will probably sell it with the house though because due to its size and weight it is nearly impossible to get up and down stairs. one person is trying to hold 200lbs above their head while the other is holding it at their knees.