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**Thomaswhitee** · 08-17-2009, 05:05 PM

Put simply I don't think you would get a CRT to display as well as current top of the line plasmas. I only say plasma because LCD is behind the ball with the amount of colours you can display (very obvious colour banding) and the contrast.

The big limitation with CRT is the display size. The bigger the screen the bigger, heavier and deeper the tube is. You can only make a table so big to sit a large tube on before it becomes impractical. The largest CRT's of the day were packing some serious weight and depth. Many people are now used to 32" being a default low end size and the norm being around 40". 50" is now the new affordable big TV. Then there are the 60" - 70" sizes for the rich. Quite simply CRT loses hands down in size.

While I'm sure we could have overcome some of these limitations further developing the technology, I think the overall consensus in the industry is that CRT was not the way to push forward.

I like CRT, but at most, I would only use it as a PC monitor. LCD has taken over the PC market and I'm not really a fan of LCD. Though in recent times I've had to bite the bullet and turf my old CRT as it was playing up and too damn heavy to move.

08-17-2009, 05:05 PM	#21
Thomaswhitee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	Put simply I don't think you would get a CRT to display as well as current top of the line plasmas. I only say plasma because LCD is behind the ball with the amount of colours you can display (very obvious colour banding) and the contrast. The big limitation with CRT is the display size. The bigger the screen the bigger, heavier and deeper the tube is. You can only make a table so big to sit a large tube on before it becomes impractical. The largest CRT's of the day were packing some serious weight and depth. Many people are now used to 32" being a default low end size and the norm being around 40". 50" is now the new affordable big TV. Then there are the 60" - 70" sizes for the rich. Quite simply CRT loses hands down in size. While I'm sure we could have overcome some of these limitations further developing the technology, I think the overall consensus in the industry is that CRT was not the way to push forward. I like CRT, but at most, I would only use it as a PC monitor. LCD has taken over the PC market and I'm not really a fan of LCD. Though in recent times I've had to bite the bullet and turf my old CRT as it was playing up and too damn heavy to move.
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