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Alan Figgatt wrote:
> Matthew L. Martin wrote:
>
> > Alan Figgatt wrote:
> >> It is moving it at all that is the problem. And if you need to
get
> >> behind your 200+ lb TV to re-wire cables or for dusting, that
could
> >> give one a hernia. Sony dropped their 40" 4:3 CRT TV from their
> >> product line this year, I suspect the higher end Japanese brands
will
> >> be dropping the 36" 4:3 CRTs from their product line before long
and
> >> leaving the really big sets to the cheaper off-brand makes. The
open
> >> question is how long will the 34" 16:9 CRT be offered by the
> >> mainstream brands - Sony, Toshiba, etc? My guess is no more than
> >> another 3-4 years.
> >>
> >
> > So you are suggesting that people ignore direct view CRTs just
because
> > they are heavy and that the major brands might stop making them in
the
> > future? The fact that they can provide the best available image has
to
> > be outweighed by the argument that they need to be moved for
dusting? I
> > find that hilarious. I don't think there are more than a handful of
> > people who do dust behind there TVs that don't have a mobile stand.
>
> When I went shopping for a new TV 10 years ago, I got a Sony 27"
CRT
> as that was the largest set I could move around by myself. The better
> brand name 32" CRTs were just too heavy for me to seriously consider.
>
> Last December, after a lot of research, probably too much research,
I
> got a new HD TV: a Panasonic 42" HD plasma (commercial) model. It
weighs
> around 25 lbs less than my 10 year old 27 CRT and with the handles on
> the back, is easier to put into place and to move around than the
CRT.
> Not something I do every day, but I have moved it several times to
put
> in a new blade and rearrange cables.
>
> You may not consider size and weight a factor, but from my
> conversations with people and reading postings on the net, a lot of
> people do. As for picture quality, with a fixed pixel plasma or LCD,
> there are no geometry problems you get with a CRT. Black levels on
the
> Panny are close to that of the CRT which is one reason I chose the
Panny.
>
> Alan F
They come on rollers, folks! At least my 51" Pioneer Elite does. I
would guess it is actually easier for me to move my big black box than
it is for the DLP/LCD/Plasma owners (not counting stairs, of course.)
to move their sets.