Can you still buy a new CRT TV anywhere?

mrk · 1 Apr 2014 at 11:51

The problem with a CRT is that the tubes don't last. Over time they lose luminance and exhibit colour issues as well as being prone to distortion from other nearby devices like speakers. As good as they are (were), they're no touch on a high quality IPS LCD. I owned an LG Flatron and Sony Trinitron and used Eizo 22" screens at work and they were great but would never even dream of putting one to use any more. They're big, use lots of electricity, generate lots of heat, lose image quality over time, need degausing.... The list goes on.

Chris Wilson said:
Just curious as to whether there is any marketplace where you can still buy a new CRT TV set.

Cosimo said:
Plenty of used ones on ebay.

Cosimo · 1 Apr 2014 at 11:53

mrk said:
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Yes, wow.... ;)

Phate · 1 Apr 2014 at 13:17

Cosimo said:
Our last CRT was a 32" Philips Matchline and it weighed 50Kg. It was one of two TV's that nearly killed me.

I'm worried that more than one TV has tried to kill you. Do they have a personal vendetta against you?

jumpy · 1 Apr 2014 at 13:20

I've only recently got rid of my old Iiyama vision master pro 454 and replaced it with a dell ips thing.
I'd had it 8+ years and it was a warranty replacement for a previous iiyama 454 that I'd had for 6 years before that. Both of them made the special smoke with accompanying fizzing noise. They had a great picture. With that in mind I hate the led monitor 'fade' if you're not looking at it square on.
Still, progress marches on, and eips/ips monitors have come down in price - to the equivalent of what I paid for my original iiyama 454 new. So it's a fair exchange I guess.

I have so much desk space now the crt is gone though

[FnG]magnolia · 1 Apr 2014 at 13:23

You can buy one in 1993.

Energize · 1 Apr 2014 at 13:28

estebanrey said:
Even today, I bought my parents a 40" HD flat screen for Xmas. It's great but as soon as you move a foot away from looking straight on and the colours are horrible.

You said it yourself, cheap.

My 8 year old Samsung s-pva TV has great viewing angles, so does my dell e-ips monitor.

Is this thread some kind of April fools?

SC0TTRS · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:03

Buy a CRT TV?!?!?

Couldn't give away my Panasonic 28" CRT a few years ago! lol

Lovely telly that was.

pitchfork · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:14

Go to radio rent and see if they've got any of those new rediffusion televisions in, or ferguson, they're good.

Mark A · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:19

Does a CRT use a lot more energy than an LCD? I'm trying to get my mum to replace her CRT with my old LCD so I can buy a new one and energy cost might just sway her.

tom_e · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:21

Mark A said:
Does a CRT use a lot more energy than an LCD? I'm trying to get my mum to replace her CRT with my old LCD so I can buy a new one and energy cost might just sway her.

A lot more, just the heat kicked out by a CRT monitor was huge never mind the energy used to produce the picture.

SC0TTRS · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:31

tom_e said:
A lot more, just the heat kicked out by a CRT monitor was huge never mind the energy used to produce the picture.

Great for cutting down heating cost though

tom_e · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:35

SC0TTRS said:
Great for cutting down heating cost though

Very true, I used to have my PC set up in a cupboard with a wooden shelf acting as the desk and it got rather toasty in there with the old CRTs

v0n · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:43

Toshiba and Hitachi used to make awesome HD CRTs. Yes, CRT for HD in 1080i. It was miles ahead of any LCD or plasma for a long, long time and upscaled content and stuff from analogue sources looked way better on it than on todays LCDs.

SC0TTRS · 1 Apr 2014 at 14:45

v0n said:
Toshiba and Hitachi used to make awesome HD CRTs. Yes, CRT for HD in 1080i. It was miles ahead of any LCD or plasma for a long, long time and upscaled content and stuff from analogue sources looked way better on it than on todays LCDs.

But used to come with it's own postcode and needed a fork-lift to move

Warbie · 1 Apr 2014 at 15:18

v0n said:
Toshiba and Hitachi used to make awesome HD CRTs. Yes, CRT for HD in 1080i. It was miles ahead of any LCD or plasma for a long, long time and upscaled content and stuff from analogue sources looked way better on it than on todays LCDs.

I still have a 1080i JVC tv. Weighs more than an elephant

Motion and black levels wise even the very best plasma panels pale in comparison!

Mr_Orange · 1 Apr 2014 at 15:40

I was given a 32in Sony Trinitron for running my retro consoles on. I would have prefered a 4:3 one but for the cost of "come and pick it up" I am very happy with it.

Westyfield2 · 1 Apr 2014 at 16:00

CRTs are evil. Even more so are people that dump them ontop of filing cabinets and then expect Sys Admin to come and pick them up for disposal.

V F · 1 Apr 2014 at 16:47

mrk said:
The problem with a CRT is that the tubes don't last. Over time they lose luminance and exhibit colour issues as well as being prone to distortion from other nearby devices like speakers. As good as they are (were), they're no touch on a high quality IPS LCD. I owned an LG Flatron and Sony Trinitron and used Eizo 22" screens at work and they were great but would never even dream of putting one to use any more. They're big, use lots of electricity, generate lots of heat, lose image quality over time, need degausing.... The list goes on.

What do you have now? Don't forget the dust on the screen after 2 days. Blanket. Crackle, crackle, crackle!

gothic_hobbit · 17 May 2014 at 15:08

estebanrey said:
Other than the availability of HD CRTs and the physical size, they beat all but the highest end flat screen for picture quality and usability.

HD CRT's had geometry issues.

bazzabear · 17 May 2014 at 17:41

jas72 said:
Your local tip might have a few working ones.

My dad consigned theirs to the tip last year. Told the guys running the tip that it was in perfect working order.

Their response was to basically drop it on to its screen and boot it across the ground to its final resting place. No value in them at all, so they're not interested.