Digital CRT vs analogue CRT??

matt100 · 3 Apr 2006 at 16:26

For a variety of reasons I can hardly bear to go into I am selling my 32” Sony Bravia LCD TV and buying another CRT.

My question is around the whole digital/analogue CRT TV thing, I have sky+ and a dvd recorder with freeview built in so I have no requirement for any more freeview. Is that the difference with a digital CRT over an analogue?

Or are there SIGNIFICANT picture differences?

Cheers in advance!

NathanE · 3 Apr 2006 at 17:15

No such thing as a "digital CRT" from a technical standpoint really. It's all marketing to represent certain features of the TV, e.g. Freeview, 100Hz and various preprocessing that the chips do to the video and audio signals beforehand.

matt100 · 3 Apr 2006 at 18:25

Great.. so the £200 analogue 50hz 28" is going to perform pretty much the same as the digital one?

All the rest of the spec looks the same to me..

Caged · 3 Apr 2006 at 18:28

100Hz is a pretty nice improvement over 50Hz to be honest

Warbie · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:36

I'm waiting on http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment/other/europes_first_hd_ready_crt http://www.m1ctk.v21hosting.co.uk/samsung crt.jpg - which should be coming out in a month or too.

I know ppl have concerns with geometry issues, but I can't stand watching SD on an LCD - it looks awful. Here's hoping Samsung have got it right with this set. A decent hd crt would be great.

Energize · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:16

Id certainly save up and wait untill that ^ is released, its supposedly only £350.

Warbie · 4 Apr 2006 at 01:07

I reckon it'll end up around £400-500 - still, sounds like a bargain.