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In Reply to: Get rid of it. posted by Al Sekela on February 26, 2007 at 08:23:11:
<< Charles Hansen is talking about a different issue >>Maybe, maybe not.
It's unclear from the original post what the actual situation is. But any modern TV has a switching power supply that is always running. And there is ALWAYS a leakage current onto the chassis that screws up both the sound and the picture when the TV is connected to the stereo system.
<< If you replace it with one of the new LCD TVs, be aware that some of these use noisy switching supplies. >>
They *all* do.
Plus LCD's look like crap compared to a good CRT. The best deal around right now is a Sony XBR970 34" widescreen for $1000 list. The picture will kick the crap out of any plasma or LCD, and for a lot less money to boot. The only thing is that it assumes that 34" is big enough for you, and that you can live with a TV that can't hang on a wall.
The Sony will also have a switching power supply, so you will still want to connect it to a switched outlet for critical listening.
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LCD technology does not look natural to me. The blacks are way too saturated, and this seems to be a trend with the newer sets. I just picked up the new Sony KDS-R70XBR2. The SXRD is better than any LCD I've seen although some LCDs are brighter. The price to pay for this WAY to bright technology is that your eyes will hurt after only half an hour. I still have the Loewe 40" Aconda CRT set, and it is the best CRT I have ever seen. Doesn't have the amazing resolutioon of SXRD, but it is still head and shoulders above any CRT glass tube set I've seen.Of all the flat panel sets, I prefer plasma. To me it looks more natural. The Pioneer 1080p 50" set is amazing. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and was amazed. They just need to make a bigger version....
Thanks, Charles, I thought I was the only one left who hadn't drunk the Kool-Aid!
It had the super fine pitch tube, no longer made.I bought two!
Yeah, but where are you going to get one? Hasn't been shipping for a year now...The last price for it was $1800. I'm not sure how much a used one would cost or how you would know its history.
Used ones pop up for around $500 or so.At that price you can have it professionally callibrated, and still have $$$ left over compared to buying a LCD/plasma.
The downside is that it is over 200 Lbs, and quite deep.
Then it rolls around nice and easy.
"The only thing is that it assumes that 34" is big enough for you, and that you can live with a TV that can't hang on a wall."The big negative for me is the 200 lbs. that it weighs. My wife can't help me lift it because she's only 5'0" tall. So I would have to hire someone just to move it for whatever reason after it gets planted.
Then it rolls around real easy.
GTF
To help a buddy out when he needs it. And sometimes it requires lifting.
What are those? Not even my own brother would help me out lifting something like that. I once took his old TV to the recycling center and asked him for his help in getting it there. He saw all the extra brush and dirty stuff in the back of my pickup and he declined my offer to let him help me recycle his own TV for free. And that's the best friend I have. Friends, sheesh! Ya gotta do it yourself or pay to have it done these days.
Remember: friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies.
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