Are the days of 34-inch direct-view CRT over?

Have we now entered the twilight years of 30-inch direct-view CRT?

Sony XBR960's and 970's are 34". The 970 is slowly being discontinued, and the 960 is damn near impossible to find now-a-days.

I just bought the 970 and am glad I did...so far. Samsung is certainly doing their part to keep direct-view alive. They're introducing new Slimfits this year. And supposedly correcting their geometrical distortion issues.

Samsungs are releasing new slimfit CRTS???? Hopefully they'll fix all there problems and improve on the PQ. Damn I wish I can talk to those samsung boys and tell them to release atleast a 37 inch true 720p slimfit crt with impressive PQ.

Samsungs are releasing new slimfit CRTS???? Hopefully they'll fix all there problems and improve on the PQ. Damn I wish I can talk to those samsung boys and tell them to release atleast a 37 inch true 720p slimfit crt with impressive PQ.
I actually liked the PQ on the Samsung I saw at the Sears and that's one the older ones. I even read somewhere that the newer models will have a feature that sounded an awful lot like their own version of super fine pitch.

I have one of the new Samsungs. It has an excellent picture, better than most LCDs that I seen. Yes, it's a little on the small size, but perfect for a smaller type room.