.....in the conclusion of their article Display Technologies Part II: CRT Displays:

"Dispite their weakness, CRT's still deliver the highest picture quality of any technology"

But then we all knew that, didn't we?

Terry

Home Theater Mag (not the most reliable source though) did a buyers guide a month or so ago where they had a bunch of "best" lines with what technology was best for that thing (like thinest, brightest, etc). For "best picture" it was CRT.

It is a shame the CRT RPTV is going the way of the dodo before anything is ready to replace it. Thankfully, our PJs are build like tanks so should hold us until (if) digitals get there.

Dave

It is a shame the CRT RPTV is going the way of the dodo before anything is ready to replace it. Thankfully, our PJs are build like tanks so should hold us until (if) digitals get there.

Dave a week ago you were arguing with me how digitals were "good enough" and why CRT wasn't worth the bother. Glad to see you've come back to your senses. ;)

a week ago you were arguing with me how digitals were "good enough" and why CRT wasn't worth the bother. Glad to see you've come back to your senses. ;)

With all due respect, I don't think you understood what I was saying in either of those threads.

I've never said they are all the way there or overall better than a comparable CRT (obviously an RS-1 beats and ECP :)). I've said that they have come a long way and now are not categorically crappier then CRTs as they were a couple years ago. They do some things better and some things worse, but are overall worse still. If you want the best experience, choose CRT--but that does not change the fact that with them being cheaper and pretty good they are suitable answers for many people.

Besides, anytime I'm moderately impressed with a digital, I just need to come home and watch my PJ--then the digital doesn't look so hot. :D

Dave

Besides, anytime I'm moderately impressed with a digital, I just need to come home and watch my PJ--then the digital doesn't look so hot. :D

Dave

Quote of the year! :D The higher end DLPs are not bad... I would own one for casual viewing, but not hanging in my home theater. :D

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http://www.displaymate.com/ShootOut_Part_3.htm


Michael

.....in the conclusion of their article Display Technologies Part II: CRT Displays:

"Dispite their weakness, CRT's still deliver the highest picture quality of any technology"

But then we all knew that, didn't we?
Did you read the part at the end where it was discovered that this was the guy that wrote the article?

http://www.thetrickery.com/ama/med/straightjacket.jpg

Ha Ha
That actually made me laugh.Good one.

Did you read the part at the end where it was discovered that this was the guy that wrote the article?

http://www.thetrickery.com/ama/med/straightjacket.jpg

Could've swore that was your self-portrait . . . :p

Willie

Hey Art I saw your post anyhow before you deleted it :D.

Hey Art I saw your post anyhow before you deleted it :D.

LOL. I did too. I was gonna bitch at him for putting my wife's ass on the forum for you to spank it to. :mad: :D ;)

Cliffy

.....in the conclusion of their article Display Technologies Part II: CRT Displays:

"Dispite their weakness, CRT's still deliver the highest picture quality of any technology"

But then we all knew that, didn't we?

Terry

Terry, absolutely right.

I just marvel at how good CRT's are, every time I come home after watching a Ruby or Pearl at friends homes (no one I know has an RS1 yet) I marvel at the capabilities of my G70.
With the latest HDMI input cards, these are still very viable PJ’s.

But CRT's need maintenance (as do all PJ's), so after 6 years, time to have you over to clean up, tweak, adjust, refocus and in general, get my G70 ready for another few years of flawless service.

Hey Art I saw your post anyhow before you deleted it :D.

Yea, I thought that I might be going a little far with that one.... and then again.. ;) :D

Art

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It is a shame the CRT RPTV is going the way of the dodo before anything is ready to replace it. Thankfully, our PJs are build like tanks so should hold us until (if) digitals get there.

Dave

No it is not a shame. Consumer CRT RPTVs had very little to do with commercial 8" and 9" graphic grade high bandwidth front projectors. The M series Samsung was just so so but the Samsung N series (HLN) DLP RPTVs made CRT RPTVs obsolete overnight.

No it is not a shame. Consumer CRT RPTVs had very little to do with commercial 8" and 9" graphic grade high bandwidth front projectors. The M series Samsung was just so so but the Samsung N series (HLN) DLP RPTVs made CRT RPTVs obsolete overnight.
That's not at all categorically true. Some of the CRT RPTVs of that vintage were right there in image quality to the best front projectors. No industrial build quality obviously, but excellent PQ and very comparable to 9" FP CRT.

The Mitsubishi Diamond and Platinum and Pioneer Elite RPTV's of the same vintage weren't resolution-limited to 720p like the Samsung, had better color and better blacks and were extremely sharp with EM-focused 8 and 9" CRTs. No rainbows, wobulation artifacts, color banding, screen door or pixels. The 9" sets would have been perfectly capable of running 1080p - a very sharp 1080p - in a couple of years if those "great new digitals" hadn't come along.

To this day, I'd take my buddy's Mitsubishi 65" CRT in a heartbeat over ANY 720p RPTV.

SC

You have never seen a front projector. The RPTVs you are describing cost $3,000-$5,000. A high bandwidth graphic grade front projector used to cost new anything between $20,000-$50,000 :rolleyes: Do you really think there were such animals in a $3,000 RPTV??

I remember how nuts Dave (Person99) went when somebody used a RPTV set in a discussion of 3D effect related to FPs, and now are you guys really going to hang your hat on a comparison with a 19" "Sony PVM-20L5, which is a direct-view professional High Definition studio monitor ...", a 1280x768 direct view LCD, a 720p DLP RPTV, and a 1365x768 plasma?

I'm sure Dave could argue that this test applies, but it would just show how much of a hypocrite he is.

--Darin

You have never seen a front projector. The RPTVs you are describing cost $3,000-$5,000. A high bandwidth graphic grade front projector used to cost new anything between $20,000-$50,000 :rolleyes: Do you really think there were such animals in a $3,000 RPTV??


There are some fantastic RPTVs no doubt. And some of them did cost quite a bit, though they did not have the scan capabilities of commercial sets. Of course there are also commercial RPTVs as well...