First off, let me say that I sold an Infocus 5700 in favor of a crt. The crt which I have aquired and spent the last week tweaking is a NEC 9PG Xtra. There is no doubt that watching dvd's is better on a crt, not hugely better...but better nonetheless and worth the effort.
My problem is with HD, it's not even close to as good as it was on the 5700...why is this?? Black levels seem to be crushed and getting a good white balance is extremely difficult with a true 1080i source. While I will admit that my setup isn't perfect just yet, dvd's look great and I set the white balance with my color analyzer...so I have a good feeling that my setup is pretty good. DVD's look great, hdtv (I'm sure most would think it looks great!) just doesn't measure up....I'm severely disappointed. Perhaps it's just a matter of the cheap transcoder that I bought...but it's a liitle risky spending hundreds of dollars more to find out.
All in all, crt vs digital. I would prefer a crt, but I can't think of anyone who I would recommend one to. Digitals aren't that far off and they're 10 pounds and require zero setup in comparison. Knowledgeable videophiles will surely want to use crt, myself included...but I now totally understand the popularity of the digital units.
Ben
My problem is with HD, it's not even close to as good as it was on the 5700...why is this?? Black levels seem to be crushed and getting a good white balance is extremely difficult with a true 1080i source. While I will admit that my setup isn't perfect just yet, dvd's look great and I set the white balance with my color analyzer...so I have a good feeling that my setup is pretty good. DVD's look great, hdtv (I'm sure most would think it looks great!) just doesn't measure up....I'm severely disappointed. Perhaps it's just a matter of the cheap transcoder that I bought...but it's a liitle risky spending hundreds of dollars more to find out.
All in all, crt vs digital. I would prefer a crt, but I can't think of anyone who I would recommend one to. Digitals aren't that far off and they're 10 pounds and require zero setup in comparison. Knowledgeable videophiles will surely want to use crt, myself included...but I now totally understand the popularity of the digital units.
Ben