Is anyone else here stockpiling CRT televisions ?

[imanerd0011]

No you wouldn't, they've made EDTV sets.

What do you mean by this?

[TheDomesticInstitution]

What do you mean by this?

He means that during the transition from analog sets to digital sets a few companies introduced something called "EDTV" sets. At the time, EDTV were more affordable digital sets because they only displayed digital signals in 480p (or 480i). If I'm not mistaken some of them would down convert 720p and 1080i signals to the sets native 480p resolution. Of course, I have no idea why anyone would want one of these sets nowadays. If you're gaming is primarily with 480p capable games only, then maybe. Samsung made a few of them, and from what I remember from my TV salesmen days, they had a horrible "red push." If it were me I'd either buy a new HD set or find an analog set.

[Leo_A]

What do you mean by this?

If someone wants to play 480p content, they don't need a HDTV like you said they did. There are 480p televisions out there. It's known as extended definition. 480p isn't HD. I believe Sony even offerred a few EDTV CRT's a few years ago before the rush towards LCD/DLP/Plasma started.

They're the best way to play 480p content since they're natively 480p.

[imanerd0011]

If someone wants to play 480p content, they don't need a HDTV like you said they did. There are 480p televisions out there. It's known as extended definition. 480p isn't HD. I believe Sony even offerred a few EDTV CRT's a few years ago before the rush towards LCD/DLP/Plasma started.

They're the best way to play 480p content since they're natively 480p.

Oh, I see.

I always thought that the HD CRT televisions were the absolute best for 480P (or at least that is what I had read).

[jdchess]

I have a 30" Toshiba 16:9 HD CRT. It'll display 1080i and 540p...not a typo...it's actually 540p and not 480p.

AMAZING TV...the picture quality is incredible...perfect game room TV. SNES games look incredible.

[Greg2600]

Here's an old thread I remember well. Why am I adding to it? Well, not really stockpiling, but here's a weird thing I've seen lately. When I'm riding my bike I can see this kind of stuff, as opposed to zooming past in the car. I've seen many CRT's left on the curb or side of the road, and they are opened up, with ALL components inside missing except for the tube. Literally. Is there something in there valuable? I think the flywheel assemblies have copper but I didn't think that much of it.