CRTs not quite dead yet
Sure, they've been around for sixty-six years, but Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions aren't listed in the obituaries just yet. In fact, Samsung and LG are still spending R&D dollars on the technology, trying everything from Slim-Fast diets to TVs on treadmills in an effort to decrease the bulk of a CRT.
Samsung now offers a slim, 16-inch deep high-def CRT that is 30-inches wide for roughly a grand. A similar sized LCD from Samsung is only four inches thick but costs you $2,500. LG is also planning to offer a slim CRT in the United States, although we won't see it until 2006. I'm sure most of the HD Beat readers think "thin is in", but the huge savings that slim CRTs offer in terms of space and budgets might help push along our digital TV transition. Thoughts?
