http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/ Engadget Comments for Sony bids adieu to Trinitron CRT sets http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
Unfortunately, as they become more scarce, the price seems to go up.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
*best colour accuracy by far (LCD doesn't come close to CRT here)
*best viewing angles and response rates
*easily able to switch to required resolution without looking sucky in 'non-native' res
*Trinitrons had best sharpness for a CRT and their later iterations were basically vertically and horizontally flat.

The only downsides: size and power consumption (and perhaps not as much sharpness as an LCD, but imperative for accurate graphics work)

Shame it has come to this "crap colour, poor response rate and colour shifts as u move your head, but look, oooh it's slim"-type market.

I always thought that CRTs (Trinitron CRTs in particular) - because of their superior qualities in these areas - would always have a niche following in the market.

Looks like I was wrong.
Getting one second-hand is becoming the only option. Now we have sections of the market searching in vain for LCDs that offer accurate colour and I'm thinking to myself "why?".

]]>Mar 3rd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
Wow, 280 million units? That's less than one per person in the USA alone. I really would have estimated their shipments to be much higher than that!]]>Mar 3rd 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/I need HDTV!]]>Mar 4th 2008 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/but one thing is that its by far the best in crt.]]>Mar 4th 2008 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 4th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
Kudos to Engadget's recent reporting (less cynical diatribes), has been better reading.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 4th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
Plasma (in my eyes) gives better Black and White contrasts but it suffers from fuzzy pixelated images - especially in fast moving sequences.

LCD tv's work better with my 360/PS3/Wii but when I watch TV on them, the contrast isn't dark enough in the blacks.

Its funny because sometimes i visit my friends who have HDTV's and their pictures look HORRIBLE but they seem satisfied because they don't realize everything that's wrong with the quality.

With CRT, the only complaint is that it isn't thin, but, my picture quality is perfect for games and movies.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
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That said, the plasma I have now is easier on the eye strain in HD resolutions.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
I too was a fan of the CRT, I had a 19" Trini monitor and had good picture and was one of the few able to pull 1600x1200 for a decent price.

I also have a 30" CRT Widescreen HDTV, not sure its got a Trinitron tube, but it weights over 150lbs so it might as well be. Unfortunetly its not my secondary HDTV since I got a 50" 1080p DLP late last year. Price to screen size DLP beat LCD tvs hands down. Still has a pretty good picture.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
I have a Trinitron from 83, its still going, and my main computer monitor is the rare 24" Sony Trinitron GDM-FW900 1920x1200 widescreen CRT.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
Does Sony even make TVs anymore?

Meh, I guess it was worth it... anything for blu-ray to win, right?]]>Mar 3rd 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/26/sharp-and-sony-tie-the-knot-on-lcd-hdtv-production/]]>Mar 3rd 2008 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 4th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/- Dual tuner
- Dual size PnP
- Split screen (Tuner & Video source)
- Digital Replay (PnP loops the last 3 seconds of video)
- Digital picture freeze (full screen)
It has, ready for this?
- A Digital multi channel feature which display 8 channels at once in an “L” shaped pattern (down the left side and across the bottom of the main picture)! It refreshes every second and when the button is pressed again moves up to the next 8 channels.

THAT FEATURE WAS AWESOME and I hope (given new technology) this makes it into the PS3 when it starts to do IP TV ( PS3 Home in the middle, live TV channels or PS3 eye pals down the left side and across the bottom). Come on Sony, let’s bring this 90s Trinitron feature back to the future...]]>Mar 3rd 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
It's been available on lots of models. I'm sat next to a JVC LCoS that has screen index. You don't see it that often now because it's mostly useless with digital services that require external boxes.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
I won't switch to an LCD until this thing breaks. I like my 85hz 1024x768, as long as it runs TF2 at a high framerate and maximum settings.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/
20 years old, 3 lamp replacements, 2 circuit boards, and our 27" is still going strong.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 5th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony-bids-adieu-to-trinitron-crt-sets/Mar 3rd 2008 3:19PM