Slim CRT HD.

so far... when it comes to HD TV... i really think the only current technology that really impresses me image/viewing -wise is good old fashioned CRT.

i mean sure... plasma sets aesthetically are quite pleasing... so thin and futuristic. but the color on them seems a bit cartoonish and oversaturated. cool... but not $2000-ish cool.

LCD? hell no. the viewing angle just isn't there and the blacks are all 0-black and look just wrong. granted it is getting much much better than in the past... but it's still not ready for primetime in my opinion. plus there is the whole fixed resolution issue. i guess some people are fine with a non-1:1 pixel ratio ... but it drives me nuts.

rear-projection i was just never a fan of. sorry. i don't know why. perhaps i was molested by a rear-projection television in my youth.

front projection ... like with an HD-ready DLP projector i think it is decent for the price. but the bulb replacement costs are (still) ridiculous. and have the same possible non-1:1 pixel ratio as on an LCD TV.

yup. for me... CRT is still looking hot in HD. especially this awesome new Samsung thin CRT. not as thin as a plasma... but way thin for a CRT. and with all the benefits of CRT. and supposedly to come in well-under $1000 including an HD tuner. basically priced much like current non-tuner-havin' non-thin Walmart/Sams Club CRT HD-'ready' sets go for.



for an interim HD set... while i wait to see if LCoS or SED turn out to be impressive and/or cheap and/or good technologies for HD... this Samsung seems like a great candidate. and it will be out this June. excellent.

z.