I just recently purchased a refurbbed 30″ LCD HDTV for $750, and this got me thinking. For this price range, 30″ CRT’s have always been the better deal. Sure you have to deal with a 120+lb set, but they are a steal compared to the still standard $1200+ price for LCDs. Now that the LCDs are trickling down to the CRT price range, it’s only a matter of time before we see the CRT market disappearing. The LCDs have pretty much defeated the CRT in the computer display market, despite marked deficiencies, and now it looks like the CRT TV is the next target.
This was bound to happen, but it’s still remarkable. The CRT has served us for more than half a century now, and despite various technological improvements, it simply can’t keep up with the new flat trends. In the next few years we’ll see newer and better flat-screen technologies coming out which will most likely fix all the issues current flat-panel technologies have. SED technology looks to be the rightful successor to the CRT television. Moreso than LCD and plasma, the SED resembles the CRT with it’s low response times and deep blacks, but they are also just as thin as flat-panel displays today. SED technology is also rumored to be very cheap, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they just came out and took over the market in the next few years.
I still use a CRT monitor at home, mainly because it’s a gorgeous 19″ display and I still can’t justify replacing it, but I would be lying if I didn’t say I’ve been eyeing those 20″+ widescreen LCDs. It looks as if the breakdown for future flat panel displays will look something like the following; SED, LCD, and plasma will be fighting for control of the television market, LCDs have already pretty much conquered the PC market, and if all goes well, small screens for portable devices will begin to move away from LCD and towards OLED. All of this points to a brighter and flatter future in the end.
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