what kind of tv do you have?

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Feb 10, 2006 | 08:28 AM

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Cosmo M3

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65" HDTV Projection @ home and a 27" Daewoo TV at school

Feb 10, 2006 | 08:29 AM

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ISP James

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i think its flat tube technology that sucks... i see all bubble screen tv's last forever but it sounds like a lot of people have had newer tv's crap out after only a few years... or less :happysad:

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:22 AM

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panasonic and magnavox r ok.

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:24 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ISP James

i think its flat tube technology that sucks... i see all bubble screen tv's last forever but it sounds like a lot of people have had newer tv's crap out after only a few years... or less :happysad:

My dad has had his 36" sony flat screen for just over 6 years...It still works like the day he got it. I love that TV.

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:33 AM

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I like my Samsung CRT. Hell, I got a good price too... it was $410 for a 26" widescreen tube with built in HD Tuner (Thank god for christmas liquidation sales at Circuit City

).

It's got a really good picture, but tends to be a bit funky on the progressive scan signal from my PS2, but all Samsungs have that issue. It's clear and worth the money... I just wish I had the money to by an LCD TV :happysad:

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:35 AM

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I have a 30" Philips widescreen HDTV (flat tube CRT)
and a 26" Samsung HD-LCDTV. Got them both for good prices on a localish guy on ebay, and I actually like the picture quality on the Philips better than the Samsung for most viewing and xbox360.

I won't upgrade either of them until SED tech debuts and drops in price a bit. Year 2007+

100,000:1 contrast ratio and 1 ms response time with all the benefits of a CRT tube and non of the bulk FTW!

Link for those interested.

http://www.canon.com/technology/display/

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:36 AM

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Epoch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ISP James

i think its flat tube technology that sucks... i see all bubble screen tv's last forever but it sounds like a lot of people have had newer tv's crap out after only a few years... or less :happysad:

Not an issue of that... it's a wonderful side effect of our economy called "Planned obselecence". If they built TVs like they used to, there'd be no reason for most people to buy new TVs... They do the same thing with home appliances now... My mom had a fridge that was older than me, but was ditched in favor of energy effeciency 7 years ago. Since then we already had to buy a replacement fridge once due to out-of-warranty failure :happysad:

Feb 10, 2006 | 10:37 AM

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Feb 10, 2006 | 10:40 AM

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We still have a 27" Sony with the bubble screens. Its gotta be like 10 years old. I remember my mom buying it for $700 :run: I would get myself a nicer TV, but I watch all my DVDs on my computer screen, and we dont have cable and bunny antenna TV sucks.

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