Re: OT You were right Harry!


Harry Krause wrote:
> Don White wrote:
> > A week ago a few of us were discussing HD television sets.
> > In the meantime my mom's older Sears 27" is starting to act up & I was
> > trying to convince her to buy a LCD version.
> > Yesterday, my JVC 27" went south. I've had a bad solder connection for
> > years....since just after the 3 year warranty expired.
> > All I had to do was slap it upside the case and it straightened out.
> > Now, after a few minutes, all I have is about a half inch high picture
> > stretched across the middle of the screen. I'm guessing it's the
> > horizontal hold control.
> > Anyway the TV is 8 years old and I'm anxious to upgrade to HD so I dug
> > out my Consumer Reports magazines and started reading.
> > To my surprise, they say the newer HD CRT sets have the best picture,
> > give the best black contrast, better viewing from any angle and have a
> > proven reliability record...... plus they are half the price of LED sets.
> > I called a local SONY store and the salesperson confirmed that this is
> > true...she stated that the best HD CRT set was better than their new
> > Bravia LCD model...which is darn good.
> > The downside of course is the size of the unit (depth) and the
> > substantial weight.
> > That store is sold out of the 30" wide screen model I want until the end
> > of the month. I'll start shopping around.
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> There's really nothing better than a really good CRT HD if what you are

The thing I really like about CRT HD is the wide viewing angle. Most
LCD's have quite a narrow angle, you need to just about be in front of
it, and at the right height. My brother in law got a huge LCD wall
mounted unit, only to find out that he couldn't sit on the floor with
his kids and watch it!

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