>> So, I'm looking for a CRT TV - but where the hell do you buy them from
>> these days? Is it just your normal, mong-infested high street shop now?
>>
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>Comet where you can look at a selection running.
But someone might see him going in.
>Then find the price for the model you like.
At John Lewis, as someone else suggested. Acherly, they'd be (have
been) my first and only port of call for TVs and suchlike.
Flat panels drive old TVs from market ... The staff at the Redwood City store hadn't even bothered to turn on the cathode-ray tube TV until a reporter asked to see it on a recent afternoon. ... The obvious neglect reflected the wallflower status of today's CRT TVs, as well as the mature technology's doomed future. ... Retailers expect little to no demand for CRTs by 2009, partly because of a government-imposed deadline requiring television broadcasts nationwide to switch to all-digital by February of that year. ... (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
Re: More Labour stupidity.... ..."TVs: On average a traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) television set uses 100 watts of power when in use and about two watts on standby. ... Newer LCD and plasma screens are higher users of energy, with the largest models consuming up to 400 watts when in use and about four watts on standby.... (uk.tech.digital-tv)
Re: analogue labelling petition ... if the persistence of a CRT was ... some CRT display designers seem to have decided that ...flat screen TVs already include inputs for computer signals. ... what was the original reason for them appearing? ... (uk.tech.broadcast)
Re: Too Dark? ... This has always been true for rear projection CRTs which spread the image from three cranked up 7 inch CRT guns to a large screen. ... Of course, RP TVs while improved over the years, still have the limited viewing angle problem, especially in the vertical axis. ...Plasmas do work better than RPTVs in normal room lighting and diffuse daylight settings, but the big sheet of glass is reflective and can be bothersome if there are bright windows off to the side. ... By "dark", I mean video shot under bright sunlight looks a little dark. ... (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
Re: More Labour stupidity.... ... 100 watts of power when in use and about two watts on standby....CRT TVs and the retail Sheds to sell them..... ... (uk.tech.digital-tv)
