LCD-TV Sales Surpass Those of Old-School CRT (Tube) TVs
The whole consumer electronics world is hyped up over flat-panel TVs, but wouldn't you be surprised to know that it took until this past yearly quarter for LCD-TV shipments to outpace shipments of good old reliable (and bulky, and heavy) CRT-TV (a.k.a. old-school "tube") sets?
According to a report from industry monitoring and analyst firm DisplaySearch, LCD-TVs captured 47-percent of the TV market, while CRT (which stands for cathode ray tube) accounted for 46-percent of the market. Plasma-TVs and rear-projection TVs (RPTV) made up the final 7-percent.
Does that number for plasma and RPTV seem small? Consider that LCD screens range from small (13-inches) sizes up to 57-inches diagonally across, which means they can serve in a whole host of settings and functions where plasma just doesn't fit the bill.
And that's where LCD has been able to make its great headway against CRT units (not to mention plasmas). As the consumer population starts to replace smaller CRTs, it is going for LCD-TVs -- the appeal of the slim form factor outweighs any concerns over higher price, and, slowly but surely, relegates the old tube technology to the dustbin of history (although we hope not the regular dustbin of all consumers' trash, since we're in great favor of recycling).
The little bit of LCDs' growth has come from the larger screen size portion of the market, although plasma and rear projection sets seem to be well-entrenched, once you start looking at screen sizes greater than 50-inches.
From TG Daily.
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danimal said 3:10PM on 2-20-2008
you people must have a serious t.v. addiction to think you need to spend two or three thousand dollars on a so called clerer picture go outside see the world put the remote down my family must be the american outcast we dont even have cable or a satelite dish weve learned to go outside there is a whole world out there and it does not cost and arm and a leg and it wont make you obese put the t.v. down america
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red95dj said 10:01PM on 2-20-2008
Last year I bought a Brand New Hitatchi 42" HD Plasma. What a piece of S#!t! the thing has been in and out of the shop since it was six monthe old. 42HDS69, They no longer offer this in a 42"model. I wonder why? And there service sux. It takes weeks for them to ship the parts. Hitatchi is a joke. Please People Heed this warning Hitatchi = Trouble
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drktranquillity said 3:41PM on 2-20-2008
I think the simple reason for this is just that CRT displays are not marketed nearly as much as newer technologies. If its not there to be purchased, how's someone gonna buy it? They're still poking around in the TV department but go walk through a few major retailers that sell computers and count how many CRT monitors they have on sale--you probably wont find one.
Personally I don't much like LCD, my home TV is a Plasma.
As far as the prices go, they are coming down steadily; you don't have to spend 3000 bucks on a good HDTV.
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lilrdhdgrl said 4:13PM on 2-20-2008
danimail, couldn't agree with you more! I still am very happy with the little rabbit ears sitting on top of my TV. There's so much more than TV to be experienced in this world! Get outside, read a book, take a class, talk to someone...don't just sit & be fed all the mindless drival on the idiot box!
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brian1russ said 5:34PM on 2-20-2008
The sets (1080p)are getting much better. I have a 40 inch mitzubishi CRT tv and the picture is great. I plan to get a 46 inch LCD this year, now that they are as good or better than mine.
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captainvideo said 5:50PM on 2-20-2008
Just bought the last 24" CRT, w/ digital tuner & quam at Walmart. Looking for a 27" which is exceedingly difficult to find. The picture quality on these tube TVs is good enough for me and having T/W cable I will get a signal without a klunky converter box , all the dire warnings and scare tactics not withstanding. Same story on Congrees foolisly killing the incandescent light bulb.
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Dave said 6:31PM on 2-20-2008
You can get a 32 inch TV for about 732.00 at Kmart.com (with a built in dvd player)
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Tina said 6:55PM on 2-20-2008
I have always wanted a bigger tv so i saved up and i have a 42 inch lcd 1080p with coupon from local wholesale club i paid only 800.00 sold my 32 inch clunky tv for 250.00 so it was cheap and i am very happy with it got what i always wanted since they first came out. feels like i am at movies and american idol sure looks great on it
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Barry said 7:38PM on 2-20-2008
CRTs are also on way out because starting next year you will need a digital adapter for all non digital televisions unless your cable company makes the adaptation for you.Also CRTs usr more power run hotter and certain elements within the picture tube are environmentally unfriendly
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Miss Wanda said 7:17PM on 2-20-2008
For those who feel they are superior because they don't own a TV,(yes,Danimal,this means you) stop the BS. You are no smarter than anyone else, nor experiencing more. Please don't assume because we like TV that we are insipid, like yourselves.There is a lot of good in TV. You no longer have to pay an arm and a leg for these telleys. There is a company called OLEVIA that makes a great LCD starting in price from $500. for a 32 inch that has the most amazing picture quaity,even rivaling the top names like Sony, Samsung and Phillips
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albert kapustar said 7:19PM on 2-20-2008
with all the hype going on with constant hdtv commercials that if you don"t buy an hdtv you won"t be able to get any channels just static,i can see why all the people are being stampeded into buying hdtv. I think tae industry does this every few years just to sell more products by causing obsolence. If i had a choice the old tube tv was good enough for me but government isn"t gooing to give you a choice
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MR. CONSUMER said 7:23PM on 2-20-2008
Danimal is a clown he has 7 tv's in his cell! lol
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Bozly said 7:39PM on 2-20-2008
LOL, have switched to an lcd simply for the size and ability to "fit" in shelf unit easily..The crt tube gave out, would have cost more to fix and was but a few years old, made NO sense to attempt to repair. Several LCD's out on the market for reasonable price and a 32" screen is usually quite adequate (boo to those that want a whole wall filled with a screen...lol, thou, have always been one who chose cabinets to hide them when not wanted in site or in use !!-gotta add, there is NOT all that much GREAT tv watchables so is NOT a prime "need" and use other sources for most good "entertainment" experiences)
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noturfriend421 said 7:40PM on 2-20-2008
excuse me, albert kapustar, but you have everything wrong about the digital change over coming feb. 19 2009. they ( the government, tv companies, cable/satellite companies) are not forcing any one to go buy any "hdtv's". what is actually happening is the government is freeing up bandwidth on the rf (radio frequency) spectrum to use for more innovative ways of sending information. what is actually happening is that as they close up those "analog" channels, they convert them to the digital side of the rf spectrum. you don't "need" an hdtv, just a tv with a digital tuner. you can still use a tv from 1960 if you so choose, you just need a digital converter. not nessesarily from cable or satellite companies either. the only people really affected by the digital change over are those using the good old "rabbit ears". people with cable service now don't need anything else. the cable box will take care of the change over. as it stands now, there is a website to get 2 $40 rebates on the purchase of the digital converter box. i work for a major cable provider, and all i hear from the customers is when am i going to have to throw out this tv. i tell them research the change over before making any decisions about getting a new tv, especially if the one they have works fine now. thanks.
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Da said 11:40AM on 10-23-2008
I dumped my 32 lcd for various reasons and went back to a crt hdtv. Why, the colors, the ability to watch sports without bluring gaming and it just seems more enjoyable then lcd.
With any luck this crt will last as long as my others did. Not everyone is convinced lcd is the way to go....
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