LCD televisions more reliable than CRT based ones?

[Ray L. Volts]

The nice thing about Blu-Ray is the high likelyhood that the players will be
able to play today's standard DVD media, we've seen it again and again how
much consumers value backward compatibility.

It'll be very helpful for material that will never be available in HDTV.
But hopefully HDTV disc players (and factory movies) will be priced for the
masses soon after NTSC is history. The recorders will no doubt be out of my
price range for a while.

 

[Ken G.]

I dont know if LCD is more reliable but here is what i can offer .

I work in a salvage store where they buy big loads of costco and other
big chain store returns . Its my job to check all the electronics .
We have always gotten in dozens of CRT tv sets of all sizes .
About 2 years ago we started getting in LCD tv sets and computer
monitors and about a year ago in comes the plasma sets .
I have had the chance now to play with anything from 12`` to 37`` LCD tv
sets and bring a couple home to try out . I bought a 13`` Sharp Aqous
and love it . I was not so impressed with the larger LCD screens
comparing one next to my 27`` tbe set .

LCD screens are different in small ways but if you get one and you are
real picky your eyes will get used to it very quickly
I have noticed anything over 26`` LCD you can notice a downgrade in
picture quality from close up , sitting back they are beautifull . Most
of the 30`` and larger LCD sets all have a clunky receiver you hook to
the screen
I ended up buying a 26`` JVC that came in . It has a brighter and better
picture than the Sharp , Panasonic or Toshiba i tried . It also has all
the electronics and tuner in the screen just plug & go .


Lastly on comparing LCD to CRT .. I have seen very very few LCD sets
broken either out of the box or 2 years old , probably 4 out of aprox
200 . I have however run across about a 25% broken count on CRT and
projection sets .. many of them new out of box .

If the low priced LCD sets are built anything like the low cost DVD
players then we are in trouble ! stay away from samsung !

 

[David Brodbeck]

I regard LCD as less reliable and more unfixable. Good luck getting 20 years
out of the LCD model.

Good luck getting 20 years out of a modern CRT, too.

The last batch of CRT monitors we bought from Dell lasted about 3 years
of continuous use before they got too dark. Some plant in China has
apparently perfected the art of putting a layer of thorium on the
filaments that's just thick enough to last the warranty period, but not
much longer.

Even our Sony monitors are going fuzzy after about five years.

They don't build 'em like they used to.

 

[kaboom]

You guys are right to be concerned about that. For those not familiar with
pressed dvd "rot" and the exposure effects of various light sources on
recordable DVD's, check this out:

http://www.manifest-tech.com/media_dvd/dvd_compatibility.htm

The page includes a link to the NIST data as well.

**There's a magazine out called Wavelength. It's from the DVD
Association. For some reason, we got a sample at work. They had a NIST
article in it on the error rates on optical discs. It's probably the
same article. The mag was also filled with statistics. Yummy I
can't find it online but the articles in it are pretty good if you can
find it somewhere.

kaboomie