Your Next TV–Flat Screen vs Flat Panel
March 21, 2007Watch out for a flat “screen” TV. That just means that the glass in front of the TV is…flat (not curved). It does have some advantages: you maintain a better picture from a wider viewing angle, and it supposedly puts less strain on your eyes if you are sitting close. But most people want a flat “panel” TV though, and might not notice the distinction.
Flat panel TV’s are the kind that you can hang on a wall. They are generally lighter and of course thinner than a standard tube TV. (oh, and the glass in front is flat too)
Tube TV’s still have (arguably) some advantages picture wise. Without getting to gory, they can show more colors more easily, and in some cases (for example HD 1080i) they can show a crisper image. I personally don’t think that the size warrants the difference however. I don’t think I will ever buy another tube (CRT) TV again, just because of the space issue.
[...] factor in the progressive vs interlaced argument, is that (currently) only CRT TV’s are fast enough to show a true interlaced signal. All of the other types (plasma, LCD, DLP etc) [...]
I love buying tube crt tv’s for next to nothing, 35″ tv for $20.00 while schmucks go out and buy the flat panel tv for $2k hahaha,I am laughing all the way to the bank (oh and thank the media industry for telling everyone they wont work anymore in 2009,failing to mention that that will only be over the air analog tv signals [which in my area is 1 crap public ch],thanks for not telling them the tube crt tv will still work if you have cable).This helps me find 32″-36″ crt tv’s for peanuts (at goodwill,etc). maybe when hd is the norm and /i can buy a 65″hd flatpanel for $129.00 (on sale for $99 of course) I will think about it, but till then I am sticking with these awesome tv’s for dirt cheap. oh theree too big wahhhh crybabies,gotta have a flat panel wahhh morons, yeah I usually store lots of stuff behind my tv…not. I also love my dual 21″ crt computer monitors I bought for $5 each, I guess I could of spent 2 flat panel lcd 17″ monitors with inferior quality picture for $400-499, but I digress [and again I store lots of stuff behind my PC monitors], let the sheep pay top dollar for what they dont need…..saps!! not my fault they buy the hype!!!!!!!!!!!
I think aliengtr comes across as a jerk. I wonder if she still gets great deals on 8-track tapes for her stero.
Max