No more 4:3 sets?

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I had salespeople at two different stores tell me that nobody makes
large screen 4:3 sets anymore. (Neither store stocked any, either.)
Is this on the level?

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I have a new Sanyo 32" 4:3 HDTV with tuner/HDMI - Walmart exclusive $749
There was talk some months ago about CRT TV's becoming obsolete when JVC
announced discontinuing their 34" HDTV.
Within the last few weeks I read a press release from Samsung(?)
announcing a new short neck CRT (currently crt's are 21" deep). Their
new line will include large direct view CRT's with a maximum depth of
14", ultimately decreasing to a 7" depth. CRT's are still state of the
art for me in terms of resolution vs cost per inch displayed. Sounds
like Samsung is trying to compete with LCD/Plasma. Too bad CRT's are so
heavy. My 32" weighs in at about 175 pounds.

Dave - N2LAK

Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:

> I had salespeople at two different stores tell me that nobody makes
> large screen 4:3 sets anymore. (Neither store stocked any, either.) Is
> this on the level?
>

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On 2004-09-05 22:36:36 -0500, Abe <noone@nowhere.com> said:

>
> Absolutely incorrect. Sony is just starting to sell the KD-36XS955, a
> 36" 4:3 set with most of the HD features of their 16:9 sets.

I mean REALLY big screen. Like at least 50 to 60 inches. Possibly larger.

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On 2004-09-05 23:47:39 -0500, HDTV-slingr <NOSPAMMERS@hotmail.com> said:

> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 22:11:02 -0500, Keeper of the Purple Twilight
> <no@spam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I had salespeople at two different stores tell me that nobody makes
>> large screen 4:3 sets anymore. (Neither store stocked any, either.)
>> Is this on the level?
>
> Unless there's some sort of off-brand of some sort out there, I'm
> pretty sure the only current big screen TV's you'll see in 4:3
> anywhere are going to be direct view (tube) 32" and 36" variety.
>
> As far as going bigger than 36", you're not going to find any
> commonly-known manufacturers with a current 4:3 in the other
> technologies to the best of my knowledge.
>

Damn.

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have pulled down the stars to our will."
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:47:39 -0500, HDTV-slingr
<NOSPAMMERS@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 22:11:02 -0500, Keeper of the Purple Twilight
><no@spam.invalid> wrote:
>
>>I had salespeople at two different stores tell me that nobody makes
>>large screen 4:3 sets anymore. (Neither store stocked any, either.)
>>Is this on the level?
>
>Unless there's some sort of off-brand of some sort out there, I'm
>pretty sure the only current big screen TV's you'll see in 4:3
>anywhere are going to be direct view (tube) 32" and 36" variety.
>
>As far as going bigger than 36", you're not going to find any
>commonly-known manufacturers with a current 4:3 in the other
>technologies to the best of my knowledge.

Sony doesn't make that 40" CRT anymore?

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Dave Hines wrote:
> I have a new Sanyo 32" 4:3 HDTV with tuner/HDMI - Walmart exclusive $749
> There was talk some months ago about CRT TV's becoming obsolete when JVC
> announced discontinuing their 34" HDTV.
> Within the last few weeks I read a press release from Samsung(?)
> announcing a new short neck CRT (currently crt's are 21" deep). Their
> new line will include large direct view CRT's with a maximum depth of
> 14", ultimately decreasing to a 7" depth.

One has to wonder just how good corner brightness, resolution and
convergence is going to be with those extreme deflection angles.

Matthew

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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:35:00 GMT, dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>Sony doesn't make that 40" CRT anymore?

Last I heard, Sony stopped making them this year but closeouts can
still be found if you poke around hard enough. Should be able to pick
one up for around a grand (give or take).

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"Keeper of the Purple Twilight" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 2004-09-05 22:52:30 -0500, Dave Hines <n2lak@optonline.net> said:
>
> > I have a new Sanyo 32" 4:3 HDTV with tuner/HDMI - Walmart exclusive
$749]
>
> No, you misunderstand, when I say large screen, I mean LARGE SCREEN.

It dawned on me that you are likely referring to the old 4:3 rear
projection tv's (48", 50" and such). They haven't made those in a few years
that I have seen. All the new rear projection units are widescreen.


Tom

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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:47:39 -0500, HDTV-slingr
<NOSPAMMERS@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Unless there's some sort of off-brand of some sort out there, I'm
>pretty sure the only current big screen TV's you'll see in 4:3
>anywhere are going to be direct view (tube) 32" and 36" variety.
>
>As far as going bigger than 36", you're not going to find any
>commonly-known manufacturers with a current 4:3 in the other
>technologies to the best of my knowledge.

Zenith currently makes a nice 40" 4.3 Plasma, and i think Hitachi
still makes one as well. AFAIK all the new RPTVs are widescreen.

Randy

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"Keeper of the Purple Twilight" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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: On 2004-09-05 22:36:36 -0500, Abe <noone@nowhere.com> said:
:
: >
: > Absolutely incorrect. Sony is just starting to sell the KD-36XS955,
a
: > 36" 4:3 set with most of the HD features of their 16:9 sets.
:
: I mean REALLY big screen. Like at least 50 to 60 inches. Possibly
larger.
:
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Why would anyone WANT a 4:3 set?
They are worthless in this day and age.