Unless things have changed a lot you might want to either drop the need for widescreen or up your spending price. We went looking at couldn't find a Widescreen CRT for less than $1400. We ended up with a decent 32" 4:3 CRT from Samsung for $1100.
The prices go up dramatically once you start looking at flat screen CRTs, widescreen or HD. I wouldn't even consider buying a non-HD TV nowadays tho' - and a flat tube will serve you much better than widescreen. However all reports are that flat panels (Plasma and LCD) will be dipping drastically in price after Christmas - I'm already seeing 42" (widescreen) plasmas hitting places like TigerDirect.com for $1400. Considering that you might want to consider renting a nice big TV for your visitors and buying later after the prices drop. ;^) Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: CRT Widescreen > > Gentlemen - > > I might be in the market for a larger television. We've been kicking > around the idea of something bigger for a little while, but love how the > little guy we have right now (14") fits nicely in the cabinet we have it > in, so we can close the doors and it doesn't even look like we have one, > which I like. > > However, with family coming over, a single 14" television will quickly > wear out its quaint appeal, since a favorite activity is going 4-player > on some console or another. So, I'm looking - in a detached way - for a > larger TV. Doing some research and hands-on work, I think I definitely > prefer a CRT direct-view style - widescreen, of course. It looks like > Sony's Wega models are probably the best of the bunch, and I'm looking > for something around $600 - $800, ideally around 27" or larger. > > Any thoughts? The only requirements I have are: > > 1. 16:9 aspect ratio > 2. 27 - 34 inches in size > 3. Component Video input (or S-video at the minimum) > 4. Stereo (though I doubt they even make mono widescreens. Still... > > A *really* nice benefit would be either /no/ controls on the front, or > covered controls, since the girls love to push buttons and fight over it > all the time. Lack of buttons = tenuous harmony. > > - Jim > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138948 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
