+1 mitch2, I have one of the older Panasonic plasmas . It was their top level set when I bought it. The two best TV’s at the time were the Panasonic and the Pioneer elite. After enjoying my brother in laws Fujitsu plasma for a couple years I pulled the trigger on the Panasonic. I had a couple of the last Sony CRT’s a big console and the later wide screen tabletop. Both excellent sets. I still have the plasma, and a new Sony and a Visio. The Sony is in the gym and the Visio does summers in the den and winters in the bedroom. The Sony is passable and the Visio is crap. If I wanted a top tier new TV I’d go Samsung. It would have been interesting if the industry continued to develop the CRT. BTW that Fujitsu was about $6K and my Panasonic went on sale for $3500 so I saw it as a good buy at the time. Going back in time my dad ( long deceased ) was a TV fan. I remember when he ponied up $1K for a Mitsubishi 4 head VCR. At the time it was amazing. Looking back it was the Nakamichi Dragon of VCR’s. Years later my friend was using a similar Mitsubishi to record and play audio from vinyl in his system. I run a power filter, cord and upgraded cables on my plasma. It was a very slight but noticeable difference. It seems that my old conditioner and cables went on the TV, Vs going into the extras box in the spare closet. In closing you’ve made me curious. My ????? is currently flying an F-18 Hornet. Between the plane and the carrier I’ll have to ask him about the monitors. Last year I had the opportunity to fly/ crash in their simulator at the base. It was an amazing two minutes of total confusion. Most of the systems were turned off due to being top secret, but I’ll have to revisit the equipment in regards to the screens. Regards, Mike.
Why are there no tube televisions anymore?
It’s funny when you come to think of it and compare video with audio. How come in the audio world discussions sometimes become intense, while there seem to be far less intense discussions in the TV & video realm?
With TV’s there’s no talk on tubes, transistors, analog, digital, vinyl, cables, power cords, heck we can even get ’audio’ fuses and -USB cables.
No one has a tube TV (while they really have a ’warmer’ image :) and very few people use a $400 power cord with their TV set. And while there are expensive HDMI cables on the market, the vast majority uses one below $50. And no one spends money on floor spacers to avoid cable vibrations.
Our eyes may even be far more sensitive than our ears ... yet discussions are far less intense. How come?
With TV’s there’s no talk on tubes, transistors, analog, digital, vinyl, cables, power cords, heck we can even get ’audio’ fuses and -USB cables.
No one has a tube TV (while they really have a ’warmer’ image :) and very few people use a $400 power cord with their TV set. And while there are expensive HDMI cables on the market, the vast majority uses one below $50. And no one spends money on floor spacers to avoid cable vibrations.
Our eyes may even be far more sensitive than our ears ... yet discussions are far less intense. How come?