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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?


rudyb
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barts
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My dad would take several tubes out of the TV when us kids were "bad".
Funny that it made me angry/sad back then.  Now I couldn't care less about TV.

Was visiting my son in Denver last week, he had very recently purchased a Sony 85 incher.  Have no clue as to the refresh rate or latency, but I can tell you that the new Sony Playstation 5 looks amazing. There is no smearing whatsoever.  We watched "The Martian" on blu-ray and that was actually astounding.

Regards,
barts
jb1
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CRT are like big gun battleships: state of the art in their day and obsolete today. So the few that remain are in museums or recycled. Why? Size limitations: Today, people want big tv's. 55-65-75 are the most popular sizes. CRT tubes maxed out at 40" 4x3 ratio at 300 pounds: A 65 4k weighs in at 60 pounds or less with 4 million pixels & 600 to 1000 nits of brightness. Another reason is the broadcast standard is 16x9 not 4:3 which results in black bars top and bottom for all modern shows. We should not forget the environmental hazard because CRT contain lead. 
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daledeee1
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I remember our town of 1000 had two TV repair guys.  They charged $5 to come to our place to put new tubes in the TV.  Today there are no repairman in that town.  That explains a lot
sandthemall
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New TVs are totally better. But what kinda sucks nowadays is that when the signal is interrupted, the picture is frozen or gone.

Where before it would just be fuzzy/snowy...and you still had a bit audio to help you along. You would rarely miss a critical moment. There have instances where signal is out for (super bowl) for the count.

Easy trade off though...4k looks great at 55".


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rixthetrick
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jasonbourne52, what do you watch on your Insignia? [I thought you might like some attention?]
Insignia NS-DVDVCR Dvd & 4-Head Vcr Combo Player, I bet you have this bad boy to play your analog movies, then step back to DVD when you’re slummin’it?

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