Guest blog:
Reports of the death of the lowly CRT have been greatly exaggerated. Sony has recently unveiled its 34-inch 16x9 KD-34XBR970, a full-blown HDTV with lots of enhancement circuitry built in (such as Sony’s Dynamic Picture Processor and Clear Edge). Keeping the colours true is “Trinitone” color temperature technology. And there’s one more important detail: it's cheaper than plasma or LCD, although we do have a consumer market now that's waaay too cool for TVs that are as bulky and as heavy as a small refrigerator packed full of 12oz steak fillets. But people, if it's quality you want...Note that even though LCD and plasma displays continue to improve, lots of golden-eyed video engineers in the best production houses/TV facilities in the world will tell you that the good old cathode ray tube still gives you the best video quality. All broadcast video is still viewed by engineers on cathode ray tube monitors to determine true image quality. Perhaps it's a bit like the fact that a perfectly pressed vinyl disk today played on a perfectly engineered turntable through a tube amplifier and will have that analogue 'warmth' advantage over a CD, Minidisc, or MP3 methinks...
-- Damien M
Ed's note: no word yet on an Irish price or launch.
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