CRT TV will be phased out in stages in near future. Samsung and Sony are leading the pack. Just got the news from the salesppl. Samsung has discon CRT TV production for Malaysia market. Soon, Panasonic will follow suits. I guess it is no longer profitable for them to produce.

better stock some CRTs before they extinct! You won't know how much they'll worth when you sell them to Museum Negara, 50 years later

I find it hard to believe, especially coming from a salesperson.

The price of CRTs is still far cheaper than LCDs in most environments. Given the price sensitive nature of most consumers in this region, discontinuing CRTs is very strange.

Google for the news. I did and didn't find anything. Stopping a product line is major news especially if it's Samsung/Sony/etc.

I think the sales guy was trying very hard to sell you an LCD/plasma TV

no profitable or they actually want to sell onli lcd and plasma so can earn more profit.

nway,hope that as a result price of both lcd and plasma will be cheaper

Actually the price of big CRT is near to price of LCD. For example, 34" Sony CRT is around rm2400. LG LCD 32" is just 2800 with 720p resolution. Who will buy CRT in this case?

HmmM .. but then right now LCD Tv's pricing isnt really that affordable for some end users, agree ?

Regards,
Hughie

But anyway, for now, terrestial TV and astro still better view with CRT since all LCD/Plasma is widescreen.

bro, 34 inch crt damn big la. should compare 32 inch lcd with 29 inch crt as the screen size almost same.... 29 ich crt onli cost around 1000 compare with 32 lcd around 3000++

average people with average income confirm will buy the crt la.....futhermore astro looks a lot better in crt compare with lcd

This post has been edited by saiga: Mar 13 2007, 10:55 PM

I agreed with you But that day I came across LCD TVs from SONY that comes with a function which is known as Astro Enhancement Mode ..
Its said to be useful in enhancing the image quality when you are watching ASTRO .. but I haven't test it out before.

Regards,
Hughie

Err.. ? Sorry, i saw a adv recently regarding CRT TV.

If memory serves, Samsung is promoting their 4th generation CRT TVs which are 30% slimmer than conventional CRT TV..

HmMM .. I guess it needs about few years time to really get obsolete in the market coz there is still Samsung who is selling the SLimfit CRT TV ? || Correct me if I am wrong.

Regards,
Hughie

I do agree with you. My uncle bought a 29'' CRT and thought he got a great deal. Wtf

LOL... how much is the 29" CRT ?

Just as well energy bills are already biting us in the butt, it'll be worthwhile to change any CRT TV/Monitor to LCD where it'll certainly have some savings on utility bill. Imagine a usual home having maybe 2 TV's, 2-3 computer sets.. people are spending a lot more on utility bills compared to 20-30 years ago...oh well..my 2 sen.

My electricity bill is RM120 per month. If I save RM50 per month on power (highly unlikely), it'll still take almost 4 years to pay off the differential between a 29" CRT and a 32" LCD.

I think LCD/plasma TV salespeople love these type of gullible customers

900 only... actually CRT is expensive only for 34". 29" is too cheap

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Added on March 14, 2007, 1:38 amthat's no use one lar. if LCD is widescreen, you either squeeze the picture or cut the picture. either way, u lose

This post has been edited by gogo2: Mar 14 2007, 01:38 AM

Here are some of the news on CRT TV :

Samsung to stop selling CRT-based TVs to China

Sony to stop making CRT TV

and the not-so-new news :

Panasonic kills off CRT TVs

This post has been edited by htkaki: Mar 14 2007, 08:54 AM

HmmM ... Thanks for sharing the news threadstarter ...
Then I guess it will take some time for the consumers to cope with purchasing and using LCD Tvs ... but then I myself here selling CCTV trying to use LCD for the Surveillance systems and ended up the image quality isn't sharp and crisp at all ...

Regards,
Hughie

Technology needs to be in trend with all others, nowdays if you were watching a HD-DVD or BD, on a crt, isn't it a big turnoff? Well.. to me, it certainly is.. Same goes to all other computer stuffs, if we don't let go the old ones, the new ones don't come.. The trend now is moving fast towards widescreen, and A$$tro is a few decades behind the broadcasting technology, nowdays everything is broadcasted in HD, Widescreen, etc. Look at the states, i'm not comparing but it's a fair game to play between us and technology..

People might say that LCD/Plasma is expensive.. because it's new.. to Malaysian that is.. Almost everyone in the States are using LCD or Plasma now, as it's affordable (very!!) and their OTA or cable tv are broadcasting 480p or 720p ! So for them to enjoy it, they have to buy widescreen displays! But what about us? We're just playing the waiting game, we have the hardwares ready, but the softwares are not (a$$tro).

So, to us malaysians, maybe it's too soon for them to just discontinue producing CRT tvs as us malaysians haven't adapted to the HD era.. but don't worry, There's still Haier/Akira/Audiovisio or whatever brand to save us

Well said !
Yup, I agreed that it is too soon for us in Malaysia to discon the CRT TV Models .. as they are still some consumers out there who cant really afford LCD TV .. but then I guess within a couple of years time .. sooner or later we will be joining the trend. But I was wondering if more and more China brands electrical appliances are coming in .. wont that affect the market as well ?
In my humble opinion .. this will lead the end users to go for cheaper alternatives instead of branded items such as Panasonic, Sony, and many more ..

Regards,
Hughie