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

If Haier brand to Malaysians are like Westinghouse to the States, and Oppo players are like Akira players to us, I seriously don't mind them coming in! Those brands can be considered 'local made' over there IINM..

The Sony WEGA KM or KV series, can't recall,it's the 29 incher CRT that takes in Component and can display 720p or 1080i.. now that's what i call a good crt tv which costs less than 2k if i'm not mistaken.. but then.. those LCD tvs from LG which is priced less than 3k sure is tempting eh..

choices choices..

I watch those cough versions of DVDs as well on my samsung 32 incher wide.. using my xbox360 as the player, outputting through component at 720p, i don't know if the xbox does upconverting or not, but the display is really better than any crts..

those letterboxes are evil~!

The CRT is definitely bigger if u compare the size between the unit itself jk

If the source is in a 16:9 format, watching it on a CRT would have letterboxes(black bars on top and bottom) so the image is shrinked, so the 32" widescreen will display a larger image than a 29" CRT because 16:9 is the native aspect ratio for a widescreen.. Meanwhile CRTs are 4:3..

And like i said a few posts before.. the trend is moving towards HD.. and HD = Widescreen (major).. You don't see cinemas projecting a square image do you? and even cinemas are wider than the LCDs in the market.. 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 ratio while those tvs in the market now is 1.77:1 (16:9)..

Sooner or later, CRTs will be discontinued as LCDs are getting cheaper and cheaper in times to come.. and by then.. nobody would buy a big and heavy CRT.. When they can buy a slim and light LCDs..