While CRT televisions are well known for their low cost and high quality picture, some consumers are starting to turn to other mid to big size screen technologies such as LCD, Plasma and Rear projection due to their compact size and light weight.
Now thinner CRT displays have been developed and are expected to begin shipping next year. They have a much thinner depth than a regular CRT TV, although still a fair bit deeper than other screen technologies such as Plasma. LG and Royal Philips Electronics are expected to offer their joint brand version next year. Samsung will also start offering super-slim CRT sets initially in Korea in the beginning of 2005 and then the US by mid 2005. Samsung's 30" super-slim CRT TV will be ~16" deep, which is about the depth of the stand on a typical flat panel of the same size.
Currently, CRT sets make up 90% of the world wide market with flat panel TVs making up only 5% of the market. According to the researcher iSuppli, CRTs are here to stay for another while yet with a 70% CRT market and 18% LCD makert predicted in 2008 due to the slow decent in flat panel pricing. Unlike current flat-panel technologies, super-slim CRT sets (likely HDTV) will begin shipping for little over the price of standard CRT sets. The main market for these sets includes those who want to balance price and picture quality against the set depth. GristyMcFisty submitted the following news via our news submit:
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Executives at a display conference here said Thursday that significantly thinner CRT (cathode ray tube) displays will be available next year and are expected to be less expensive than trendy flat panels that use newer technologies such as LCD--liquid crystal display--and plasma displays. "These superslim CRTs offer the best of both worlds--superior picture quality with a slim size," said Siegfried Trinker, director of corporate strategy at LG.Philips Displays International. Despite offering a better picture quality and lower prices, and despite making up a large majority of the market, tube-based televisions have lost their luster compared with flat-panel sets using emerging technologies such as LCDs and plasma. Read the full rather lengthy article here. |
While these TVs may not look quite as slick as plasma or LCD, they will likely be a good competitor against rear-projection DLP sets due to their superior picture quality and wider vertical viewing angle. Their slimmer size would also mean easier installing, handling and likely much lighter than a regular CRT.
These TVs will also come in at a good time with HDTV gaining popularity throughout the US, although it is not actually clear if these TVs do natively support HDTV . Another advantage of these TVs would be for the CRT freaks that refuse to leave CRT technology, but also want the space saving of a thinner TV.
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Source: CNET News - Consumer Products
