Why don't they still sell CRT TV's anymore?

Question

I know that cathode ray tube's are old technology now, but flat screens are really expensive, plus the TV in my room is a CRT from 1989 (Before i was born) and it works great. The flat screen in the living room has already needed repairs twice since we got it in 2009, not to mention the picture is really bad.

Answer 1

I agree, i've had my 32 "LG CRT Tv for around 10 years now and paid about $400 and has never needed repair and the picture still looks as good when i first bought it. My 52 "LG Plasma screen which cost me about $2000 has been repaired already once and still has colour problems at times. I do prefer the flat screen tv though as my CRT Tv doesn't look as nice and weighs a ton if try to carry it but just find it annoying that they give these New Technology tv's only a couple years before they need to be replaced or fixed.

Answer 2

People may either agree or disagree with you on the picture aspect, but the main reason is that they're bulky, heavy (from a consumer perspective), and expensive to manufacture, store, and transport (from a market perspective). CRT is also a disproportionately expensive technology at larger screen sizes and higher resolutions. A 50-inch CRT HDTV would be an order of magnitude more expensive than the LCD equivalent, while offering little or no advantage in terms of picture quality. It's only at the smaller screen sizes that CRTs continue to have a cost advantage, which is why you still see 14-inch CRT TVs for sale at low prices (at least for now).

Answer 3

If you still like CRT TVs, there are tons of them on craigslist.org most people sell them for super cheap, or even give them away for free. Poke around and you can find 30, 34 inch widescreen CRT TVs.



There are a lot of reasons CRT TVs are gone. First I will say that they are super reliable. I have a little 13 inch color TV I that I picked out, my dad got it for me. I was 5 years old, the year 1978. It's a technika brand, made in Japan, and it still works. It's collecting dust, I don't have the heart to throw it out.



CRT TVs are heavy. They are large, and their size has always made them hard to move around. That extra weight means more material cost. More fuel to truck them as well. They consume a lot of power for the screen size. Really nice 34 inch widescreen CRT TVs that were only popular from around 2000 to 2005 were often in the 150-175 pound range. A 32 inch flat panel weighs 70 or 80 percent less than that.



flat panel screens have more detail and better image quality than the old CRT in my opinion, however they must be getting HD material, and a lot of people buy HDTVs and then never get HD cable, SAT, or a blu ray player and complain of poor image quality.

Answer 4

CRTs are ancient technology that went through many upgrades over the years. Flat Screen TV's will do the same. Eventually the pictures will surpass CRT quality (HD already has surpassed CRT) and folks will forget CRT's just as they have forgotten 8-track players, VCRs, and many other things over the years. The quality of flat screen will get better also..

Answer 5

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I think it's because they are not very environmentally friendly CRT / Less environmentally friendly High energy consumption, expensive to transport, difficult to handle if need of service, hazardous in the home with the risk of fire due to high voltage components, many parts to handle in recycling. LCD / Environmental friend Less energy consumption, less weight, less components, few environmentally unfriendly components, no high voltage components, easy to handle in recycling. An LCD monitor causes less eyestrain and fewer headaches than CRT screens. They do not produce any radiation or electromagnetic emissions.

Answer 6

Bulky, old technology, and analog type TV's.... Nowadays, everyone wants a flat screen HDTV. (Digital.) Also uses much less power..