[quote name='Pip' post='341673' date='Mar 26 2006, 01:33 PM']Jiberjaber: This review was done jan 2006. I was in Rochdale on Thursday to pick up my vaio desktop and the dude there had a £8000 plasma screen, a £5000 LCD and a £3000 CRT. No sh!te, common stuff either, Bang and olfsen, Denon etc.
It was pretty clear to me. The guy and his mate were laughing at the state and he had everything to lose but wasnt bothered.
Interconnects alone were worth a fair wack. All i can say is you obviously need to look a bit more. They ran a special AV test off a disc which brings out extreme definition shades, saturation, high speed pictures, colours and hazing.
LCD was Pixalated in places.
120hz HD CRT everytime hands down.
Pllasma at the moment is quite temperamental too. I think the technology is still in its infancy and both have to develop, although my bet would be on LCD.
P.S Plasma screen also give off small amount of radiation. I didnt know that.[/quote]
So they ran a special AV test disc ? of a DVD player no doubt? so it was compressed video? no wonder you were seeing artifacts... expensive interconnects (rip-off)... dont get me started on them

How far from the display were you stood when watching? Were all the TV's the same size? Were the TV's marked as [url="http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1697000&postcount=3"]HD Ready[/url] or HD compatable (there is a big difference, one is just a case of pluging in a lead between the source and the TV, the other is a little more complicated)
Each technology has it's pros / cons.... if you have enough room then maybe a CRT is for you, but dont forget all the calibration (which goes for most technologies tbh). Dont forget that a CRT is esentialy a scanning device, so is very different in operation to that of a plasma and LCD.
All devices give off small amounts of radiation... dont forget, a CRT is just an x-ray machine in essence
We run digi-beta cam stuff at work, it's all uncompressed digital stuff... far better than some AV DVD that might be used in the usual overpriced AV shop... Last demo I went to for a video wall application had a proper HD streaming server providing uncompressed video for comparison purposes... so I think I have been in a bit of a better position to evaluate
btw, plasma is by no means in it's infancy, it is on at least it's third generation. The only thing that makes it appear so is the commencement of older generations falling in price so they start to fall in to the price radar of the general public.
Anyway, why would you want to spend 3K on a CRT when you can get a plasma as good for the same price which takes up far less room ? The only HD CRT I have heard about are Loewe (HD compatable) and Samsung (HD Ready).
[b][u]List of HD ready TV's[/u] [/b] ([url="http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240938"]from here[/url])
[b]Plasma Televisions[/b]
37"
Panasonic TH-37PV500
Thomson 37PB220S4U - ALiS Panel
42" / 43"
Hitachi 42PD6600 - ALiS Panel
Hitachi 42PD7200 - ALiS Panel
Hitachi 42PD7500 - ALiS Panel
NEC 42XM3
NEC 42XR3
Panasonic TH-42PV500
Panasonic TH-42PHD8 (with additional boards)
Philips 42PF5620/10
Philips 42PF9966/12* - ALiS Panel
Sony KDE-P42XS1 [UNCONFIRMED as HD Ready] - ALiS Panel
Pioneer PDP-434HDE
Pioneer PDP-435FDE -
Pioneer PDP-435XDE -
Pioneer PDP-436FDE -
Pioneer PDP-436XDE -
Samsung PS42S5HDX
Samsung PS42P4A - ALiS Panel
Thomson 42PB220S4U - ALiS Panel
50"
NEC 50XM4/XR4
Panasonic TH-50PHD8EK/ES/BK/BS (with additional boards)
Pioneer PDP-504HDE
Pioneer PDP-505XDE
Pioneer PDP-506FDE
Pioneer PDP-506XDE
Philips 50PF7320
Philips 50PF9966**
61" & 65"
NEC 61XM3/XR3
Pioneer PDP-615EX
Panasonic TH-65PHD8EK/BK (with additional boards)
* Compliance based on use of "VGA to YPbPr-Cinch cable" which is reported support component.
** Assumed to comply based on using the "VGA to YPbPr-Cinch cable" which has shown to support component on the 42" model.
[b]LCD Televisions[/b]
23"
Thomson 23LB230B4U
26" / 27"
JVC LT-26DS6
LG 26LX2R
Panasonic TX26LXD500
Panasonic TX26LXD52
Philips 26PF5520D
Sagem HD L27
Samsung LE26R41BDX
Sony KDL-S26A12U
Thomson 27LB220B4U
Thomson 27LCDB03BU
Thomson 27LCDB03BBKU
Toshiba 27WL56
Toshiba 27WLT58
32"
Hitachi 32LD7200
JVC LT-32DS6
LG 32LX2R
Panasonic TX32LXD500
Panasonic TX32KXD52
Philips 32PF5520D
Philips 32PF7520D
Philips 32PF9830
Sagem HDL32T
Samsung LE32R41BDX
Samsung LE32R51B
Sharp LC32GD1E
Sharp LC32GA6E (UK Model?)
Sharp LC32GD7E
Sony KDL-S32A12U
Sony KDL-V32A12U
Toshiba 32WL48
Toshiba 32WL56
Toshiba 32WLT58
37"
JVC LT-37DS6
JVC LT-37DM6
LG RZ37LZ31
Philips 37PF5520D
Philips 37PF9830/1
Sharp LC37GD1E
Sharp LC37GD7E
Toshiba 37WL56
Toshiba 37WLT58
40" / 42"
Philips 42PF9830/10
Philips 42PF9986/12
Samsung LE40R51BX
Sony KDL-S40A12U
Sony KDL-V40A12U
Sony KDL-W40A12U
Toshiba 42WLT58
45 "
Sharp LC45GD1E
[b]LCD Rear Projection TVs[/b]
42"
Sony KDF-E42A12U
50"
Sony KDF-E50A12U
[b]DLP Rear Projection TVs[/b]
44" / 45" / 46"
Sagem HDD45
Samsung SP46L6HXX
Thomson 44DLY617
Thomson 44DLY645
Toshiba 46WM48P
50" / 52"
Optoma RD50
Samsung SP50L7HX
Thomson 50DSZ645
Thomson 50DLY645
Thomson 50DLW645
Toshiba 52WM48P
56"
Sagem HDD56
65"
Optoma RD65