[opendtv] Picture Tube TV's Try a Slimmer Strategy
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:05:59 -0500
Picture Tube TV's Try a Slimmer Strategy
January 20, 2005
By ERIC A. TAUB
STANDARD picture-tube TV's, the kind that the vast majority
of Americans still buy, have long been video non grata at
the Consumer Electronics Show. Seen as yesterday's
technology, they have been relegated to the back room of
the show, the industry's biggest gadget festival, where
flat-panel liquid-crystal-display and plasma sets take
center stage.
But at this year's show in Las Vegas, picture tubes made a
small comeback in thinner televisions designed to appeal to
Americans' penchant for all things slim.
Over the next year, new high-definition picture-tube
televisions from LG Electronics, RCA and Samsung that are
about two-thirds as deep as today's picture-tube sets will
go on the market. Those companies expect the new sets to be
successful for one reason: price. While many industry
observers predict the imminent demise of picture-tube
televisions (also known as cathode-ray-tube TV's) in favor
of L.C.D. and plasma models, the higher cost of flat TV's
means that there may be years of life left for the
venerable tube set.
While a 30-inch L.C.D. television can cost $3,000, a
slim-tube model the same size will be $1,000. Those who
lust after a flat-panel TV may also like the new tube
versions because they will mimic the look of plasma and
L.C.D. sets, with aluminum or black bezels surrounding the
screen.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/technology/circuits/20tube.html
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