Looking for best TV / Picture - Sony Trinitron

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If you are looking for a TV with the absolute best picture out there on the market today, check out the Sony WEGA KD-34XBR960 or KD-34XBR970 34-Inch FD Trinitron.

If you don't care about a lightweight TV or thin TV and just picture quality, this is it.

Until they come up with a technology for thin TVs, where the blacks are actually black, without pixel scaling - this is probably one of the best, if not the best out there.

They don't make them anymore, but you can still find them. Usually for sub $700 new and used sub $500-$400 or less.

 

[primestar31]

If you are looking for a TV with the absolute best picture out there on the market today, check out the Sony WEGA KD-34XBR960 or KD-34XBR970 34-Inch FD Trinitron.

If you don't care about a lightweight TV or thin TV and just picture quality, this is it.

Until they come up with a technology for thin TVs, where the blacks are actually black, without pixel scaling - this is probably one of the best, if not the best out there.

They don't make them anymore, but you can still find them. Usually for sub $700 new and used sub $500-$400 or less.

Don't forget to mention that they weigh like 225 POUNDS, stick out 3 feet from the wall, and will kill your back just moving them!

 

[Ilya]

These are probably the best consumer CRT's ever produced! However, keep in mind that as all CRT's they are Interlaced, not Progressive (1080i, not 1080p), and as all CRT's they, cannot deliver the full 1920 lines of horizontal rezolution. Though, these Sony's come very close to 1400.

 

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Don't forget to mention that they weigh like 225 POUNDS, stick out 3 feet from the wall, and will kill your back just moving them!

Very true. It is definitely a pain moving them and you have to make sure you don't bang them around too much. That is the only downside to these TVs.

 

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These are probably the best consumer CRT's ever produced! However, keep in mind that as all CRT's they are Interlaced, not Progressive (1080i, not 1080p), and as all CRT's they, cannot deliver the full 1920 lines of horizontal rezolution. Though, these Sony's come very close to 1400.

Good stuff. - I would still take these consumer TV over many others today, including top of the line LCDs and Plasmas.

 

[mike123abc]

I gave a couple of these away...

I find that the pioneer plasmas out do them in picture quality. Not only do they have the full resolution, but the color space is much better. As far as absolute black, CRTs do not have absolute black either. Let your eyes adjust to darkness, then go into a room where the tube TV has just been turned off. You will see the screen glowing.

A lot can be said for the small picture giving the appearance of a better picture since all the compression artifacts are blown up giant size when you get to 60"s.

So, you are stuck with a massive TV in weight that gives you a small picture and takes up half your room.

All that being said, they do deliver a better picture than most of the TVs currently being produced, but they no longer produce the best picture. Of course I am also comparing a used TV you could probably pick up for free to a few hundred dollars to a $4500+ TV.

 

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I gave a couple of these away...

I find that the pioneer plasmas out do them in picture quality. Not only do they have the full resolution, but the color space is much better. As far as absolute black, CRTs do not have absolute black either. Let your eyes adjust to darkness, then go into a room where the tube TV has just been turned off. You will see the screen glowing.

A lot can be said for the small picture giving the appearance of a better picture since all the compression artifacts are blown up giant size when you get to 60"s.

So, you are stuck with a massive TV in weight that gives you a small picture and takes up half your room.

All that being said, they do deliver a better picture than most of the TVs currently being produced, but they no longer produce the best picture. Of course I am also comparing a used TV you could probably pick up for free to a few hundred dollars to a $4500+ TV.

You can get true black on a CRT. It depends on your contrast and brightness settings and is relative to your backdrop.

These are definitely some of the best TVs you can buy, especially if you can get one for sub $400 - and if your willing to pay the money have someone dial it in.

 

[BK94541]

I had 32" & 36" WEGA TV.. I'm sooo glad sold them few years back!! an few ADS in C.L
when i wants to moved, had to call my freinds to help me move these monsters, Took 3 people plus me to move them.. HELL NO never gonna or wanna them back!!! they just back breaker!!I'm soo happy with my LCDS,EVEN MY 70" inch LCD,weight a bit less

 

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I had 32" & 36" WEGA TV.. I'm sooo glad sold them few years back!! an few ADS in C.L
when i wants to moved, had to call my freinds to help me move these monsters, Took 3 people plus me to move them.. HELL NO never gonna or wanna them back!!! they just back breaker!!I'm soo happy with my LCDS,EVEN MY 70" inch LCD,weight a bit less

I agree they are a pain to move, but the post was strictly about picture quality.

A lot of people always ask what is the best picture out there. Well if you are a true hardcore, these are probably the best consumers TVs and you can. Have a specialist tune them in, and they are almost unbeatable.

 

[Zookster]

It took me the longest time to let go of my 34" CRT WS Toshiba (34HF84) on PQ grounds, for what I could afford to replace it. It had amazing blacks and extremely accurate color (as confirmed by reviews in HTS magazines at the time). Every time I'd look at flat panel TVs on display in stores (under $2000 for 42-46"), I'd go home content with my Toshiba.

This year I kept a close eye on the various Panasonic plasma models until I was able to get a 46" 800u for under $1500. After watching the new Panny for 10 days in my home, I turned on my Toshiba and hooked it up to my HD cable receiver to verify it was in working order just before a prospective buyer for it arrived. My initial thought was "OMG, what's wrong? The picture looks like crap!" I soon realized the picture looked exactly the way it always has, I was just accustomed to the sharper, cleaner, smoother, brighter picture of my new Panny.

Now I know my Toshiba was no Sony WEGA referenced in the OP, but IMO there's just something about high-quality digital panels that CRT's can't give you.

On a side note, I had to really come down in price to move my Toshiba. Craigslist ads in my area were flooded with 3-5 year old CRTs and DLPs for under $200.