Many plasmas out there look better than CRTs. Also, CRTs top out at about 36" so you'd be outta luck if you want anything above that.

The only thing that Korea is ahead of is kimchi.

As much as I am sick of hearing about Jappos, they make the best electronics. Well, except for PS2.

Also, Plasma is a dying technology.

Yeah but the future of CRTs' isn't exactly looking bright either. As more and more people demand larger sized TVs for their home-theater set-ups and smaller LCDs get cheaper, CRTs are becoming less and less desirable.

They may still be the standard but I highly doubt it'll remain that way as a model or two are discontinued every month or so at work only to see that there's no new successor to keep the selection of CRTs from shrinking.

I am sorry, have you even bother to check the link I gave out? Prob not.

Let me translate it in 1 sentense. You are able to download 2 and half hour movie in to your cellphone under 10 second and able to send the file to another person's cellphone if they are under 10m.


And you are SOOO wrong about Kimchi. Most Kimchi factory is located in China.

Um, how is this relevant? I'm mean it's pretty damn kick ass and all but unless these phones have screens that can transform to measure up to 50" with the press of a button, (and work with the PS3 and other gaming consoles), I don't see them replacing the current TVs duking it out on the market.

Awesome.

I mean, who the hell wouldn't use their cell phone to watch a 3 hour long movie.

Awsome, tell that to other 20million who uses that.

@ Technophile

And what I was pointing out was that Samsung and LG is better at making TV then most of shitty Japanese companies.

Oh. (^^); I guess I was so awed by what the phone can do I missed that point. Whoops.

I detect no biasness in that article. Oh wait, I don't read Korean. So solly ;_;

And I'm surprised that Megalith is sticking up for a nationality he adamantly despises. But I guess in this case it's not so much the people as is it the goods. But honestly, so far the most notorious case I've heard of Sony's (lack of) workmanship is of Sony's PS1.

I have not owned the PS1 (the big blocky one from '95) but have read over and over again of the lamentations of gamers over the laser, and my friend went through quite a few, four of them, I think. I don't really have any complaints with the PS2. And it being "outdated" doesn't count if you're going to start pointing faults. All consoles will be outdated sooner or later.

I won't be surprised how in 2013 sometime when the PS4 is announced, everyone's going to start pointing at all the faults the PS3 had and begs Sony to lend an ear.

Megalith might argue along with the PS2 otherwise.

How is that for irony. :lolsign:

Those dismissing CRTs completely clearly have not actually sat in front of a calibrated Sony Wega KD-34XS955N HDTV set.

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...e_34%22to36%22

While the blasted thing may weigh more than the one lifting it, it's high praise by videophiles swear it to be reference material with proper calibration.

I thought CRTs had better black levels and contrast than plasmas and LCDs?

And SED is the wave of the future. Screw these CRT, Plasma, and LCD sets. Brightness and contrast of CRTs, less power consumption than Plasmas, as thin as Plasma/LCD, bigger screens, ~1ms response time, oh and.. a 100,000:1 contrast ratio.

Due out around ~07. D:

Imagine one of these hooked up to a PS3~

Taegueki is a nice guy, but he has strong nationalism. His name means Korean Flag :tpg:

Whether or not that's a good thing, meh, your choice.

Anyway, as for the PS3. As much as I would love to buy one eventually, all this talk of extra work hours to afford one, and how you'll basically need an HDTV for it to be worthwhile is disheartening.

/me cries being the poor 14 year old I am.

LCD, DLP and Plasmas are gimmicks.

SED and OLED is the practical evolution of CRT technology, and it's the way to go.

I like how Canon is one of the technology's forerunners.

::REALITYp::

I gotta say, these SED TV's do look sexy. This one's from TOSHIBA. Due around 2007? Yeah, about the same time I'll get my PS3. Thank god I have a nice paying job.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...iba_sed_tv.jpg

Shit, I better start saving up now.

1st generation display tech is almost guarenteed to cost more than $5000 for every 20 inches of screen size you get, so start saving every penny. With that money, you could be a few great LCDs which will be the top sellers once CRTs finally get crushed into oblivion.

I'd wait until at least the third gen of SEDs, since they're bound to have issues that didn't come up during testing. The same would apply to the PS3, though swap out generation for revision.

As far as PlayStation is concerned, it'll be stable once the price point of $200 gets thrown around. You can't guarentee great sells on any console until it dips to around that price.

Yeah.

I mean, who the hell actually paid $300 for PS2, right.

I didn't buy a PS2 until it was $200 and I'm sure most of the 100 million+ units floating around were not bought at the original $300 (or international equivalent) price.

Most of these technologies have been in "testing" for long periods too, and look what happens when they're finally out in public. There's no test better than reality, where the variables are damn near endless. And even if by some miracle they don't have problems, expect improvements on the TVs that often renders the first ones obsolete.

The launch price is meant for early adopters who will buy the machine at any price, while lower prices points (like $200 for the PS2) are for the mass market, where most of the sales comes from.

Exactly, much like the 360 made most of its sales so far off of the massive hype. Launch time hype based inertia can only carry you so far (10 million units tops).

That would depend on whether you're influenced by said console enough to fork out for a console, then probably a HDTV. Hype only sells so far, but I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the PS3 already has twice as much hype as the 360 had.

I bet a bunch of moronspeople bought a HDTV just for the 360. It will be the same for the PS3.

Probaly someone already saw it, but a screenshot from Lair:
http://www.gamer.nl/images/content/P...43472177_0.jpg

looks like sony console still have problems with jaggyness.

Sorry about quoting myself, but I don't feel like explaining again.

Seriously, AA is a non-issue especially considering the graphic chip this time around was developed by Nvidia. I can say with certainty that FSAA, which has been a standard rastering ability on Nvidia cards for 5 generations, is also included on the RSX.