Who's still making CRTs?

WHO CARES WHO'S MAKING CRTS GET A LIFE REJECT

There's still several overseas companies making them, the monitors aren't actually made by Dell, they just slap their name on them.

They are using up old inventories. On a small scale, there are still monitors being assembled using CRT's. When they run out of CRT's, there will be no more. In many countries new CRT consumer product manufacturing will no longer be legal or no longer legal to sell, due to the pollution problems caused when disposed back to the environment.

There may still be some CRT's made in the Orient for limited markets where they are allowed to be sold. There will still be specialized CRT's made for instrumentation where they are still used, until alternative technology is found.

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"Bucky Fush"  wrote in message 
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A buddy of mine asked if I'd shop a new Dell system for him.  I was
surprised to see Dell still shipping CRTs with nearly all of their low-end
systems.  Anyone know who's still making CRTs?

Thanks for the info, although I was hoping to get specific manufacturer info. I'm a pro photographer and often do color correction on digital images, and I still haven't found an affordable LCD monitor that can match my CRT's color gamut. I use one for color correction, and have two others in reserve, just so I can outlast this LCD nonsense long enough for LED technology to hit the streets.

IMHO, LCD will never produce a pix superior (or even equal) to a good CRT unit, simply due to the nature of LCD technology. I have an NEC FP2141SB and wouldn't trade it for the most expensive of LCD screens, despite its mass and heat generation.

We will be SOL when parts for our CRT's are NLA. I believe there will be a limited availability of new CRT's for pro applications for some time to come, though. Actually getting your hands on one might prove difficult, however.

OLED holds promise as a low-cost replacement for LCD, but what few seem to care about is that SOME of us still change graphic modes on our monitors! Use any LCD in a resolution other than native and it looks pretty crummy. I suspect the same will be true of OLED and any other pixel-addressed technology.

In addition to LG Philips combine it seems that Matsushita and Toshiba have also teamed up for CRT production. They even have a manufacturing facility in the US. This German website has all the technical info on their tubes.

Quest claims to be able to replace a wide range of CRT's in professional displays

Well, some of us are not pro photographers or into desk top publishing etc :-) and for us, LCD monitors are great. Negligible radiation, little heat, low power consumption, sharp, consistant image, small desktop footprint etc etc. If it is 'nonsense' then how can the huge uptake of the technology be explained? Condemning a technology on its lack of suitability for a niche market is 'nonsense' IMO.

What makes you think LED technology won't have drawbacks of its own? I can't see it being much better for your purposes than LCD TBH. I stand to be corrected of course :-)

Dave

......... coming soon. SED ... Surface Electron-Emitter Diode, as I recall:

One magazine article stated that this technology will be available in the US in 2 or 3 years. Dave

It's not the technology I'm condemning, and I agree that for many, even most people LCDs are superior. But as long as CRTs offer the advantages they do (flexible resolution, better gamut etc) monitor manufacturers should give us a choice. The exact same people who needed and bought 21 and 22" CRTs 5 and 10 years ago STILL NEED THEM for the SAME REASONS.

Too true. I work in pro broadcasting (but as a sound engineer) and the same applies to monitors for camera settings. Still CRT - much as LCD could be useful for location stuff due to smaller weight and power consumption. Plasmas burn - so no use where time code etc is displayed.

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Presumably, you're referring to the RoHS directive, and the lead in the glass faceplate of a CRT ? This is an exempted technology, so whilst CRTs may be dying out for various reasons, illegality of production and sale in countries signed up to the directive, will not be one of them.

Arfa

If it's that critical, then look at name brands like Sony or NEC, whether or not they still actually make CRTs, they do still sell them.

Such as where? Especially NEC, I've been trying to find a source for months.

My NEC FP2141SB-BK has the same specs, but is minus the the color calibrator and hood. Been enjoying mine for over 2 years; pix still as good as the day it arrived. Prior to purchase, I compared mine side-by-side with the Sony high-ends and there was no contest. Of course, YMMV. I did have to touch up the convergence controls inside the unit to bring corner convergence to near perfection, but that was a minor inconvenience. I couldn't find anyone with leftover stock of my model. Better grab the one from Bates quick, if you're looking for one of these monsters, they're going fast!

Thanks for the link, Ray. Much appreciated!

At about the time of 2/24/2006 10:10 AM, Buck Fusche stated the following:

Agreed. I will not buy a LCD monitor for my computer system. As a gamer, I prefer the CRT because you can't really play games on a LCD monitor with any real level of quality. TI's DLP technology on the other hand looks very good. Plasma screens look as good as a CRT too, but I don't think that you can change the resolution on those either.

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Apparently, Bates had even fewer than I suspected. I see 12 hours later they now list it as NLA. Did you buy the last one? =)

I noticed NEC doesn't even list these models on their own website anymore. They do still mention this one:

but last time I checked, lowest price for it was over $4500. Ouch!

Anyway, if you didn't get the 2070 from Bates, best of luck finding other sources. If you do, please pass that info along to the rest of us CRT fans.