Cold CRT Guns for Thinner CRTs

Fly writes: "According to EETimes, an Austin startup company is close to producing CRTs with cold-emission electron guns. They claim this will reduce the parts needed for electron guns as well as allow for greater control and deflection of the electron beams leading to thinner CRTs. Their technology uses older chip-manufacturing techniquest to deposit diamond tips for the guns on silicon wafers. They hope to enter the CRT market next year."

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And how would this compare to LCD/plasma displays?

[svara]

They are getting cheaper everyday almost... and if it's just "thinner" than normal CRTs it could well be just a cenntimeter thinner...
I don't think this will "save" CRTs in the long run