Something I haven't seen so far in this thread is a discussion of "accuracy". That is, picture quality and color temperature can be measured objectively. Filmmakers produce a film to look a certain way in the theater. Any display type which causes the film to look different is "inaccurate". Color temperature should be 6500k, etc.
As far as I know, and as far as I can tell, no other device is capable of producing a more accurate reproduction of original films than a CRT. Blacks are black, shadow details are maintained, color can be perfect (although most sets are cranked with WAY to much contrast off the shelf), and action is smooth and "film-like".
As an owner of a 7" Electrohome Front Projector, LCD's, in my opinion do not come close, nor do Plasma's (granted, I have a light controlled environment). DLP's are the only projectors which I feel are coming close to matching the CRT's, although I am bothered by the very grayish blacks I've seen displayed on most CRT's.
That does not mean CRT's are the best solution. For instance, I'm considering a DLP as a compromise because of the burn-in issue if I want to play video games. There's also times I'd like to watch TV or movies with some lights on (while I multi-task =)). Finally, I get tired of warming up the projector and converging it everytime I want to watch a movie. The ease of a DLP may begin to outweigh the better pic. quality of a CRT for me soon.
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Something I haven't seen so far in this thread is a discussion of "accuracy". That is, picture quality and color temperature can be measured objectively. Filmmakers produce a film to look a certain way in the theater. Any display type which causes the film to look different is "inaccurate". Color temperature should be 6500k, etc. As far as I know, and as far as I can tell, no other device is capable of producing a more accurate reproduction of original films than a CRT. Blacks are black, shadow details are maintained, color can be perfect (although most sets are cranked with WAY to much contrast off the shelf), and action is smooth and "film-like". As an owner of a 7" Electrohome Front Projector, LCD's, in my opinion do not come close, nor do Plasma's (granted, I have a light controlled environment). DLP's are the only projectors which I feel are coming close to matching the CRT's, although I am bothered by the very grayish blacks I've seen displayed on most CRT's. That does not mean CRT's are the best solution. For instance, I'm considering a DLP as a compromise because of the burn-in issue if I want to play video games. There's also times I'd like to watch TV or movies with some lights on (while I multi-task =)). Finally, I get tired of warming up the projector and converging it everytime I want to watch a movie. The ease of a DLP may begin to outweigh the better pic. quality of a CRT for me soon.