Sony Trinitron XBR-2 1992 commercial

my sony xbr trin 300 lbs no joke i cant lift it on the stand so it sits on the floor ha ha amazing pic hooked to the ps3

that sony tv is better than plasma and lcd today

I dumped Direct TV and am now getting 1080i OTA with an antenna I made and the picture is out-fucking-ragous. I love the LED hummingbird commercial and I could have grabbed a Corona out of the screen on Cinco de Mayo.

hd is really clearer and sharper check out my video on my dads hdtv. yeah hd matters if you want to see like movies or what not on your tv in a better picture. it doesnt matter to me wheather i watch tv with hd or not as long as i can watch tv i'm good. like i said depending who you are then it matters.

HDTV is no real issue with me. I have watched regular TV for over 40 years and I have never seen any real difference unless using a blu-ray DVD player. Those will be at regular prices soon so I won't worry until then. HDMI is of no concern either.
I just wanted a nice picture before the big ones all evaporated. I can find them all day long on Craig'slist for cheap but moving 300# TVs are not my idea of fun. I could stash another away for later.

trust me theres a differece the picture with hd is much clear then watching regular tv go to a store and see for your self or check out my dads hdtv not sure you can see the difference in my video but check it out any ways.

That said, and with regards to HD, you should see how HD looks on a properly calibrated Sony Trinitron or Toshiba FST HDTV.

Colors are at their truest and contrast at its finest; still far superior to anything that can be achieved by LCD, plasma, LCoS, and DLP.

About the only thing that can come close is OLED and laser DLP.

I jut picked up a 2004 Sony WEGA 34XBR960 w/stand for $400. Compare that to the $2K it cost brand new and the $1500-$2000 you will spend on aN LCD, PLASMA or DLP TV and the 5 year old Sony and Toshibas are the deal of the century.
It weighs 300# but once you put it into place it doesn't matter.

You get a very nice HDTV for a fraction of the price. About the only caveats would be no 1080p (not really a big deal) and the possibility that the version of HDMI in the set may not be current (this, OTOH, can be a big deal).

As for weight, I agree; it's a non-issue for a home setting in a place where the set is most likely going to remain for years.

Of course, the irony is that LCD displays typically use CCFL for backlighting, which uses mercury.

Mercury is a substance that is also prohibited by RoHS, though only a minimal amount of mercury is actually used in CCFL tubes compared to the substantial quantities of lead used to make a CRT.