"Jerry G." wrote in message
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Some people I speak to, also have the opinion that nothing beats a
conventional CRT type set. But, in about a year or two, these will no
longer be available in the major type models. In about 5 years, CRT sets
may
not be available at all.

This simply isn't so, unless you're looking SOLELY at the
large-screen (over 40" diagonal) HDTV market. For TVs
under 40", both HD and SD, CRT technology is expected to
remain in the market for the foreseeable future. You did
qualify your statement with "major type models," and if by
that you mean the Japanese brands we've known over the
past 20 years, there's some truth to this. However, CRT
sets will still be available, and new makers (Korean, Taiwanese,
and more and more from mainland China) will be coming to
the U.S. market. In many cases, these are only "new" here.

In fact, I just returned from a display industry conference at
which the TV market was forecast to still be at least 80%
CRT-based by 2008. CRT PROJECTION sets will be
declining in favor of other projection types (esp. the various
microdisplay technologies), but direct view up to 40" diag.
remains very much the domain of the CRT.

Bob M.