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Is This The Time To Buy A New TV?...

I recently read an article that sometime shortly after the new year, TV manufacturers will be introducing a whole line of new 1080 HD televisions. It seems like every time there's a significant influx of new technology, prices on older technology (in this case tube TV's) go down measureably.

If this assumption is true, now doesn't seem to be a good time to buy a new TV - correct?

I want to buy a larger TV 36", but don't want to spend a lot of money because I know that in a year or two when HD programming becomes more widespread and TV prices come down I'll make a significant investment in upgrading my HT system.
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emil
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If you can deal with the size, the CRTs are a bargain, especially if you're looking for a big screen.
CRT is a mature technology as Honest! states. LCD, DLP and Plasmas still have some quirks to figure out and I really dont want to spend big bucks to be the beta tester.
I recently purchased a 57 inch Sony CRt set and I thrilled with the picture on DVDs. With regular (non-HD) Im somewhat dissapointed but I expected that. It seems cable (not sure of satellite) has not keeped up what the new standards of resolution of the DLPs, plasmas , LCDs and CRTs have to offer. The picture quality varies from poor to very good.
If you like movies (DVD), jump on in. The waters fine
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