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Why are there no tube televisions anymore?

It’s funny when you come to think of it and compare video with audio. How come in the audio world discussions sometimes become intense, while there seem to be far less intense discussions in the TV & video realm?

With TV’s there’s no talk on tubes, transistors, analog, digital, vinyl, cables, power cords, heck we can even get ’audio’ fuses and -USB cables.

No one has a tube TV (while they really have a ’warmer’ image :) and very few people use a $400 power cord with their TV set. And while there are expensive HDMI cables on the market, the vast majority uses one below $50. And no one spends money on floor spacers to avoid cable vibrations.

Our eyes may even be far more sensitive than our ears ... yet discussions are far less intense. How come?


rudyb

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My dad would take several tubes out of the TV when us kids were "bad".
Funny that it made me angry/sad back then.  Now I couldn't care less about TV.

Was visiting my son in Denver last week, he had very recently purchased a Sony 85 incher.  Have no clue as to the refresh rate or latency, but I can tell you that the new Sony Playstation 5 looks amazing. There is no smearing whatsoever.  We watched "The Martian" on blu-ray and that was actually astounding.

Regards,
barts
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