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

Showing 1 response by es347inkc

I’ve made a good chunk of my living as a commercial film director. As the poster above mentioned we had 550k color suites and 150k avid machines that became obsolete overnight. BTW, Those loans sucked.

My theory is that my high end Sony TVs are just about to catch up to my old Panasonic plasma in showing “directors intent”.

so much tv tech makes sports look better but movies look worse as 240hz exhausts me. 
If we all spent the time to go to tweak.tv and follow their instructions as a baseline the world would become a prettier place