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Petition to tv makers (your thoughts about that)
Blanka:
Wasn't there some stupid law in the US and A too that forbids companys to sell 4:3 flatscreens above a certain size?
Mostly CE is dominated by Brussels law, but in this case I thought the inventing nation has actually something (stupid) to say.
DJ_Izumi:
The real advantage to CRTs is that everyone is getting rid of them. You can pick up high end Sony Trinitrons as PC monitors or TVs for nothing or next to nothing. I paid only $90 to get a used 27" Sony Trinitron, nice flat tube, component input. It's beautiful and works for all my light gun games. Of course there's the down side of having to MOVE the ---gosh-darn--- things. I can totally understand why someone would want an LCD. Light, does't produce as much heat, consumes less electrictity and can be a lot more flush with a wall.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Blanka on January 05, 2010, 02:24:24 am ---Wasn't there some stupid law in the US and A too that forbids companys to sell 4:3 flatscreens above a certain size?
Mostly CE is dominated by Brussels law, but in this case I thought the inventing nation has actually something (stupid) to say.
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Not, flatscreens, CRTs. CRTs above er... 21" or 29" or something, can no longer be manufactured. Supposedly this is due to the content of lead or power consumption or some other ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- nonsense. For the life of me I can't find the actual government code though. It's in there, my searchfu is just off today.
I do recall the law being pushed into effect by some combination of environmentalists and LCD manufacturers to artificially boost LCD sales and reduce environmental impact. Sorry to say those idiots got it all backasswards since I see more dead LCD panels in the trash in recent years than I ever have seen dead CRTs in the last twenty years.
DJ_Izumi:
For manufacturers, LCDs are a lot cheaper to ship and stock at the warehouse or retail location. I mean, geez, 36" CRTs are prohobitatively large, would have great difficulty even fitting the full retail box into peoples cars. They're huge and heavy meaning less can fit in a container, or how many can fit in the store. LCDs, even like 50 inches, the whole box can slide into almost any vehicle with the minimum of effort. There are a LOT of things agianst CRTs as far as the typical consumer and retailer are concerned. A 50" rear screen projection CRT could barely move around one's house due to the huge size of the assembled unit.
Hoopz:
Let's not forget that the original coders for the arcade games in the early 80's intended for their games to be displayed on LCDs not CRTs. At least, according to Genesim. >:D
But he also said Mame was wrong to emulate games the way it did and he hated people in uniforms.