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Petition to tv makers (your thoughts about that)
bkenobi:
--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on January 05, 2010, 10:19:34 am ---A 50" rear screen projection CRT could barely move around one's house due to the huge size of the assembled unit.
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Don't forget that rear projection sets are technically supposed to be serviced any time they are moved to realign things. I don't know if that's true for LCD or DLP, but it is for all the older stuff.
ark_ader:
Is this because you would want a larger 4:3 LCD screen for your cab, and you want to set up some kind of petition for Lucky Goldstar to produce it?
What size are we talking about here? 30 inch? 40 inch?
Maybe email these guys for a Chinese company that can manufacture a custom display?
info@review-displays.co.uk
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on January 05, 2010, 10:19:34 am ---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.
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SED was supposed to solve all that. :-[
saurian333:
I think the main problem with this idea is the suggestion to petition to "TV makers."
Major manufacturers, as has been duly noted, would not be interested in such a niche market. If 4:3 LCDs were to be made, very few people NOT building arcade machines would be interested. In fact, it seems to be the general consensus that very few who ARE are interested, or at least that the current state of things doesn't bother them much. This means that only a smaller company or someone with the means to start up such an operation would be likely to jump on it.
Anybody who really wants to see this done would need to band together and actually do it, or find someone who's willing to. A petition to major companies isn't going to accomplish anything.
By the way, I see the dropping of analog broadcasting in the US (and most of the world) as a factor in that. Digital broadcasts are generally HD. HD != 4:3. So there is very little use for a 4:3 TV or monitor. The average computer user either doesn't care or prefers 16:9 (actually, 16:10, generally). The average TV user is in the same boat. And apparently, so are approximately half of arcade builders (from the very unscientific study of opinions on this forum)...and most of the ones who really want 4:3 are purist enough to want a CRT anyway.
Like others here, I'm not saying I'm opposed to the idea, since such a unit would definitely have its applications. I just think petitioning to major powers is not going to get it done. You'd have much better luck approaching smaller companies, or getting a group of people together to pool resources and take the plunge themselves.
Spaz Monkey:
Other thoughts off the top of my head. $50k worth of profits in one year? That's 1000 units with a $50 "mark-up" being sold in one year. What's the sales projetion and profit the next year?
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