Sony to Stop Producing Smaller CRTs 564
NerveGas writes "Sony is apparantly going to stop producing 17- and 19-inch CRTs, in favor of LCDs. It seems a bit soon to drop CRTs completely, seeing as how LCDs still have less than 30% of the market share. Maybe since their patent on Trinitron screens expired, they're not able to command ridiculous margins any more." Smaller CRTs? I've got a couple 19" Sony monitors here, and I've always considered them to be a good size.
the las vegas effect (Score:5, Funny)
Looking forward to the day that 42" plasma TVs are also small
timothy
Oh come on... (Score:5, Funny)
At least that's what my wife tells me.
Easy Fix (Score:5, Funny)
Easy solution to this problem: Copywrite Trinitron and lobby Congress to extend your rights for another 50 years.
Re:the las vegas effect (Score:4, Funny)
Welcome to my airplane hangar... I mean office.
Aww! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh come on... (Score:5, Funny)
User is still using one of the older monitors (15" Trinitron tubes) and made a requisition, complaining for a better monitor. Well, they clamored enough for a while we were told to give her a 19". I set it up during her lunch, and set it to 1024x768.
I thought I was being very conservative with that resolution, because everyone seems to complain about their eyesight.
Next day I walked by it and she apparently set it to 640x480 with large icon and large fonts. She wears glasses too.
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Re:Oh come on... (Score:5, Funny)
"Brodie, when a woman tells you it's a good size, that's a nice way of saying 'It's too small'".
/mallrats
Re:Easy Fix (Score:2, Funny)
17" is plenty big. (Score:5, Funny)
What I _really_ want is a 3840x1024 LCD display. Wide, wide, wide. Reference on the left, code in the middle, debug on the right. I'm probably going to get cancer from having three CRTs blasting at me all day.
Re:Oh come on... (Score:2, Funny)
At least that's what my wife tells me.
That's what your wife tells me too.
"good size" (Score:1, Funny)
Stop production of defective products (Score:3, Funny)
"For all these years," said a Sony spokemen, "we thought we could finally fix this problem, the progress were not as expected."
"but we pushed the defective products to the market anyway, and told people these two black lines are a sign of high quality [digitalvibes.com]. We're glad we didn't get caught and now it's over!"
(For humor impaired, this is a joke.
No more tans?!? (Score:1, Funny)
My take:
Damnit, now I won't be able to get my white ass tanned from all of that monitor radiation my bright CRT gives off!
Re:LCDs Still Suck. (Score:3, Funny)
I run UT2003.
I own a LCD.
My LCD runs usually at 75 hz, although it can run at 80 hz.
I see no ghosting whatsoever.
Stop blinking so much
Once you've had a 21"... (Score:2, Funny)