Video Asylum

Posted by kurt s (M) on September 8, 2009 at 16:09:00

In Reply to: RE: I hate lcd TV's posted by Perfume on September 7, 2009 at 19:59:05

I was in Thailand in June and looked at some TV displays just because they sell much differently than in the US.

Over there, an average CRT TV from Sony, about 30" or thereabouts, sells for about $100 and less. There are some $30 models for smaller ones. They sell more CRT TV's in Thailand than any other kind for its lower price. In the USA, I saw a 21" CRT TV in K-Mart for $175! There was a HDTV for that same amount. Why? Well, see what you pay for in a CRT here:

The CRT disposal fee, maybe $50. The toxic e-waste recycling fees, another $50, perhaps, and the shipping weight from oversees. What you really get is the same damn TV that sells for $50 in Thailand and both end up in a Bangladesh poisoned landfill. We "pretend" to recycle CRTs and e-waste and pay the cost to just go where the other countries go with them, the lowest bidder that will take it. But the fees make us feel good about ourselves. So LCDs have less poison, and they are encouraging you to change over.