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The real skinny

I've yet to see ANY flat screen that can hold a candle to good old CRT technology. You know, like they've been making for the last 50 years or so.

Unfortunately, the deal of the century just dried up. As long as 34" was big enough, and as long as you didn't HAVE to hang it on the wall, the Sony XBR970 was only $1000 and kicked the crap out of any flat screen I've seen yet.

You can get fooled with a lot of demo setups. It's not hard to get a good looking picture with a half-assed LCD or plasma when everything is just so. But when watching with a wide variety of source material and lighting conditions, you'll find that most flat screens pretty much suck. I really dislike LCD's. They are fine for computer monitors, but pretty much suck with motion, and also for watching movies in the dark. If all you watch is daytime TV shows, they might be barely acceptable.

The only bright spot on the horizon is the new line of Pioneer plasmas. They were announced at the January CES and are supposed to be shipping now. If they are everything that is claimed for them, they should be about in the same range (picture-wise) as a good CRT. Plus they are still being made. Plus they go up to 50" or 60" (if that is important to you). Plus you can hang them on the wall (as we have all been brainwashed into thinking is ultra-important). If you have to have a flat-screen, that is probably the only thing I would look at.

There was a super-promising technology called SED, but production plans were recently canceled after a licensing fee disagreement. So for the foreseeable future, I think the new generation Pioneer plasmas are by far your best bet.

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