Not sure if any of you care, but for Xbox/ PS lovers or videophiles out there, Mitsubishi is basically quitting the CRT Big Screen Projection TV business, going from 12 models in 2005 to only 3 CRT-based models in 2006. They're basically moving over to DLP units and other trendy less bulky models.

Unless you don't know, you'd have to spend 5 grand $$ or more on a plasma to equal the Picture Quality of these beasts!

Fry's is clearing out it's leftover 2005 inventory, and I've found that several stores still have ws-55815 diamond series for $900 (was $3500 a year or two ago), and other 48-55" models for around a grand. The diamond series (gloss black bling bling) model is my favorite, and I think Fremont, Palo Alto, and possibly the others still have floor models. They had a couple new ones at that price in Sacramento.

Anyway... thought I'd share the mitsubishi love............

 

I thought video games on CRT's was a no-no. Burn-in, etc.

 

Actually plasma is more burn-prone. Generally you will not get burn-in unless you play a game that has a score or text constantly displayed in bright white letters and leave it on constantly, or unless you only use the monitor for a single game for days and days and days and don't watch tv or alternate what's displayed. Note "screen-savers" are intended to prevent burn-in on computer monitors.

So in other words, it's not an issue for 99.997% of users.

 

I am in the .003% :rotfl:

 

yeah he likes to play PONG

 

the other issue is when tv stations leave their "bug" on the lower right hand sections...

 

Well, there's always DLP if you like to change light bulbs or LCD techologies if you like that blurry pixelated look . Pick your poison.

 

My buddy has a halo radar burned in his mitsu CRT. I'm sure most of us here play it =p

 

I played halo excessively on my old 45" crt projection and never had burn-in because I also watched tv sometimes and had a job .