[Superchicken]

http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/Slimme...3-5458670.html

Think about it, just a bit bigger than LCD, but much thinner.

I think we could get a significantly sexier eMac out of these if they could be ramped up at the standard resolutions of a 17 inch monitor. They might even be able to make a cheaper monitor available to PowerMac users who don't really need LCDs.
Then again when has apple been cheap?
Either way this could be a great option for the educational market. Imagine if Apple actually put a lot of effort into that market?

[iMOTOR]

Originally posted by Superchicken:
Imagine if Apple actually put a lot of effort into that market?

I thought they did.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

lcd prices are dropping - why bother?

just a few years ago it used to be double what we have now.


by the time the slim crt comes out in wide usage, lcds will be the same price.

[Krusty]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
lcd prices are dropping - why bother?

just a few years ago it used to be double what we have now.


by the time the slim crt comes out in wide usage, lcds will be the same price.

but slim CRTs should still be cheaper (which would be great for use in eMacs) and/or 3rd party monitors for high end graphics work for whom LCDs still don't quite cut the muster.

I'm not saying that the slim CRT will be a huge, dominating success ... but I think it will probably find its niche and survive in some form.

[velodev]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
lcd prices are dropping - why bother?

just a few years ago it used to be double what we have now.


by the time the slim crt comes out in wide usage, lcds will be the same price.

Because according to a report on NPR, LCD's use a natural element that is becoming more and more rare. It's also not even lucrative for the mines to process it out as a by-product. From my understand it is the element that transmit the energy transparently.

Supposedly in a few years (2008+), this element is just going to be gone - by the miners and by quantity.

[D'Espice]

Originally posted by Krusty:
but slim CRTs should still be cheaper (which would be great for use in eMacs) and/or 3rd party monitors for high end graphics work for whom LCDs still don't quite cut the muster.

For high end graphics work, cheap CRTs are just as bad as cheap LCDs. You do the math

[Superchicken]

Yes but if the choice can be between a thin iMac and an eMac that's a fair bit wider but in a similar shape I think it reflects better on Apple's design abilities.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

These things are still BIG just not HUGE. Apple isn't going to touch them.

[Simon X]

Forget these for computer use. They would be great for home TV use though, and this is were they will be marketed. CRT still have some advantages over LCD and now that they can get the size down significantly and the price will be less than that of LCDs then the market is there for them.

[Skip Breakfast]

I don't see anything in that article implying a market for slim-CRT computer monitors.

My two cents on LCD/Plasma/DLP/HDTV: There is nothing to watch on television to justify the added expense for me.

[tooki]

The problem with short-neck CRTs is that the flatter they get, the worse the focus and convergence gets at the edges, as the electron beam moves farther from a right angle to the screen.

For example, about 7 years ago, Sony introduced its 24" widescreen Trinitron display. The left and right sides of that display were so blurry as to be unusable.

So while the blurriness may not make any noticeable difference for TVs, I doubt they could be used effectively for computer displays.

tooki

[im_noahselby]

This technology definitely looks promising. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on it.

On a side note, I'm gonna be grabbing a flat CRT 14" Toshiba TV for gaming/dvds soon. I need something small for my room and this seems to fit my budget. LCD TV's are still too expensive at the moment...

15" LCD TV = $599 Cdn
14" CRT TV = $189 Cdn

Noah