The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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I do agree, a CRT definatly makes a better picture than LCD, DLP, plasma and projection TVs. There's a Circuit City right next to where I work and, at times I stop in for what's up. Those flat TVs are nice for less space but you got to be directly in front of the sets or you loose brightness, contrast, color. Standing close to them, they are totaly unimpressive. Projecting an image on 'smoked' glass (plastic?) is poor and grainy. You still see a screendoor effect on many of them, and the picture's not really that big. They say the burn-out is rather quick too, (though I've never seen the comparison of lifetime hours with CRTs). They don't have as fast a response as CRT, thus the 'ghosting'. I would prefer an HDTV CRT but I don't see them ever being very big for a while, if ever. I'd take the 'bulky tube' HDTV sooner than the flat screens any day. Our SDTV 36" CRT didn't blow yet (after 10 years), and we also use an SXGA projector making a 120" picture (could you imaging the price of a plasma screen at that size?) for our DVDs. I hope CRTs will be around for more than 20 years!