2006 is not going to be good for RPTV and CRTs
By Matt Burns 
posted Dec 30th 2005 12:16PM
posted Dec 30th 2005 12:16PM
This coming year is not going to be nice to many peoples favorite HDTVs. Rear projection sets (i.e. CRT based,
DLP, LCD, and LCoS) shipments are going to fall a whopping
15%. This number is derived from the huge decrease in CRT demand; no one wants them anymore. 2005 was a good year
for microdisplays though with Sony and Samsung
leading the way. Microdisplays such as DLP and LCoS will continue to grow and pass CRT projections for the first time
but I believe that the writing is on the wall that they too will eventually be outpaced by another trend in TVs: flat
panels. Admit it: you want a flat panel TV. Maybe not a plasma or a LCD but at least a SED. Flat panel TVs are just so cool and if you can get one that has the picture quality of a tube at the price of a DLP then you would get one. Right?
Hey, I myself, after a couple years reading avsforum, had become frustrated looking for a replacement for my CRT-based RPTV. I was all set to go buy what I felt was a middle of the road model LCD based RPTV. This was becuase in my opinion, nothing is ready and settled upon for me right now to spend major cash. So I went to the store and what did I do?
Walked out of there with a 50" plasma. It all went out the window for me. I figured the following:
I WOULD see rainbows and have headaches with 720p DLP, or non 1:1 mirror:pixel wobulation 1080 DLP.
1080p models can't accept 1080p signal.
I don't care what anyone says, if I saw anything, I mean anything that looked like convergence error on an LCD or LCOS set I brought home, I think I would kill someone.
I don't want to change a blub.
I don't play video games any more (have'nt turned on the xbox or PS2 in over a year)
Frankly LCOS and DLP (I believe they will finally be forced to price 3 mirror DLP at