Samsung is working hard to make sure that CRT remains a viable alternative to television shoppers. A promotional slideshow playing on a CRT display says it best: “The news of my demise is greatly exaggerated!”

Measuring 16 inches deep and weighing 120 pounds, Samsung’s new 30-inch screen slimmer CRT is still far too clunky to hang on a wall. But its $1,000 price tag beats many high-definition digital displays. Samsung’s 32-inch screen liquid crystal display, or LCD, television may be only 4 inches thick and 36 pounds, but it lists for more than twice as much, at $2,500.

Personally, I’m a big fan of CRT. My current big-screen television is a RPTV CRT (the Hitachi 57T500) and my previous television, still in use in the kids’ room, is a direct-view Sony 35″ XBR. Which, incidentally, is a really great television - even my grandmother noticed the nice picture quality. So it comes as no surprise to me that someone is trying to keep CRTs alive. They still produce the best looking picture. (I assume SED displays will give them a run for the money, but that’s yet to be seen.)

Link: MSNBC - Trying to save cathode-ray tube TVs