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Projection TVs: the big picture.(Buyers Guide)
Rear-projection sets may not get as much press as their newer rivals, plasma TVs, but they offer a much lower-priced route to big-screen TV. Prices for HD-ready projection sets with a 50- to 60-inch screen start at about $1,500--nothing tO sneeze at, but a bargain compared with the $10,000 or so you'd pay for a comparable plasma TV.
Several trends are making rear-projection TVs more attractive to those who are looking to supersize their sets:
New technologies are emerging. Most rear-projection TVs contain three small CRTs (cathode-ray tubes) that beam images onto the screen. The big drawback to these sets is size: CRT-based projection TVs have huge, ...
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