Need advice: how much can I get for this TV?

[Payne3d]

Before I post in the buy/sell forums, I just wanted to gauge how much I could sell this TV for. It's a 43" Hitachi rear projection. 43FDX01B ...it's HDtv ready. I have the stand as well.
Help appreciated.

[najibs]

Before I post in the buy/sell forums, I just wanted to gauge how much I could sell this TV for. It's a 43" Hitachi rear projection. 43FDX01B ...it's HDtv ready. I have the stand as well.
Help appreciated.

Maybe you should look around and see what retailers like FutureSHop and Best Buy sell it for. Depending on how long you've had it, and how old it is, you'll probably get 50-70% of what it sells for new.

[rEDSpider]

800

[Payne3d]

800
:cry:

[Hambone]

I don't even think it's worth that much. For $800, I'd rather buy a direct view CRT TV, even if it's much smaller. Those old rear projection TVs are *in my opinion* have very poor PQ.

[Neovingian]

$789.97

[Payne3d]

I don't even think it's worth that much. For $800, I'd rather buy a direct view CRT TV, even if it's much smaller. Those old rear projection TVs are *in my opinion* have very poor PQ.

"With all the hoopla around the new fixed pixel units - which is all we hear about these days and which of course is just what their manufacturers want, considering how expensive they are - it's easy to lose sight of tried and true triple-gun CRT technology.

IMHO, it is still the best. It still has the best blacks, it does 1080i effortlessly, (and could do 1080p just as well), and the color range and depth when properly set up and calibrated has always been thrilling. And size? When fully calibrated, it allows for viewers to sit far closer than most fixed pixel technology, delivering an essentially BIGGER picture to be watching, and losing yourself in. Isn't that really what it's all about?

Try to sit that close to fixed pixel technology and much of the time you are staring individual pixels in the face, with massive screendoor effect. CRT is the only medium where its smoothness and yet incredibly high resolution contributes to exquisite detail, without the artificial crispness of most of today's fixed pixel technologies.


Yet videophiles right and left are abandoning their CRT RPTVs in favor of the newer fixed pixel stuff. It's saddening. They have no idea what they are losing. CRT RPTVs can be kept looking better than new for 10-15 years when treated right. And produce better images, all that time, than most fixed pixel technology.

Both Pioneer and Hitachi have already discontinued CRT RPTV production. At CES this year I saw NO CRT technology being promoted. Yet it is still the best easily available technolgy out there, and these days the absolutely cheapest way to go as well. CRT RPTVs are the deal of the century right now, if you check on comparative prices, even factoring in calibrations.

Pioneer Elite owners seem to be the ones most willing to keep their sets alive, possibly because they paid so much for them back in the day. Other brands of set were cheaper and are even cheaper still now, causing their owners to more often than not just step into something new rather than keep their current sets alive. Yet ALL CRT sets can be made to look stunning, with the proper care and maintenance of professional optics cleaning and calibration. Even the cheapest brand has incredible potential, when treated properly.


I hope more people will see the light on this before it's taken away. More and more manufacturers will continue to discontinue CRT technology, its days are numbered. We should hold on for dear life, because once they are gone, they are gone. I for one will not part with my year 2000 65" Panasonic CRT RPTV. They will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands!

If you have a triple-gun CRT RPTV, PLEASE reconsider if you are about to kiss it off. It's still the best way to go, once calibrated.

And calibration is a whole lot cheaper than buying and paying taxes on a new fixed pixel set.


Mr Bob"
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=695922


I'll take a pro ISF calibrator's opinion over yours any day.

[soulflare]

I'll take a pro ISF calibrator's opinion over yours any day.

:rolleyes:

Unless your CRT RPTV comes with a pro ISF calibrator, chances are it looks like a$$ in comparison to just about every other HDTV currently available on the market. The amount of (ongoing) configuration these sets require to look excellent is ridiculous. Having owned one for the past couple years, I can honestly say that I never want something that requires convergence adjustments ever again (imagine owning something that gradually goes out of focus every 30-40 hours).

I own a similar TV to yours (a Toshiba 46H84, 2 years old, 1080i, payed around $2000), and I seriously doubt I could get any more than $400-600 for it... and I would be happy to get that amount. I think most buyers with that kind of budget would take one look at the cabinet size, freak out*, and buy themselves a < 27" LCD instead.

Oh, and another thing... you're going to have to offer to configure the set for whoever buys it. These kind of sets do not fare well in moves and you may have to take it apart and make manual adjustments to fix the picture.


* Seriously, when I moved to my apartment, we had a hell of a time trying to fit into the back of a GMC Suburban!

[jayisthebest88]

I give u 5 dolla