LCD, Plasma Or Glass CRT HD Monitors?

(From The Avid Yahoo User's Group)

I've always loved hearing the "professionals" who said that linear would never go away, and that all REAL shows were on-lined in linear rooms, with real equipment.
[Where are those folks now?]

Well, we have certainly had countless discussions about
LCD vs Plasma vs Glass CRT, and that nothing can beat
a glass CRT.

Believe me, I love the SONY PVM-20L5/1, and I know that there are purists out there that "can't live without their
BVM HD monitors for true color correction."

Well, it looks like SONY is pulling the plug on the BVM line and all glass CRTs. IKEGAMI won't be long behind.

HOW WILL WE SURVIVE?!?

No more glass CRT's!?! How will we ever see true colors?
Are we doomed with "hi-quality" LCD screens?

I can't wait to see how the hi-end color correctors react.

CRT's presently help us catch inconsistencies we might otherwise not see by viewing the image on a BVM or a LCD.

Often times, two BVMs look closer to each other than to any different manufacturers LCDs. Those suckers are all over the place.

The angle of view issue is also crazy. If you tend to lean over or move around during the day, an LCD is going to give you differing looks.

On the other hand, I've seen 3D graphics that show a lot of banding on an HD LCD that didn't show on an HD CRT.
Which is correct? What will the consumer see?

I really don't care what I look at for monitoring, just as long as it's accurate.

But when you consider that the vast majority of new TVs being purchased are now either LCD or plasma, at what point does that become the new standard display technology and the BVM become inaccurate because it no longer displays images the way consumers view them?

Which goes with the argument if we don't need BVM's then we probably also don't need GENELEC, DYNEAUDIO or ADAM monitors.

After all, the average viewer at home is listening with a 3.5 inch speaker with a 1/4 watt amp, not a subwoofer and 5.1.

Check out this interesting comparison table between HD monitor types here.