TV broke, tube tv's aren't even MADE anymore--what should I do?

10 year old Sony 27" TV just broke, was told it is the CRT/tube and would be too expensive to be worth fixing.





So basically my 2 options are to buy a new Sony LCD TV (my parents REFUSE to buy anything that's not Sony) or a used Sony tube TV.





Tube TV would be fine, but how do we know it won't just break next year, or if the people are being honest (it would be through craigslist)?





And, why should we spend $1200+ for an LCD tv whose picture quality won't be as good as our old tube TV (according to multiple salesmen @ different electronics stores)? They said this is partly because we have analog cable not digital cable. But our ONLY cable option (besides crappy satellite) is Comcast (which is already almost $60 a month for analog) and we don't want to pay extra for digital cable/cable box/HD. Will the picture really be as bad as they say it will be?





Help! What do you think we should do?!





THANKS!

TV broke, tube tv's aren't even MADE anymore--what should I do?
A used 27" Sony in very good condition should run around $70. (If you can find one.)





When buying a used TV, all you can do is watch it run for a while and take what the seller says for what it's worth.





But if it breaks in a year, well so what? A $1200 TV can break the day after the warranty expires. In a year the price of the LCD TV will probably drop more than $70. Used Sony CRT TVs tend to be pretty reliable, if it's running perfectly now, it's pretty likely that it has more than a year's life left in it.
Reply:Tube type (CRT) sets are still sold in America you just have to shop where they are sold (Walmart, Sears and so on).





Getting a SONY CRT might be difficult unless a store has one they have not sold or a return that was repaired.
Reply:First, you can still buy new CRT sets.





http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Televisions:...





Second, are you absolutely sure you can't use an antenna in your location?





Third-the salesmen are correct. Analog SD TV won't look as good on an HDTV as it does on a CRT TV. This is due to the need to process the low definition signal to fill the high definition screen.





Fourth-consider an EDTV-it has a good picture-can be expected to do better with SD because it doesn't have to process as much. See the EDTVs mixed in with the HDTVs in the link below.





http://electronics.pricegrabber.com/plas...





Despite all of the above, you have to realize you're swimming against the tide and it won't be long before your cable company will go all digital-probably after 2012.





I can't make a recommendation, because I don't know your financial status. If TV is your family's main source of entertainment, then you have to seriously consider an HDTV and upgraded cable service.