I still have my Toshiba that I bought in 1987. It still works.
In 1995, I bought a Toshiba 36" tube that by today's standard would be an EDTV. It uses artificial intelligence to give a finer picture than it recieves. I paid 2000 for it then and it is still a beautiful, sharp, hi res picture and I don't have to pay for hi def programming. According to Consumer Reports, CRT televisions deliver the best picture quality. They are also cheap and last forever. I would be interested in this new 55" screen, though.
I held that same position until I went and checked out a CRT HDTV monitor... It really is insane how incredible a football game looks on a HDTV.