Editing Cathode-ray tube (section)

===Decline===
Beginning in the late 1990s to the early 2000s, CRTs began to be replaced with LCDs, starting first with computer monitors smaller than 15 inches in size,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/02/15/crt.monitors.idg/|title=CNN.com - Are you looking at your last CRT? - February 15, 2002|website=CNN}}</ref> largely because of their lower bulk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fcw.com/articles/1999/07/25/flexscan-l66-a-sound-choice-in-flatpanel-displays.aspx|title=FlexScan L66: A sound choice in flat-panel displays|first1=Pat|last1=McClung|date=July 25, 1999|website=FCW|access-date=8 December 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126152702/https://fcw.com/articles/1999/07/25/flexscan-l66-a-sound-choice-in-flatpanel-displays.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Among the first manufacturers to stop CRT production was [[Hitachi]] in 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/50240-hitachi-will-still-manufacture-crt-monitors|title=Hitachi Will Still Manufacture CRT Monitors - ExtremeTech|website=www.extremetech.com|date=26 July 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2001/07/26/hitachi_to_ditch_crt_monitors/|title=Hitachi to ditch CRT monitors|first=Robert|last=Blincoe|website=www.theregister.com}}</ref> followed by Sony in Japan in 2004.<ref name="auto62">{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sony-to-stop-making-old-style-cathode-ray-tube-tvs|title=Sony to stop making old-style cathode ray tube TVs|website=MarketWatch |author1=Marketwatch }}</ref> [[Flat-panel display]]s dropped in price and started significantly displacing cathode-ray tubes in the 2000s. LCD monitor sales began exceeding those of CRTs in 2003–2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/lcds-outsell-crts-in-q4-2003/|title=LCDs outsell CRTs in Q4 2003|first=Kristyn|last=Maslog-Levis|website=ZDNet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audioholics.com/news/lcds-overtake-and-outsell-crts-in-q3-2004|title=LCDs Overtake and Outsell CRTs in Q3 2004!|website=Audioholics Home Theater, HDTV, Receivers, Speakers, Blu-ray Reviews and News|date=8 December 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eetimes.com/lcd-monitors-outsold-crts-in-q3-says-displaysearch/|title=LCD monitors outsold CRTs in Q3, says DisplaySearch &#124; EE Times|date=9 December 2004 }}</ref> and LCD TV sales started exceeding those of CRTs in some markets in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/canada-daytek-adds-40inch-lcd-hd|title=Canada: Daytek Adds 40-Inch LCD HD|website=TVTechnology|date=28 September 2005}}</ref> Samsung SDI stopped CRT production in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2012&no=206660|title=Samsung SDI halts CRT production in Malaysia plant - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea|website=pulsenews.co.kr}}</ref>

Despite being a mainstay of display technology for decades, CRT-based computer monitors and TVs are now [[obsolete]]. Demand for CRT screens dropped in the late 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wong|first=May|title=Flat Panels Drive Old TVs From Market |publisher=AP via USA Today |date= 22 October 2006 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2006-10-22-crt-demise_x.htm |access-date=8 October 2006}}</ref> Despite efforts from Samsung and LG to make CRTs competitive with their LCD and plasma counterparts, offering slimmer and cheaper models to compete with similarly sized and more expensive LCDs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/lg-philips-displays-ups-production-of-slim-crts/|title=LG.Philips Displays ups production of slim CRTs|first=Richard|last=Shim|website=CNET}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/lg-samsung-try-to-save-the-crt-20050819-gdlwh2.html|title=LG, Samsung try to save the CRT|date=19 August 2005|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.hexus.net/ce/news/audio-visual/4947-samsung-unveils-hdtv-compatible-crt/|title=Samsung unveils HDTV-compatible CRT - Audio Visual - News - HEXUS.net|website=m.hexus.net}}</ref><ref name="auto9">{{cite web | title=Philips division launches slim CRTs | website=South China Morning Post | date=2003-01-28 | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/404922/philips-division-launches-slim-crts | language=id | access-date=2020-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/worlds-slimmest-crt-digital-tv-built-20040720-gdjdmo.html|title=World's slimmest CRT digital TV built|website=amp.smh.com.au|date=19 July 2004 }}</ref> CRTs eventually became [[obsolete]] and were relegated to developing markets and [[Vintage (design)|vintage]] enthusiasts once LCDs fell in price, with their lower bulk, weight and ability to be wall mounted coming as advantages.

Some industries still use CRTs because it is too much effort, downtime, or cost to replace them, or there is no substitute available; a notable example is the airline industry. Planes such as the [[Boeing 747-400]] and the [[Airbus A320]] used CRT instruments in their [[glass cockpit]]s instead of mechanical instruments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pal|first=Soumyadeep|title=The Iconic Boeing 747 Heads Into The Sunset. An Enduring Legacy.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnstrickland/2020/08/25/the-iconic-boeing-747-heads-into-the-sunset--an-enduring-legacy/?sh=67855deb728d|access-date=2022-08-30|website=Forbes|date=25 August 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> Airlines such as [[Lufthansa]] still use CRT technology, which also uses [[floppy disk]]s for navigation updates.{{cn|date=June 2024}}  They are also used in some military equipment for similar reasons. {{as of|2022}}, at least one company manufactures new CRTs for these markets.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://www.thomaselectronics.com/faq/ |website=Thomas Electronics |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

A popular consumer usage of CRTs is for [[retro gaming]]. Some games are impossible to play without CRT display hardware. [[Light gun]]s only work on CRTs because they depend on the progressive timing properties of CRTs. Another reason people use CRTs is due to the natural blending of the image on the displays. Some games designed for CRT displays exploit this, and use the blending of detail and color to turn raw pixels into softer images for aesthetic appeal and variety.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wimmer |first=Michael |date=20 March 2024 |title=Pixel Art Restoration |url=https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2024/wagner-2024-par/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |website=Tu Wien}}</ref> In addition, compared to LCD Displays, CRTs have a reduced input latency between when one touches the controller and the action is reflected on screen; allowing for more precise control for consumers.<ref name="eurogamer" />