I have read that CRTs have about a three year life. I have a Sony Artisan which will be three years old this October. What type of detrioration are we taking about?. Is this going to be like night and day or very subtle. I have a pioneer elite crt rear projection tv that is almost 7 years old and I haven't noticed any considerable detrioration of picture quality.
This important to me as I will probably be looking to buying an LCD next time but hate the idea of giving up my artisan.
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If the Artisan calibrates to the target values, you're fine so don't worry.
Also examine the RGB bias/gain numbers in the software. The farther they are from 255, the better (once they hit 255, the luminance will have to be reduced to hit the target values).
I have an Artisan that's well over 3 years and going strong. Of course I don't use it 7 days a week. If you used your Artisan 4 hours a day instead of 8, that three years might stretch to 6 years.
Still, I'm comforted by the fact I have a brand spankin new Artisan in the box as a spare...