The Guardian money section on Saturday says don’t buy new HD-ready televisions. (And a few weeks ago — I meant to blog it but forgot — the Sunday Times money section said don’t use Skype.). We’re told:

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“We’ve been warning members that they’re better off with their old-style CRT (cathode ray tube) TVs for some time now,” says Michael Briggs, one of the Which? expert TV testers. “The new technology simply isn’t compatible with the old analogue signal that most of us still watch.” [Most of us?? ~ Russ] He says that while the old sets were designed with the signal in mind, flat screens are far more sophisticated and use software to process the signal and project it on to the screen.

“The results can be very disappointing for those who have spent thousands of pounds. For this reason, we tell people to stick with their old CRT TV. They will enjoy a much better picture quality. Films from DVDs play better, but are still not without their problems. And when they go wrong you need an electrical engineer to fix them. Put it this way, I haven’t bought one,” he says.

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And he’s probably still happily using Windows95!