CRT isnt dead, but is becoming less popular for a variety of reasons.
Whilst CRT still offers the ultimate in picture quality, it has considerable disadvantages in terms of setup, size, weight, occasional tweaking and the possibility of burnin if you're especially careless.
I love my Barcographics 1208, but at 70cmx110cmx35cm it's not a five minute decision to stick it on the ceiling.
Businesses are getting rid of CRT because LCD and DLP are simply more convenient for their requirements. Whilst this does not offer good long term prospects for CRT, it's good news for home cinema enthusiasts because the number of 2nd hand CRT projectors on the market leads to fantastic picture quality at low prices.
300quid and 1.5k are especially cheap for 2nd hand projectors. The 1292 seems to consistently sell for cheaper than many other 9" projectors, I would hazard a guess this is because a) it was superceded by the G90 and b) it's very noisy.
Of course the projectors at that pricepoint may not be in any sort of usable condition..
For the price most of us pay for CRT, it's simply not possible to get an LCD/DLP projector of the same quality (and without horrid issues like DLP rainbows). It's a bet that whilst our CRT projectors provide the quality, digital will improve to the point that it's a viable choice at a sensible pricepoint when the CRT needs replacing.
PK