Laser TV - Good-bye Plasma
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NY Times Story - Laser TV[^] Where's the drool smilie when you need it ... :badger:
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLThere may be laser TVs out, but it'll be 2-3 years before they become affordable for average schmoes like us. There's always new technology coming, if you "wait for the next generation" you'll be waiting forever.
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There may be laser TVs out, but it'll be 2-3 years before they become affordable for average schmoes like us. There's always new technology coming, if you "wait for the next generation" you'll be waiting forever.
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NY Times Story - Laser TV[^] Where's the drool smilie when you need it ... :badger:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Hehe, yeah, that's enough for me. I only watch my soccer games on weekend (Go Veracruz!) and The Simpsons. From time to time I watch a movie. I was going to buy a plasma tv two years ago, but then I realised that it was a waist of money. The content of tv here is focused on soap operas ( X| ) and stuff like "The Academy", a reality show like American Idol I think ( X| X| ). The best thing to watch when no soccer games are available is the Simpsons... Yet I think that TV sucks everywhere. I've seen U.S. shows and apart from a few they are no different from mexican shows (well, perhaps the humor is a little different). In Spain they have few good shows, and in Germany... well, when I was there I didn't understand a thing on the first place ;P.
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No mention of "burn-in". If these things scar themselves in the first six months of use, then I'll forget about it (I already won't touch plasma). But since they're using colored light sources, maybe there's hope... J
JBurkey wrote:
No mention of "burn-in". If these things scar themselves in the first six months of use, then I'll forget about it (I already won't touch plasma)
I was scared of plasma for the same reason, but I bit the bullet and have no problems so far. The newer plasmas are about as susceptible to burn-in as CRTs are. You won't have problems with normal use.
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Then my Aunt gave me an old 90's model. Don't think I am all high and mighty I gave away my 55" HDTV cause I had to move and just never bother buying a TV? People feel sorry for you if you don't have a tv so ... I tried to refuse :)
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JBurkey wrote:
No mention of "burn-in". If these things scar themselves in the first six months of use, then I'll forget about it (I already won't touch plasma)
I was scared of plasma for the same reason, but I bit the bullet and have no problems so far. The newer plasmas are about as susceptible to burn-in as CRTs are. You won't have problems with normal use.
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You mean SED (Surface-conduction Electron emitter Display)? They should, finally, be arriving this year from Toshiba and Canon. SED explained: http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/08/16/sed-technology-explained/
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NY Times Story - Laser TV[^] Where's the drool smilie when you need it ... :badger:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLStory is dated April 3rd... wonder if anything has changed since then...?
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JBurkey wrote:
No mention of "burn-in". If these things scar themselves in the first six months of use, then I'll forget about it (I already won't touch plasma)
I was scared of plasma for the same reason, but I bit the bullet and have no problems so far. The newer plasmas are about as susceptible to burn-in as CRTs are. You won't have problems with normal use.
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I have to disagree, we bought a plasma last January and it's burned in already because 90% of the programming is still in SD so there are two bars on either side that are much brighter than the central area of the screen. I babied it for the initial burn in period of a few months as recommended and everything, didn't matter.
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Don't plasmas lose brightness over time? I'm sure I read somewhere that a plasma can lost 50% of its brightness within 5 years.
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Rob Caldecott wrote:
Don't plasmas lose brightness over time? I'm sure I read somewhere that a plasma can lost 50% of its brightness within 5 years.
I think the halflife for the newer plasmas is about 60,000 hours. Your TV would have to be on for more than 32 hours per day to achieve that. :-D Seriously, though, all TVs lose brightness over time. Plasmas probably do it a bit quicker than CRTs, but nothing is forever.
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I have to disagree, we bought a plasma last January and it's burned in already because 90% of the programming is still in SD so there are two bars on either side that are much brighter than the central area of the screen. I babied it for the initial burn in period of a few months as recommended and everything, didn't matter.
John Cardinal wrote:
I have to disagree, we bought a plasma last January and it's burned in already because 90% of the programming is still in SD so there are two bars on either side that are much brighter than the central area of the screen.
Bummer. There certainly is a shortage of HD programming out there. It's getting better, though. My TV is set to stretch 4:3 content. It bugged me at first, but now I don't notice it. It also has a screen saver that kicks in after a few minutes of static content.
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John Cardinal wrote:
I have to disagree, we bought a plasma last January and it's burned in already because 90% of the programming is still in SD so there are two bars on either side that are much brighter than the central area of the screen.
Bummer. There certainly is a shortage of HD programming out there. It's getting better, though. My TV is set to stretch 4:3 content. It bugged me at first, but now I don't notice it. It also has a screen saver that kicks in after a few minutes of static content.
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Yeah our tv set has that option but it automatically turns off when it detects an HD signal and when we upgraded to our HD satellite receiver shortly after getting the TV it turns out that the satellite receiver always outputs an HD signal so the TV just sees all programming as HD and doesn't stretch the picture as it should.
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NY Times Story - Laser TV[^] Where's the drool smilie when you need it ... :badger:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLWell, I went to the cheap option. A local clearance outlet was getting rid of rear projection (CRT) HDTVs for $599! I got myself a 51" Toshiba. Okay, it's OLD technology and its best input is component video. (i.e. no digital HDMI or otherwise) However, with my current budget I couldn't justify the cost of the latest and greatest so if I hadn't bought this, I'd still be using a 27" SDTV. And the HDTV is still light years better than the SDTV even though the more expensive LCD, Plasma, etc. may be better than it. So, in my opinion, I have 80-90% of the functionality of the bleeding edge for 10-30% of the price.
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