What size plasma TV?
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
Plazmas are all glass, thus harder to transport without breaking, as well as being known for having burn-in problems and losing brightness, so you might want to look into an LCD pannel TV, if they make them as large as you want (i haven't been up to date on things like that). I would think that size reflects directly on your electric bill as well, so this doesn't sound like a TV you'd want to leave on and forget. Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
i dunno - hows the mortgage looking? ;) bryce
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Plazmas are all glass, thus harder to transport without breaking, as well as being known for having burn-in problems and losing brightness, so you might want to look into an LCD pannel TV, if they make them as large as you want (i haven't been up to date on things like that). I would think that size reflects directly on your electric bill as well, so this doesn't sound like a TV you'd want to leave on and forget. Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAThe 50" one I was looking at uses a max of 460W, which works out to be about $0.35 a day (based on an average of 6 hours a day), which I can live with. As fas as transporting it goes, we bought our first home about a year and a half ago and have no intentions of moving any time soon, so that's not going to be an issue for us. I thought burn-in was pretty much a thing of the past these days?
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Plazmas are all glass, thus harder to transport without breaking, as well as being known for having burn-in problems and losing brightness, so you might want to look into an LCD pannel TV, if they make them as large as you want (i haven't been up to date on things like that). I would think that size reflects directly on your electric bill as well, so this doesn't sound like a TV you'd want to leave on and forget. Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAburn in is not so much a problem any more...see [^] Steve
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
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i dunno - hows the mortgage looking? ;) bryce
--- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
Mortgage is fine (I think we've managed to pay off about $100 of the principle in the last year and a half...), we made sure that we borrowed an amount that wouldn't really hurt too much, even with the last 3 or 4 interest rate rises in the last six months
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
right now, 42" is the most popular and hence the best value...but (except for Panasonic), most 42" screens are EDTV (1366 x 768) and not HDTV (1920 x 1080) Panasonic is releasing a true 42" HDTV this month (TH-42PZ700) [^] as for comparisons between LCD & Plasma see this[^]...a bit dated but still has some good points as for me...I am seriously considering this baby... Panasonic TH-50PZ750[^] :cool: Steve
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With all the mid year sales and interest free deals, we've decided that it's high time to upgrade to a plasma TV. Which prompts the question, 42" or 50"? I'm leaning toward 50", after all, bigger is usually better, but we'd be sitting at about 2.7 to 3m away from it, so I'm worried that it might be a bit too big. Is there really such a thing as too big? Cheers, Anthony.
Big size is good when you watch live matches and horor moviz with big surround sound effects. If you go for big size you can bring more people(or friends) at your home and enjoy watching. If you feel your elec bill is getting high then ask your friends to share your bill:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Regards, Sylvester G sylvester_g_m@yahoo.com
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The 50" one I was looking at uses a max of 460W, which works out to be about $0.35 a day (based on an average of 6 hours a day), which I can live with. As fas as transporting it goes, we bought our first home about a year and a half ago and have no intentions of moving any time soon, so that's not going to be an issue for us. I thought burn-in was pretty much a thing of the past these days?
atregent wrote:
I thought burn-in was pretty much a thing of the past these days?
for the most part, except for the case where you watch standard aspect ratio programs on a widescreen plasma screen, and after about a year you will see that when you watch actual widescreen content, the "black bars" area will be much brighter, so choose the right aspect ratio Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA -
right now, 42" is the most popular and hence the best value...but (except for Panasonic), most 42" screens are EDTV (1366 x 768) and not HDTV (1920 x 1080) Panasonic is releasing a true 42" HDTV this month (TH-42PZ700) [^] as for comparisons between LCD & Plasma see this[^]...a bit dated but still has some good points as for me...I am seriously considering this baby... Panasonic TH-50PZ750[^] :cool: Steve
A lot of the 42" screens I've seen have a native resolution of 1024x768, rather than the proper 1366x768. I'm not too worried about full 1080p, they're almost twice the price and, from what I have read, it's not really worth it on a screen up to 50" (of course, that doesn't mean it's true!)
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atregent wrote:
I thought burn-in was pretty much a thing of the past these days?
for the most part, except for the case where you watch standard aspect ratio programs on a widescreen plasma screen, and after about a year you will see that when you watch actual widescreen content, the "black bars" area will be much brighter, so choose the right aspect ratio Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA -
Mortgage is fine (I think we've managed to pay off about $100 of the principle in the last year and a half...), we made sure that we borrowed an amount that wouldn't really hurt too much, even with the last 3 or 4 interest rate rises in the last six months
far be it for me to tell you what to do , but to make a gentle suggestion... then erm why not put the money towards the mortgage? Bryce
--- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
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far be it for me to tell you what to do , but to make a gentle suggestion... then erm why not put the money towards the mortgage? Bryce
--- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
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Big size is good when you watch live matches and horor moviz with big surround sound effects. If you go for big size you can bring more people(or friends) at your home and enjoy watching. If you feel your elec bill is getting high then ask your friends to share your bill:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Regards, Sylvester G sylvester_g_m@yahoo.com
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heh, yeah, that would probably be the sensible thing to do. But I wouldn't get to enjoy benefit from that for another 25 years!
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Big size is good when you watch live matches and horor moviz with big surround sound effects. If you go for big size you can bring more people(or friends) at your home and enjoy watching. If you feel your elec bill is getting high then ask your friends to share your bill:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Regards, Sylvester G sylvester_g_m@yahoo.com
sylvester george wrote:
If you go for big size you can bring more people(or friends) at your home and enjoy watching.
The People in our Appt will come for fight if we bring lot of friends to our appt.
Regards, Satips.:rose:
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And let's not forget the next gen consoles ! You need HD to really appreciate the current crop of 360 & PS3 games.
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sylvester george wrote:
If you go for big size you can bring more people(or friends) at your home and enjoy watching.
The People in our Appt will come for fight if we bring lot of friends to our appt.
Regards, Satips.:rose:
Satips wrote:
The People in our Appt will come for fight if we bring lot of friends to our appt.
So what? You've brought a *lot* of friends, right? Gang up and beat the ones who come for a fight. ;P
Cheers, Vıkram.
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