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I'm looking for a theatre display again.....
Vigo:
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is this the one that the power supply fails because of a bum cap? or is this a different one?
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Yep, That's the one. Although I had a whole lot more go wrong on my tv. If it was only a bum cap that went wrong, I would have replaced it and went on my way. I had massive lines running through my screen both horizontally and vertically. Replaced 2 of the TV boards and it still had problems.
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 03, 2012, 11:05:02 pm ---Man, I was all hot and bothered for a 3D HDTV and then life interfered. Then I got a cheapie TriOviz setup going on my Xbox 360. And, yeah, I basically hate having to wear glasses. :-\
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Yeah, there is effort with glasses. I probably would not have gotten a 3D tv, except it was no more expensive than non 3d of Panasonic. I dont know much about the TriOviz method, but after seeing the cheap solution you found, it seems like a smart route to feed the need for 3D.
DillonFoulds:
I'm on my third samsung FPD. The first two were plasmas, and they both got horizontal black lines. Sets both lasted about 14 months and then like clockwork the lines appeared. I managed to talk the customer service department into swapping out the sets both times. My third one is LED, so I guess we'll see how long this one lasts...
Gray_Area:
Electronics are inexpensive, but they're getting cheap.
ChadTower:
Broadening the scope a little bit I am in the process of cutting the cord from DirecTV. I'm going to online streaming and local storage. So far, it's going well, with some small device specific challenges along the way.
It's amazing how sometimes the best results come from the noname brands. I have a 60" WEGA RPTV in my basement that barely ever plays well with anything. HDMI is buggy and the projector is defective despite being a very high end TV when it was purchased (not by me but I appreciate how much it sucks to spend $3000 on a TV and give it away 2.5 years later due to defects). Getting that WEGA to play nice with a WDTV client has been a challenge to say the least.
I have two old 32" LCDs from Olevia that were value models years ago. I plugged the WDTV client into those and BOOM instant compatibility with no issues at all. In fact they are showing a clearer HD picture than I've ever seen them show. The $3000 WEGA has all sorts of issues but the cheapo noname LCDs are still kicking and work wonderfully with a modern client.
You really never know what you're going to get with modern TVs and that just kills my motivation to spend substantial money on them. Last night I was at the Sony Outlet by my house talking to a salesman. I told him about my WEGA and he was instantly familiar with the issues. Of course he told me it's time to replace that with a similar sized TV. I asked him why I should spend $3000 on another Sony given that the one I have lasted the original owner less than three years. He pointed out that a 60" Plasma at his store is $1800. Same question, $1800, and get his response: "Buying a modern TV is always a gamble. Sometimes they just don't last the way one would expect. We know this when we buy one." I thanked him for his time and honesty and for talking me out of buying a new TV.
I just don't understand the TV consumer's mindset now. We went from TVs that would still be perfectly functional 20 years after purchase that would only be replaced for size upgrades to TVs that cost three times as much and maybe last 25% of the lifespan. People are willing to accept this? It makes no sense to me at all.
shmokes:
To some degree, this seems like an unfair complaint. Like expressing displeasure with a VCR's longevity shortly after the introduction of DVD. If you buy any descent-quality TV today there's no reason to think it won't last you many years. My Philips LCD panel is four or five years old (I bought it with one of the Bush tax rebates, whenever that was) and it's more-or-less indistinguishable in terms of quality and features from anything you can buy in the store today. I mean, it doesn't have 3D, or 120hz refresh, so I'm not saying that technology isn't constantly improving as it always will. But it's got a perfectly nice 1080p picture and lots of inputs including like 4 perfectly good HDMI ports. There's no reason to think this TV won't do everything I want it to do for the next 5 years. Content's not going to shift to 4k any time soon.
Part of my point is, I doubt an Olevia rear projection television made at the same time as your Sony would be any better. Don't get me wrong. I've definitely been happier with no-name or smaller-name devices plenty of times in my life. But the reality is that the Wega TV was purchased at an unusually transformative time in the TV industry (shift to flat panels, shift to HDTV, HDMI vs. DVI). That time is over and has been for some time. The TV market is not fraught with unknowns right now. Any HD LCD or Plasma from Vizio, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, LG, or pretty much any other manufacturer is going to serve you fine for many years going forward. And prices are pretty fantastic right now. Maybe I'm wrong, but I sort of suspect that we don't spend more on a TV today any more than we spend more on a candy bar or a soda today or a house than we did 20 years ago. We also get paid more.
Don't get me wrong . . . some panels have far better pictures than others, with better color saturation, contrast, black levels, refresh-rate, bonus features like Netflix streaming, etc. Some are better values than others. You should do your homework and get the best bang for your buck. But this is no different than it's ever been.
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