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SED TVs delayed again
ChadTower:
That must have been one bigass bag of chips.
Havok:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on May 29, 2007, 12:07:50 am ---I've actually not been too kind to mine and never suffered any problems. I've left static images on it for the good part of a day and never seen burn in. Mine for a while acted as a digital picture frame so it was on constantly scrolling through thousands of photos for days at a time. I ran a calibration DVD on it when I got it 5+ years ago and recently did so again. Nothing was out of wack at all. AVS forum has a lot of information and case history on the durability of Plasma. I read numerous articles before buying mine and most of the bad press came from commercial Plasma sets. Plasma TV has been around since 1964 and because of the cost, its primary application was in the commercial sector. These are environments where sets are almost never turned off and display the same images for their lifetime. Early sets had burn-in issues and loss of brightness. These problems were engineered out before Plasma went mass market.
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The main issue with Plasma however, is that they do degrade in image quality over time. Take a new set and put it next to yours, and you will see a difference. However, it's not as bad as "they" say, and you get used to it, so I'm sure it doesn't look that bad. There is a lot of bad press about plasma, but they can work for a long while if used responsibly. I'll never get one just because it would be left on all the time - more than once I wake up for work, go downstairs, and the damn tv is on.
I'm with pinballjim - get me a hologram tv!!!
Jeff AMN:
I finally decided to stop waiting and just get a TV now. I was holding out to see how several technologies were going to play out, but I realized that no matter when you buy, the next big thing is just around the corner. You could essentially be waiting forever.
I ended up buying a Samsung HL-S6187. It's a 61" 1080p set that looks downright incredible. It was actually delivered to my home about an hour before the Super Bowl kicked off. After some tweaking with some home theater guides, I can honestly say that I've never seen a better picture on any other set in my life (in person). I wouldn't trade owning this set now for getting something else down the line later.
Seeing hi-def, especially 1080p, content (both movies and games) on the set always manages to wow me, even after all this time.
ChadTower:
Still don't have HD... we like the Tivos too much.
Jeff AMN:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 29, 2007, 11:58:32 am ---
Still don't have HD... we like the Tivos too much.
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Heh, and the HD TiVo is way too expensive.
I actually have an HD-DVR that doesn't have a monthly subscription. It's 100% free, and it has its own guide that it updates each night. It also accepts cable card. I doubt I'll ever part with that beautiful box sitting under my TV.
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