That is it. That's how IT happens. The germans turn on their hologram TV, and 'reality' collapses due to the Japanese hologram tv being on as well. Everything seemed so real, but we were just on the holodeck! Scientology was right!!!
Because if you're buying that TV for the long haul --from which people here are saying isn't the case I would assume-- a plasma would be good 4-6 years. And if you're worried about your electricity bill, plasmas just suck the life out of your wallet. My reasoning goes in-line with the latter. I'm a tree-hugger. But seriously, LEDs are the better of the 3, just shell out an extra hundred for it. It's worth it.
I'm pretty sure all the current plasma TVs on the market are supposed to last way longer than that. I have an LCD, which has its drawbacks, but overall I'm very satisfied.
Plasmas today are rated at 100,000 hours till half life. I think it comes out to 17 years till the tv is half as bright when new if watching tv 7 hours a day. 3 hours a day is like 50 years.
I just bought a good brand TV (Toshiba) with the best looking picture (LCD) at the best price. Shows you what I know.
All "LED TVs" on the consumer market are LED blacklit LCDs. They do vary with some having an LED grid array for backlighting while others use LED edge lighting & light "routers" to act as a backlight. Some brands are also still using CCFL(cold cathode fluorescent lamp). Typical LED tech is too bulky, power hungry & produces too much heat to be used in an RGB array. There is OLED(Organic LED) that's coming in the future where we will actually see an array of OLED elements emit the picture(without an additional backlight). For now OLED is way too expensive and there are no "average consumer" OLED displays available. There is also FED(field emissions displays) which are similar to old CRT, except each subpixel on the screen is composed of a micro cathode ray tube. There is also eInk and things like Qualcomm's Mirasol tech that look to be interesting for the future. All of these techs are a ways off in producing average consumer priced goods.
Wasn't that many years ago that plasmas and lcd's were in the same price range. I remember going to Magnolia HiFi in Clackamas. They had a HUGE 50" plasma for $9999. What a deal!
Especially for knuckleheads who paid that price. When it comes to technology I have two basic rules. First, never buy the latest gizmo. It's grossly over priced and may not end up being supported. Second, Never buy technology off impulse.
Got me a LCD over a plasma during the weekend. The plasma had more features, but in the end the crisp detailed images of the Sony won me over.
Good reviews, 4 hdmi inputs, nice feature set. Looks like a solid tv you got there. Enjoy those blazer games.
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Lol -- got busy in real life and missed this. How does having a man cave mean I'm p-whipped? I've been wanting one for awhile and got a house with a theater pre-wired for projection, surround sound, the works. Is it because it's in the basement? Thanks for other posters talking up the projection -- I'll have to give dumping the plasma more thought.
Why not keep the plasma and add projector? You can at least determine if it's for you (which it will be).
Huh, hadn't even considered that. It could work, but I have book cases on either side of the plasma. Isn't part of the point of projection to have a really huge screen? My plasma is 50", but shouldn't projection be double that? (Obviously, I could get rid of the bookcases, but I'd rather not for the time being)
