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HDTV question without HD feed

Go To Girl

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:lol: i bought a new TV for the downstairs and my son and I huffed and puffed and moved the 32" sony (CRT) upstairs into the play room...damn thing weighs 185 pounds!! Trying to find a stand for it and they really don't make them anymore for CRT tvs....so I might end up buying a cheap flat screen for up there...and throw away a perfectly good (10 year old) TV... :(

Before you throw it away, check Goodwill & Salvation Army. You might need to check daily because a piece of furniture like that would go fast. And a Goodwill in the better part of town might be more likely to get something you can use. I ended up buying my son's furniture at a Goodwill in Winston-Salem, there's one that always gets the good stuff. Weekends are good days to check. Late Saturday & Sunday. Ask about what's in the back that hasn't been priced yet. You may have to wait until they bring it to the floor, but you'll be ready to grab it. :)

You know, just a sturdy end table could hold that tv.

Also, Goodwill will accept your old tv so donate it for tax purposes. CRT's are now considered hazardous waste at the landfills.

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Before you throw it away, check Goodwill & Salvation Army. You might need to check daily because a piece of furniture like that would go fast. And a Goodwill in the better part of town might be more likely to get something you can use. I ended up buying my son's furniture at a Goodwill in Winston-Salem, there's one that always gets the good stuff. Weekends are good days to check. Late Saturday & Sunday. Ask about what's in the back that hasn't been priced yet. You may have to wait until they bring it to the floor, but you'll be ready to grab it. :)

You know, just a sturdy end table could hold that tv.

Also, Goodwill will accept your old tv so donate it for tax purposes. CRT's are now considered hazardous waste at the landfills.

I'll look into that, thanks!!

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I wouldn't buy a walmart Vizio. Walmart gets the subpar models for some reason. If you do decide to get a HDTV, LCD's and DLP's are a little more durable than plasmas.

actually, plasmas seem to be more reliable. Plasma's rarely lose pixels. LCD's and DLP's lose them all the time, sometimes even after they've only been on the for a short period of time. There are more moving parts on an LCD and therefore more stuff to break. There are two million pixels on a 1080p LCD with three crystals for each pixel that move 60-240 times per second (depending on the television). You are looking at a 1 in two million chance of a pixel breaking 3600-10800 times per second. There are no moving parts in the pixels of a plasma. That is why pixel loss is a much greater risk on and LCD than on a plasma.

As for them using more electricity, they do, but the difference is not great. They are energy star certified just like the LCD's. Its even debatable that plasmas use less energy, but its hard to confirm. An LCD uses maximum power at all times because it is backlit and that backlight is always on regardless of the scene on the screen. On a plasma, if there is black on screen, that portion simply doesn't turn on and thus doesn't use any power. If you are watching a movie or show with a lot of dark scenes, plasma's will use less, but with a lot of light, plasma's will use more. It's pretty much a wash between the two.

Plasma's are cheaper for a # of reasons, not because they are inferior. In fact, they are superior in just about every way except white levels. They are cheaper because its a more established technology first and foremost. Also, there is a lot of waste that goes into LCD's because its very common for the screens to break in the manufacturing process, especially in the large sizes. The Plasma screen is made out of glass and does not break nearly as easily as a thin piece of plastic. They're also cheaper because they're having to slash prices to stay competitive because of tards that think they still have the issues they had when they first hit the market.

Plasma's were probably released too soon. They should have worked out some of the kinks before they put them on the market. They didn't and now have to deal with people assuming they did nothing to correct the problem. Technology changes a lot in a few short years.

Plasmas have far higher contrast ratios, uniform screen brightness from edge to edge, better blacks, superior color accuracy and more possible colors, glass screens that don't damage as easy or discolor with age, wider viewing angles, the list goes on.

All that said, LCD's are still great TV's, Plasmas are just equal if not better, contrary to popular belief.

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3 years ago, DLP's had a lifespan of 10-20,000 hours. Now that has increased to 50-60,000 since they have the LED lamps, if you can even find a DLP. Of the three technologies, DLP's are by far the worst. The only advantage is if you have pixel loss, you can simply replace the bulb which is much cheaper than replacing the panel in a plasma or LCD. Plasma's and LCD's (Major brands like Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, Sharp, and LG) have lifespans of approximately 100,000 hours. Lesser brands like Vizio are about 60,000. 100,000 hours is 11.4 years running 24 hours a day. You'll buy a new TV well before the theoretical lifespan on an LCD or Plasma is reached.

Like I said earlier, things change a lot in 3 years. Plasma sales rose almost 40% last year.

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Got to be a reason for that.

reasons I cited earlier. Not because they suck.

The best TV on the market is actually not a plasma, lcd, led, or dlp. It's a laser television made by mitsubishi. Uses less power, has deeper blacks, can produce over 6 billion colors (LCD's are in the millions, plasma's around 4 billion for comparison), and has a clearer picture.

It can be yours for a mere $7000.

The next best rated are Pioneer and Panasonic Plasma's (both are made by Panasonic). You then have Samsung LCD's, Sony LCD's, and the rest.

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I just bought a Panasonic plasma the new neo pdp panel that uses less energy than an LCD and has better white levels than previous models. It is the S1 model which is the lower end but still has their new panel and 1080p. This thing is awesome and blows away my brother-in-laws top rated Samsung LCDs. This one is rated for 30 years IF you watch 8+ hours a day. I also picked up an over the air antenna off of craigslist for $10.00 and I have the best possible HD picture. That is all you need for local HD (Panther games in HD!!!!!!) is a cheap over the air antenna. I would go plasma, they usually look like crap in the store but when you get them home they will blow you away and look more natural than LCD with better colors. Oh and it is now cheaper at $849.00 with free shipping from www.usappliance.com. There 720p 42" model which is still an excellent tv is only 650 shipped. My friend found one on sale at Best Buy for $600.00 about the same with tax.

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