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Need TV Advice - Eschatos - 11-08-2009
So my family's main TV is dying, and we need to get a new one. We want a 50 inch TV but we haven't decided whether to get LCD or plasma. Any advice/suggestions?
Re: Need TV Advice - Versus - 11-08-2009
LCD, or LED if you can
Re: Need TV Advice - KarthXLR - 11-08-2009
Plasma isn't a bad choice. It's really all preference though.
Re: Need TV Advice - beep beep diglett - 11-08-2009
(11-08-2009, 08:30 PM)Versus-pwny- link Wrote: LCD, or LED if you can
this
plasmas seem to die alot quicker in my experience
Re: Need TV Advice - HeK - 11-08-2009
(11-08-2009, 08:52 PM)diggs link Wrote: [quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3838.msg121747#msg121747 date=1257730215]
LCD, or LED if you can
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plasmas seem to die alot quicker in my experience
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Really, cause manufactures quote a longer life of plasmas over LCDs. Panasonic lists a 60,000 hour halflife (as in the screen will be half as bright) on their models.
Plasmas are brighter, have better contrast ratios, don't have dead pixels, actually suffer less from burn in and cost less on larger screen sizes.
However, plasmas use way more power and generate way more heat. They are more fragile when moving, don't last long at high elevations (>6,000 feet) and weigh a ton.
Re: Need TV Advice - Eschatos - 11-09-2009
I'm thinking Plasma, then. Once we get it on the stand it'll probably never be moved again. Power use really isn't an issue either.
Re: Need TV Advice - copulatingduck - 11-09-2009
ALWAYS have whoever you're buying from deliver the plasma, that way if it's damaged in shipping and/or DOA (happens a lot because they're fragile) the liability isn't on you
Re: Need TV Advice - Turtle - 11-09-2009
(11-08-2009, 08:52 PM)diggs link Wrote: [quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3838.msg121747#msg121747 date=1257730215]
LCD, or LED if you can
this
plasmas seem to die alot quicker in my experience
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Ground > Electricity
duh
Re: Need TV Advice - zaneyard - 11-09-2009
wait, people still watch TV?
Re: Need TV Advice - Mission Difficult - 11-09-2009
You need to consider some other things in addition to whether or not you want OLED, LCD, or plasma. What kind and how many inputs will you need? Do you have a receiver with a sound system? Do you need a TV that can produce a decent SD picture?
Re: Need TV Advice - HeK - 11-09-2009
Also www.monoprice.com[url=http://][/url]
You will love it, I do.
Re: Need TV Advice - at0m - 11-10-2009
(11-09-2009, 07:40 PM)HeK link Wrote: Also www.monoprice.com[url=http://]I got all the DVI cables for my office from there. They're effing huge, but most consumer cables aren't dual-link DVI. They were dirt cheap too.
You will love it, I do.
Re: Need TV Advice - copulatingduck - 11-10-2009
(11-09-2009, 05:52 PM)zaneyard link Wrote: wait, people still watch TV?
Some people have friends and prefer to crowd around a bigscreen. We're just not as cool as you Zaneyard
Re: Need TV Advice - HeK - 11-10-2009
(11-10-2009, 04:43 PM)at0m link Wrote: [quote author=HeK link=topic=3838.msg121849#msg121849 date=1257813646]I got all the DVI cables for my office from there. They're effing huge, but most consumer cables aren't dual-link DVI. They were dirt cheap too.
Also www.monoprice.com[url=http://][url=http://][url=http://]
You will love it, I do.
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How about HDMI? Cause thats what TVs use...
Re: Need TV Advice - at0m - 11-11-2009
(11-10-2009, 11:42 PM)HeK link Wrote: [quote author=at0m link=topic=3838.msg121981#msg121981 date=1257889413]I got all the DVI cables for my office from there. They're effing huge, but most consumer cables aren't dual-link DVI. They were dirt cheap too.
[quote author=HeK link=topic=3838.msg121849#msg121849 date=1257813646]
Also www.monoprice.com[url=http://][url=http://][url=http://][url=http://][url=http://]
You will love it, I do.
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How about HDMI? Cause thats what TVs use...
[/quote]My coworker bought his HDMI cable from there, but the 24" monitors we have in our office only have VGA and DVI inputs (don't even know why they have VGA, though, since the resolution is too high to run on the laptop's VGA port :/)
Re: Need TV Advice - HeK - 11-11-2009
(11-10-2009, 11:42 PM)HeK link Wrote: [quote author=at0m link=topic=3838.msg121981#msg121981 date=1257889413]I got all the DVI cables for my office from there. They're effing huge, but most consumer cables aren't dual-link DVI. They were dirt cheap too.
[quote author=HeK link=topic=3838.msg121849#msg121849 date=1257813646]
Also www.monoprice.com[url=http://][url=http://][url=http://][url=http://][url=http://]
You will love it, I do.
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How about HDMI? Cause thats what TVs use...
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I don't even know why I posted this... it doesn't make sense....
But, yeah. The monoprice cables are massive. I've heard from somewhere that their cables are made at the same factory that produces Monster cables... only sold for 1/100th the price.
Re: Need TV Advice - Trace - 11-22-2009
What do you guys think of this?
Re: Need TV Advice - Turtle - 11-22-2009
(11-22-2009, 10:09 PM)Trace link Wrote: What do you guys think of this?i have one exactly like that just a few inches bigger
Re: Need TV Advice - KarthXLR - 11-22-2009
(11-22-2009, 10:48 PM)Turtle link Wrote: [quote author=Trace link=topic=3838.msg123337#msg123337 date=1258945750]i have one exactly like that just a few inches bigger
What do you guys think of this?
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Re: Need TV Advice - at0m - 11-23-2009
(11-22-2009, 10:09 PM)Trace link Wrote: What do you guys think of this?That's the one I've been eyeballing for a while now, just waiting for the price to drop closer to $1k