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Posted by three_sox (A) on August 19, 2006 at 22:30:35

In Reply to: Big screen space heaters posted by kurt s on August 15, 2006 at 08:20:44:

…......Early model Plasma screens were a little bit warm but to refer to them as space heaters is a gross exaggeration. Usually associated HT equipment will generate more heat than the screen. I live in a hot climate and have the house air-conditioned so it isn’t an issue whatsoever.

I have several wide-screen CRT & Plasma TV’s including one in our bedroom. While you can feel a ‘warm heat’ emitting from the screen when you place the palm of your hand right in front of the screen it certainly doesn’t heat up the room.

To my knowledge the temperatures you guys experienced a few weeks back would heat up any domestic room without air-conditioning. The ambient temperatures would have been far higher than the heat emitting from a plasma screen.

As for power consumption I would think if you can’t afford the power bill then don’t buy large screen TV’s. I don’t believe power consumption of HT gear is really an issue for anyone who is buys it in the first place.

Maybe you are one of the rare breed of folk who won’t turn the air-con on in the car because it uses more fuel?

Life is just too short to worry about such insignificant things.

Smile

Sox