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In Reply to: Budget Plasma EDTV vs higher-end DLP HDTV? posted by AbeCollins on February 22, 2005 at 15:20:09:
Find yourself a copy of the latest Consumer Reports where they did some serious testing of the various flat screen TV's. THey really liked the Sony plasma EDTV better than a lot of plasma HDTVs they tested and at around $2600 was a bargain. They said the only real catch with the EDTV they liked was that if you sat closer than 8 ft you might see a bit of graininess a true HDTV wouldnt have, but at 8 ft or beyond the picture was very similar. They were also fascinated by the $1500 Sony conventional CRT as having a really fine picture--better than the DLP units by far, assuming you can handle the 2 ft depth.The DLP units cant really be hung on the wall but require a table. Once you do that the depth of the CRT units matters less.
Apparently DLP units lose their bulbs every year or two. Plasma life remains something of a question mark too. The CRT units seem most reliable of the three.
I'm often critical of Consumer Reports Electronics testing, but I think this time they really did excellent work sorting through all this.I should admit that I have the SONY CRT-based 46-in unit (Since may 2004) and am very pleased with it, but I was surprised to find that CR rated that picture as good or better than the other types in a head to head comparison.
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Plasma life (actually, it's hours to half brightness) was about 30k hours nearly 5 years ago. In 2003, half brightness avanced to 60k hours. When Panasonic rolls out their 8th generation models (the 8UY commercial series), half brightness will be rated at 100k hours -- equal to flat panel LCD. And even at half brightness, the user menu provides controls to account for this fall-off in light output.For 30k hours half brightness, that's 4 hours per day for 20.5 years. Who keeps displays for 20 years? The average display is replaced about every 7 years.
Now, are they still susceptible to burn-in? Yes, but the advances of each generation makes this issue less of a concern.
I don't know where this "7-year" average comes from but the vast majority of people only replace displays of any type when their current display breaks down and is too expensive to bother fixing. My Sony KV-27 series TV set is 8 years old and does need to be replaced because the CRT tube is going bad (one electron gun went weak). If the tube was OK, I'd run this baby into the ground as long as possible; it may not be HD in picture quality but it is damn good when fed a signal from DirecTV. I'm still going to try and run this set a bit longer because the new digital sets are not nearly as reliable as the old analog sets (yet). Further price drops is another incentive to wait on HD sets too.As for the other displays, here is how long I've had them:
NEC 13" VGA Monitor - still going strong since 1989 (~ 16 years)
Mag Innovision 17" Monitor - 12 years old but is starting to show signs that the power supply is on shaky ground.
Hitachi 13" color TV - this is at least 25 years old and going strong.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Mr. Spindlelegs
"A record unplayed is a record wasted!"
a niche consumer or a relative of Fred Sanford.
a relative of George Jefferson. By squeezing more milage out of the TV set, I can afford to move on up to the East side. (LOL)Mr. Spindlelegs
"A record unplayed is a record wasted!"
Was a Huge sony console I got "free" as a premium for putting a bank CD away for 5 years. The fixed interest rate was 10.75 %. So the date was about 1980. It finally died in May of 2004--never had a single repair-- and I got the new Sony 46 inch RPTV then.
I don't expct this one to last that long.Interestingly, in terms of overall size the 46 incher fits the space the old console vacated very well, and I think most people who owned a pecan grained console would be happy.
They'll never be the same...
That old Sony of yours is a fine looking piece that blends well with furniture. My parents had an old 1980's Hitachi console TV with the wood enclosure that never actually died. The picture just got worse and couldn't be adjusted so they finally swapped it out last year.
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While staring at a dead TV set and seated on the sofa on "the Culhanes of Cornfield county" as they dont have electricity yet."I woulda never bought that TV set had I known it was Electric. I thought it was Gas!"
Sadly that Sony went to the recyclers, pecan veneer cabinet and all!
Thankfully, the new one fits the old space well (above)
just because the level of radiation of the newer CRTs is MUCH lower than the old ones....
Mr. Spindlelegs
"A record unplayed is a record wasted!"
Isn't that why Mom used to always tell us not to sit too close to the TV? ;-)
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