Plamsa TV Thinking Of Buying One Need Advise

TresCrows · Sep 25, 2004

Hello, I too have been looking at plasma TVs. I have not bought not because of the price but because I think that by about Christmas the prices will fall some more. I am also waiting on the next generation.
Why Plasma--bright colorfull picture. Excellent color range. They can hang on walls etc which can be a big deal for some folks--less for others.
Downside, they have a life limit of approximately 25,000 hours--current technology. The plasma gas in the "plasma cells" slowly cooks off. Brightness etc then drops off.
If you get a plasma TV it should not be used for general TV but only for movies and important thing you want to see like ball games etc. The LCD flat screens are not Plasma and they do not have a life limit. Sharp and some other companies are making these. The images have slower reponse than plasma thus you notice larger plasmas and smaller LCDs. The LCDs are getting bigger and cheaper as well. I recently saw in Wal Mart a plasma EDTV for 1500 dollars, 42 inch.
I dont like the projection TVs because they are huge and have limited viewing angle and plastic screens and all of them appear to be "cheap" built of partical board. I am sure there are exceptions but plasma and LCD and similar flat screen technology is the future of TV.
Since many of us no longer watch broadcast PC correct, left wing, network television and get all of our news from internet and FOX and weather from the WC and etc and only watch movies and sports and notable events on say the History Channels etc a plasma would do just fine. Just because you have a plasma does not mean you cannot have a 27 inch CRC TV for watching Dan Rather make a donkey rear of himself. J

GerardC · Sep 25, 2004

That is how we do it at our house "TC". The "HT" set-up is for movies and an occasional home video. We have 7 other TV's that we watch at will. And yes, there are TV's in the bathrooms as well as telephones. Gerard.

thcri · Sep 25, 2004

( Just because you have a plasma does not mean you cannot have a 27 inch CRC TV for watching Dan Rather make a donkey rear of himself. J )

Tres, you have been gone for over a month and you come back with flying colors!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Welcome back, kinda missed hearing from ya!

murph

TresCrows · Sep 25, 2004

Thanks Murph and I meant CRT and not CRC for watching Dan Rather.
J

PBMAX · Sep 25, 2004

Gary that's good to know. Hopefully others make their tv's easy to replace the bulb. The DLP projector my wifes dad has looks wonderfull. They compare the DLP tv to PLasma. Having seen the 2 side by side they DLP do to me come very close for the $$$ and are much thinner than traditional projection tv's.

Me personaly, I figure if I spend 3 to 5 K for a TV I should be able to watch it 24-7 if I want....Not to mention using my PS2 and PC for games on it...

LCD's at this point have to low a refresh rate on most of them for high demand gaming and you get blurring and digital artifacts. But that,as TresCrows pointed out , is getting better and they are getting bigger and the price's are coming down as more folks are making them....especially now that Plasmas have cooled off in the market and settled in for now...

So me at this point, I like the DLP's, but in a yr or so I may dicide different depending on $ and real world in put from our fellows out here along with the usual research....

Nasty135 · Sep 25, 2004

GerardC , ( We have 7 other TV's that we watch at will. And yes, there are TV's in the bathrooms as well as telephones ) , BUDDY They have a 12 step program for for this kind of addiction /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifWOW /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gifunbeleiveable /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

thcri · Sep 26, 2004

( GerardC , ( We have 7 other TV's that we watch at will. And yes, there are TV's in the bathrooms as well as telephones ) , BUDDY They have a 12 step program for for this kind of addiction /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifWOW /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gifunbeleiveable /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )

Reminds me of about 7 summers ago. I lived about two miles from work so I had opportunity to come home often. Yep the kids were glued to the TV constantly. I finally called the cable company and told them to disconnect.

One child read 6 books in the next month, the second read 4 really large ones and the youngest read 67 really small ones. I thought it was great and did not hook the cable back up for three months.

murph

JATO_RaT · Sep 26, 2004

Nasty, Murph, I thought I was the only one who saw that and wondered why? We have a cabin that we rent out to folks and one comment we routinely get from folks is "we couldn't believe there wasn't cable there. The kids were obviously irritated as was my husband. It meant having to do something to create our own entertainment. Thanks for not having cable or even a local channel, it's been years since we sat down as a family and played games. I don't think it would have been possible had it not been forced on us." A typical comment left in the Cabin diary.

As far as the picture of the TV and various menagerie of componets in the attachment, my wife would never allow such a setup in the house other then in my shop. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JATO_RaT · Sep 26, 2004

For some reason my fingers can't get the buttons on the remote for Mr Rather's broadcasts pressed. I'm beginning to wonder if it's one of those Freud things. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

NY_Yankees_Fan · Sep 26, 2004

Thanks for all the info, DLP it is!

Samsung HLP 5063W MSRP $3499
Reviews so far have been great on this product.

Internet or brick and mortar store, the search starts.