Do they even still sell Plasma TV's? I sprung for a regular LED illuminated, LCD screen LG 47 inch with 3D, which turned out to be a total bomb, about 5 years ago and have never heard a peep of RFI from it.
I DO watch "John * Carter" in 3D every so often, but it's the ONLY movie I have in 3D. (The LG method is the same as used in movie theaters, with totally passive 3D glasses.) 73, Charlie k3ICH *Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' very first published book in 1912, titled "A Princess of Mars" (Barsoom, to all you four armed Tharks out there.) -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Raymond Sills Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 1:59 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: TV RFI Question Plasma TV sets are often big RFI generators. And, they have the annoying habit of developing burn-in... much like CRTs if a constant image is displayed. I used to work for a TV network that used plasma displays as part of studio set decorations, and they quickly discovered that using a plasma display for an identifying graphic (a logo or some such) resulted in major burn-in, in part because they pushed the brightness of the display, so that it could be picked up by studio cameras in a brightly lit set. RFI was not a big concern at the TV studio, but there have been many stories of neighbors who purchased a plasma TV set that happened to ruin their radio reception... as well as the HF activity of nearby amateurs. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 -----Original Message----- From: Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> To: Elecraft <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wed, Nov 7, 2018 1:39 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: TV RFI Question Jim, Ditch the Plasmas and be sure they leave your neighborhood. I've got one of those insanely oversize LG OLED TVs and it puts out zero RFI that I can see on the P3. I did a lot of testing during the free return period just to be sure I wasn't bringing a noise generator into the house, and it's excellent in all ways. Also, it uses so little power compared to a much smaller Vizio TV, The glass is cool to the touch and the processor compartment is slightly warm at most. OLED can produce a lot of brightness and power consumption relates to brightness so how you set it up matters energy-wise, but your Plasmas are multiples of the power the OLED uses. One very nice thing with OLED is you see genuine black, no backlit shade of gray, it takes awhile to get used to seeing very accurate color and shading when watching in a darkened room, we don't see that with the other kinds of TV. 73, Gary KA1J > We´ve got three plasma TVs in our home. One is a 9 year old Sony that > is small (by today´s standards) and causes zero RFI on my K3. > Another is a piece of $&$% Samsung that completely rips up 160, 80, > and 40 meters. The third (our main TV) is a Panasonic Viera that up > until tonight has not caused any RFI. But I guess the honeymoon is > over, as 40 meters tonight was unusable while the XYL was watching one > of her shows. > > So, if I can convince her to replace the Panasonic I´m wondering if > folks here have had any RFI issues with the new OLED TVs? We´ve > enjoyed the quality of the plasma TV´s but enough is enough. > > Jim Bennett / W6JHB > Folsom, CA > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > g...@ka1j.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to raysil...@verizon.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to pin...@erols.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
