This may be a very stupid question, but: What about LCD's? They're far less sensitive to burn-in, have HDTV definition, and are getting much better with regard to colour definition, response time and viewing angle. Here in Norway I can get a 37" Viewpia (8ms, 1200:1 contrast,1366x768)for about the same price as an equivalent plasma. The very largest LCD's are still not good enough so if you need 42"+ then I understand.
Cheers Marius >-- Original Message -- >Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:25:46 -0600 >From: Matt Grommes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Getting a Plasma, Scared of Burn-In >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> > > >I was listening to a podcast interview with the head of Panasonic's >flatscreen TV division and he dismissed both the concerns about burnin >and lifetime for plasmas. I'll have to dig up the other review I was >reading where they talked about burn-i > as well. http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail562.html is the link to the interview. The guy sounded pretty knowledgeable. David wrote: > I'd be interested in where you heard that, because from everything I see > burn-in with plasma >is still a very real concern, and plasma sets are > much more sensitive than CRT's. With modern CRT's burn-in is almost a > thing of the past (not entirely, but practically). > > What *has* improved with recent plasma TV's is half-life. For th >se who > don't know, the plasma gas used in plasma TV's has a finite life, > measured in hours (or thousands of hours). At their "half-life" they > are half as bright as when new. Brightness steadily declines over time > to the point that the >TV becomes unwatchable and must be trashed. > While, say, a DLP bulb has limited life measured in several hundreds of > hours, picture quality is generally constant until the bulb burns out, > then after spending $200-$300 for a new bulb the pic >ure is as good as > new again. You have no such recourse with a plasma -- when it's dead, > it's dead, you can't pump more plasma gas into it. You're left with a > very expensive wall ornament. > > In the early days of plasma, when the small >st ones cost $10K-$15K, > half-life was somewhere around 2-5 years depending on the frequency of > use. Recent models have improved to a half-life of reportedly near > 80,000 hours as I recall, which would be a half-life span of over 9 > years >if the TV was left running 24/7. Of course none of these newer > models have actually been around long enough to test that claim. :) > > But while half-life seems to be a non-issue these days, burn-in is still > a major factor according to wha > I'm still seeing. > > David > > Matt Grommes wrote: > >> From what I understand, burn-in really isn't an issue with new-ish >> plasma displays. Any more than with a CRT anyway. That was more of an >> issue with the first few generations o > products. >> >> >> Peter Santerre wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm getting a good deal on a last-years-model Plasma TV (NEC 50" MX3) >>> and will be hooking it up to my Myth box. >>> I'm very nervous about burn in, as this would be considered a very > >> large purchase on my current salary :) >>> >>> What do other users of Myth do to prevent this issue, while still >>> keeping the WAF rating high? I guess I imagine while watching DVD, >>> TV, etc the screen would not blank, but if it was idl > on a menu for >>> 30s or so it would black it out. Sort of like MythMusic does I >>> guess. After 30s of no activity it goes full screen with my choice >>> of music display. >>> >>> I know that plasma TV's are getting better and better about >not >>> getting burned, and maybe I'm being over paranoid, but like I said, >>> this is a big purchase, and ruining it would be a very sad day :) >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _ >_____________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Registered Linux user
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