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11th January 2012, 00:04
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Been thinking about getting a new tv myself. I'm more inclined to go for a 50 inch plasma than a 40 inch LCD. I think a layman like me wont notice any difference in picture quality unless two tellies are side by side.
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11th January 2012, 00:13
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Basically about six or seven years ago an Australian tech enterprise brought a similar-sounding tech (in TV size) to some electronics expo and impressed everyone, particularly with viewing angle and resolution. IIRC the 'pixel size' was 1/3 of then-current lcd sizes. The gist of the article was how the tech was indeed legit but it would be about ten years off due to the worldwide plasma/lcd changeover just getting started at the time. |
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11th January 2012, 03:02
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Whenever I drool over the 60+ inch TVs that I'll replace my old LG 720 50 inch plasma with when it eventually dies I still much prefer the picture on a plasma. LCD/LED always seem to suit Pixar type animation but everything else looks rather odd - nowhere near as realistic colours as plasmas. And 50 inch plasmas are down to the equivalent of 300 quid now.
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11th January 2012, 13:19
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PS51D8000 + 3 Year Warranty + 2 Pairs of Glasses - Plasma TV - Crampton & Moore (TV) Ltd
I got this yesterday, not as sharp "out of the box" as my previous LCD, but after tweaking the settings I have no complaints. |
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11th January 2012, 13:33
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11th January 2012, 13:46
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11th January 2012, 15:59
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11th January 2012, 18:45
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Plus, as a treehugger I love the fact that whenever you want to show black, they can just turn the individual LEDs off instead of backlighting black LCD pixels. |
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11th January 2012, 18:46
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http://www.redcafe.net/11010691-post22.html What does it cost? |
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11th January 2012, 18:46
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11th January 2012, 18:49
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11th January 2012, 21:07
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Coach
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I remember the point when mp3 players and other handheld devices couldn't quite get any smaller, because they were limited by the thickness of the cables that connected to them, most notably the 3mm stereo sound jack. We're approaching the same thing with TVs now where we may not see them get any thinner than this simply because the cabling isn't going to get any thinner until further data transmission innovations are made (and power transmission as well of course). Pretty remarkable stuff.
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11th January 2012, 21:08
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Sony clearly thinks that OLED can not be brought down to cost effective prices at that size, thus the crystal LED route which they say will not cost much more than LCD or plasma. Sony have however, since the Trinitron (king of all display technologies), been completely clueless about TV panels.
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11th January 2012, 21:55
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Coach
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I'm convinced. I want a laptop with an OLED screen now. That said, I'm worried, after a little bit of research, about the power consumption when dealing with bright images, specifically white. We're talking three times the power consumption with a white screen, which I imagine comes from having to power all three of the R, G, and B diodes at max intensity. Since a lot of web sites and documents use white backgrounds, this could end up being a bigger power draw than expected if they don't find a way around this drawback.
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20th January 2012, 14:31
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So I decided to to get a 42 inch Full HD LCD TV today. Bought this one:
VIERA TH-L42U30 | Panasonic I have to put my uncharted 3 game on hold now till they deliver it. 
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20th January 2012, 15:58
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4th February 2012, 15:15
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