Post #196,967
3/2/05 11:02:38 PM
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NYTimes article on LCD versus Plasma for HDTV.
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/technology/circuits/03tube.html?oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=|Here]. Some of the description is a little dodgey, but its a decent summary of the issues. L.C.D. monitors are not subject to burn-in, or the tendency of static images to leave a ghostlike image on the screen. And while L.C.D. backlight bulbs can be replaced, when a plasma set's image decreases sufficiently, it is time to buy a new set.
Plasma's advocates say the burn-in problem is gone. And while early plasma displays lasted about 10,000 hours before the panel's brightness decreased by half, today's sets have a brightness half-life of about 60,000 hours.
Some manufacturers like Panasonic incorporate technology to reduce plasma burn-in by slightly shifting the image. And manufacturers caution users that the first 100 hours are especially critical to avoiding image burn-in. A 50% decrease in brightness is a lot, but 60,000 hours is 80+ months of operation. Plasma seems to me to be a transitional technology. LCDs can't yet do the large screens that plasma can, but it's got a lot of minuses. [link|http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1681205,00.asp|DLP] seems to me to be the best way to go for large HDTVs now. But it hasn't yet been tempting enough to me. Cheers, Scott.
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Post #197,020
3/3/05 11:52:29 AM
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Toshiba has some really nice ones too.
Wife and I bought a 42" HDTV. We like it alot.
There is only one thing I don't like about it. Everything else looks bad. We use "Full Screen" mode. Have gotten used to it. Like the extra resolution interpolation. The real one bad thing is when the signal is noisy, We get "extra-special image enhanced noise", no it isn't pretty.
The tricky thing with these Rear Display Project units is Convergence. I have a total of 10 adjustment locations 1 == The whole screen movement for red and blue guns (left right up down) the a 9 target grid over the entire screen. 1-9 for fine tunning any of the areas of the flexible screen that isn't perfect.
Overall, to me the pricetage is worth it. But I'd still try to get it cheaper than "next door" or even at Best Buy. Just remember Freight bites a big one, but then you might not have to pay tax on an "internet purchase"... it is a balancing act.
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Post #197,027
3/3/05 12:35:46 PM
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I'd go for a really big telly...
...if only there were something decent to watch on it.
Peter
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Post #197,030
3/3/05 12:44:59 PM
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Chuck and Camilla's nuptials?
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Post #197,197
3/4/05 11:44:57 AM
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ROFL!
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #197,032
3/3/05 12:54:44 PM
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That's what DVDs are for.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #197,035
3/3/05 1:14:59 PM
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They're mostly cack, too.
The parlous state of on-screen entertainment is depressing.
Peter
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Post #197,048
3/3/05 2:07:25 PM
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Which is why I mostly ignore it
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #197,057
3/3/05 4:12:28 PM
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Re: They're mostly cack, too.
Kill Bill, etc...?
Saving Private Ryan is worth watching on a big screen with Lots O' Loud Speakers, too.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #197,058
3/3/05 4:19:59 PM
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I enjoyed KB 1 and 2.
Much to Ashton's disgust, no doubt. Insufficiently high-brow, I wot.
They (and other films that I like) are as bright stars pinpricking with light in the coal-black midden that is film.
I think I must just be hard to please.
I have Mulholland Falls on DVD. I shall watch it and report back.
The best thing I've seen for ages, to be honest, is the deadly twin attacks of Little Britain and Peter Kay Live At The Bolton Royal Albert Halls.
Have you got any pirate memory games, suitable for ages four to eight?
Peter
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Post #197,060
3/3/05 4:27:11 PM
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Like this?
[link|http://www.project76.co.uk/V3/Landings/TV/PirMG.html|http://www.project76...ngs/TV/PirMG.html]
There are several movies that I've enjoyed that are much better on a large screen:
Spiderman
Kill Bill 1/2
Independence Day
Saving Private Ryan
Dune
Aliens
The Matrix
Star Wars IV
Empire Strikes Back
LoTR
And probably several others that I've missed. Since I've got two kids, I don't get to the theatre much, and I miss that Big Theatre Experience for the big cineramic films.
Something like The Remains Of The Day has the same impact big or small, of course.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #197,063
3/3/05 4:49:28 PM
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Have you got anything a bit less piratey?
Peter
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Post #197,254
3/4/05 6:38:16 PM
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Margaret? .. ... Margaret!
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #197,271
3/4/05 11:19:02 PM
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I'll wait.
Peter
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Post #197,100
3/3/05 8:20:35 PM
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Isn't DVD lower-res than HDTV?
I've heard DVDs look worse on HDTV than HD broadcast, as opposed to DVDs on a regular TV being better than broadcast quality.
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Post #197,188
3/4/05 10:38:49 AM
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Yes, you are correct,
but DVD on a HDTV monitor is better than DVD on a standard TV. Also, many HDTV monitors are wide screen, so you get to watch the movies the way they were meant to be seen.
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #197,195
3/4/05 11:37:32 AM
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Widescreen is the key
[link|http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=244|Widescreen Unravelled Part 4 - Anamorphic DVDs] Many DVDs are described as being "anamorphic" or "enhanced for widescreen/16:9 TVs" (both mean the same thing) - and if you've read any of the reviews in DVD Times, you'll probably have picked up the impression that these are very desirable things (and you'd be right).
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But if you play an anamorphic DVD on a 16:9 TV, the difference is dramatic, because the TV can "unsqueeze" the image so that it fills the entire width of the frame, recreating the original image at the highest possible definition given the current limitations of domestic TVs (and the aspect ratio of the original picture: 2.35:1 films will still show black borders). The result is a picture that offers up to 33% greater definition than a non-anamorphic DVD. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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