A/V guys, Friend is thinking about this...

[Hayabusa Rider]

Wanted my opinion, but I don't know the plusses and minuses of such a beast

What can ya tell me?

 

[vi edit]

Well, I personally have problems buying something that is guaranteed to have 50% or less functionality in 30,000 hours of use. Especially when it's going to cost me 9 g's.

But that's just me.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Well, I personally have problems buying something that is guaranteed to have 50% or less functionality in 30,000 hours of use. Especially when it's going to cost me 9 g's. But that's just me.

I saw that. Think it works out to something like 10 years at 8 hours a day, every day. Dont know what that means practically. They just break then, or performance decrease? Whatever he gets though, you know Im going to have to check it out

 

[Mutilator]

But vi 30,000 hours is a long time.
Lets say the average person watches 2 hours of TV per day. That's 730 hours/year. That's 41 years. There's no way in hell anybody is going to have a TV for 41 years.
If they watch TV 5hours a day - 1825/year - That's still 16 years.

 

[Viper GTS]

30,000 hours of TV watching is a long, long time.

I dunno about you, but I don't plan on owning the same TV for 10 years.

They fade to 50% of their original brightness, they still work but they're not as bright.

CRT's do the same thing, they do fade over the years.

Viper GTS

 

[vi edit]

Well, from every bit that I've read, it looses it's brightness over that time. So, in maybe three years you are going to be noticing a difference. And in 5-7 a serious decrease in image brightness.

I do keep TV's for a long time, so like I said, to me, it's a lot of money to spend on something that I know up front is going to grow less and less viewable over time.

 

[vi edit]

Oh, and my concern on plasma is from a different perspecitve as well. We were looking into putting plasma display registers in our restaurants and I had to figure out how long they would still be good for. We were using those registers for about 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, 363 days a year. So, in that situation, plasma was a concern.

 

[Soybomb]

I think I'd rather have a nice projector if the room is right for it.

 

[Ameesh]

for that much money id get a panasonic or a smaller pioneer elite.

 

[Blieb]

I saw that. Think it works out to something like 10 years at 8 hours a day, every day. Dont know what that means practically. They just break then, or performance decrease? Whatever he gets though, you know Im going to have to check it out

Just go down to 7-11 and put more plasma in. Problem solved!

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Soybomb
I think I'd rather have a nice projector if the room is right for it.

That gets very expensive as well, the bulbs are not cheap.

Viper GTS

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Soybomb
I think I'd rather have a nice projector if the room is right for it.

That gets very expensive as well, the bulbs are not cheap.

Viper GTS

But if I were going to spend a large sum of money it would be on a projector and not on a plasma display

 

[Mutilator]

Tell him to also consider the XWX series of Hitachi TVs.
I have the 51SWX20B and love it.

 

[Raincity]

If all you care about is that the plasma looks cool effect then about any of the current models will fit the bill. If you really care about the display then Panasonic and Pioneer is the only way to go. Panasonics have better black levels while the Pioneers are little brighter making the colours really stand against the Panasonic models but also show a hint of video noise so its a trade off. Personally I will stick to my RPTV Pioneer Elite that has been ISF. The thought of dregrading the video just for a unit that looks cool and is lightweight just does not sit to well with me.

Rain