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Subject: Re: [OM] OT new TV advice
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 23:55:37 -0500
The last company still making plasma announced that they will stop at the end 
of this year. 


Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.". -- Berthold Auerbach

> On Aug 7, 2014, at 23:39, "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I use HD projector for serious movies, TV screen is a little too
> small to enjoy good movies. My HDTV is mainly for TV programs, we watch TV
> around 4 hours a day. Even the electricity cost is not high I just feel
> unfortable to use CRT especially in summer time when the temperature is
> high. If your TV usage rate is so low then there is no problem.
> 
> If one don't mind slightly higher power consumption, get a plasma from
> Panasonic, it is better than most LCD TV.
> 
> C.H.Ling
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Siddiq Siddiqui-Ali" 
> <muhammad.siddiqui-ali@xxxxxxx>
> 
> 
>> I guess that's another determination--how much usage is planned. I watch
>> maybe a movie or two per month, so total runtime is less than 5 hours, and
>> the 300 odd watts (for the TV) is worth it for me.
>> 
>> I think a lot of people missed the fact that the recommended CRT tv was
>> HD. It's pretty much the only 16:9 HD monitor that's tube based. I feed
>> it HD signals from blu-ray discs or Netflix. It might only be 34" but the
>> image is astounding.
>> 
>> Getting back to Mike: look at the Samsung F5300 which should tick all the
>> boxes. The Vizio E something series is also worth looking at.
>> 
>> Siddiq
>> 
>>> On Aug 7, 2014, at 7:40 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The HD TV programes here are very good, with 12Mb bit rate the details
>>> are
>>> way better than conventional TV. Compression artifacts are not very
>>> visible
>>> unless you intentionally look for it.
>>> 
>>> The problem with CRT is not only low resolution and heavy, the high power
>>> consumption is unacceptable. I believe the bigger one (30" up) will run
>>> over
>>> 200W while our 50" Panasonic is only 50W in normal mode.
>>> 
>>> If you think conventional TV has better resolution, try to see if you get
>>> anything come close to these still captures:
>>> 
>>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/HDTVCap/HDTVCap.html
>>> 
>>> The stills are having some JPEG artifacts but they are not obvious in
>>> video
>>> mode.
>>> 
>>> Can I see the quality difference at "normal viewing distance"? Sure! very
>>> obvious, analogue TV quality is no longer acceptable to us, same as DVDs.
>>> May be we have difference standards for "normal viewing distance", here
>>> the
>>> broadcast company recommend 3-5x vertical height of your TV screen.
>>> 
>>> C.H.Ling
> 
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