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In Reply to: Hola, guys... I have a couple of plasma Qs, please... posted by Jimmy C. on March 18, 2005 at 15:28:49:
Is it a current model? Is there a warranty? I'm no expert on the subject but I've been told that the latest generation of plasma screens supposedly have some refinements in both HDTV and EDTV models.As a point of reference, if this is a 42" EDTV set, you can find many new ones for just at $2000 w/o shopping mail order. February Home Theater magazine did a review of 3 'budget' Plasma sets and all of them were $3000 according to the reviews. But in fact, most of them sell for right around $2200 at retail outlets.
Mine is a 'budget' 42" LG brand EDTV plasma that I'm very pleased with. It handles DVD's just fine and when attached to my HDTV tuner the picture is crisp and sharp - better than any DVD I own even though you would think that an EDTV screen won't handle HDTV very well. They do.
I sit about 10-feet away and have no issues.
As for life expectancy on early sets were usually said to be about 20,000 hours. I believe that number has just about tripled with recent plasma sets. If you do the math, 20,000 is still a good 7 years if you watch it nearly 8 hours/day. And my understanding is that they don't just burn out, they go to about 1/2 brightness at the rated number of hours.
I use mine a couple hours a night and a little more on weekends. I wouldn't recommend using it as a 24/7 family "TV" set.
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...current model, "EDTV", not HD. That's my next question if you're still reading...How is the pic if I only have regular (analog?) cable? Our condos have regular cable built into the maintenance fee, no IO or HDTV.
I just went into "Best Buy" to look at a similar model... not bad!
Thanks again...
petew made some great comments on EDTV vs HDTV 42" plasma screens. I couldn't see any significant difference in picture quality between the 42" ED vs. HD sets at 8 to 12 feet away - or not enough difference in quality to warrant HD prices being about twice that of ED.As for picture quality with plain ole analog cable... it's OK. I have analog cable and it's still very enjoyable but you get very spoiled watching DVD's on the 16:9 screen or over the air HDTV which is just incredible. The other slight annoyance is watching a typical 4:3 broadcast on the 16:9 screen. All plasma 16:9 sets have tricks for making the 4:3 broadcasts look a little more acceptable on the 16:9 screen to minimize the 'stretching' effect. If you watch 4:3 broadcasts on the 16:9 screen w/o any 'tricks' to compensate, everything looks stretched horizontally. People look wider than they are. Everything looks wider. You can also watch at native 4:3 if you don't mind blank vertical bars on each side of your 16:9 screen.
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