Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on April 10, 2005 at 14:00:28

In Reply to: Viewing angle posted by Jon L on April 1, 2005 at 10:59:06:

Panasonic recently announced that their new glass has a time to half-brightness of 100,000 hours. They are now equal to flat panel LCD. As far as degradation, by adjusting the Contrast and Brightness controls it won't be noticed. Matter of fact, the plasma will probably be replaced by another model (usually larger, a step up in quality or both) before it would get to this point anyway.

That "permanent reservation" line was great!

Last Thanksgiving I had about 40 people over. The plasma is located over the fireplace at the point of the V (actually a flattened V at the point) along the two side walls. From the breakfast table to a chair at the end of the living room, it's approximately 35ft (maybe a few feet more). The guests were treated to several IMAX DVDs and the game. Not one person had a bad seat/spot: the picture was beautiful from every location, as I was told over and over. I spent the day blushing!