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In Reply to: Re: Projected video.. posted by Rich H on December 27, 2001 at 06:59:19:
***If, after all I've outlined, you aren't curious to see the best plasmas then...well...I assume you're just not the curious type:-)***Life is short, and I've already made my video choices for the next 10 years.
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Kal-el posts an interesting question, asking for opinions and input on two distinctly different video display technologies.I've been researching a new video display for several years now, and I've gone out of my way to view every high-end video technology i can find: CRT, LCD, DLP, D-ILA, LCOS... with signals from NTSC over-the-air, VHS, SVHS, DVD, DVDp, cable, satellite, hard-drive/computer feed, off-the-air HDTV, and 720p & 1080i HDTV-sourced pro tape. I've seen the high-end front projector sourced through a custom-built dedicated Faroudja video processor--the last word in "cost-no-object" home theater (he said it was "about $150,000.00, plus installation). It was very nice, but I had no trouble leaving the room.
As Rich H says, when you go into the stores, everybody is crowded up in front (and well to the sides) of the plasma, and you can't get them to move out of the way. There's something truely magical about them. It's not reflected light, and it's not glowing phosphors....it's something...stunning. And the new ones...like the true 756p HDTV 50" Pioneer displaying a true HDTV source...
whew! it's like a hit from Oswley
no shit, you really have to see this to believe it. One third of your brain is dedicated to processing visual information. When you see a good plasma signal you don't have to be told this bit of cranial trivia--just notice your mouth agape, drool running down your shirt...just try and think while looking at a plasma display...too late, you're hooked.
I suppose that those who love watching sports would rather have a bigger screen. That's why K has to go out and see it for himself, with the source he's most likely to be watching. He has to think about what he's likely to be doing with his video display, how much room he has, and where the wires, equiptment, and power sources will be. And he has to know that he's not going to be watching anything from the sidelines--because only the totally flat plasma looks just as bright, as color-true, as crisp and clear from 80 degrees off center as it does straight on.
I'm biased man. I've seen it all and for me it's not even a close call.
Plasma. it even looks good when it's off.
Hi Pete,
you are swaying me towards the insanely expensive! Stop in the name of financial probity! My wife would kill me.
resisted as long as I could...the satellite is configured to format in 16:9 when available, and it seems that is happening more often...even on some of the new commercials.
the old 27" Proscam works fine, albeit noisy, but the presentation of widescreen (The West Wing) and letterbox films gives me a picture smaller than the vintage '70s 19" Sony Trinaton (no remote, pushbutton tuner, the set that will not die).
Applesauce Now Redux in super widescreen really was like watching a movie thru a letterbox...an actual size letterbox.
we were going to remove all the carpeting upstairs and have nice cherry floors installed (dust: read "My House is Killing Me" by Jeffery C. May), but I've spent too much time in the local Tweeters staring at the Sony plasma endlessly looping some Dutch flowers, and the 50" Pioneer endlessly looping...hell, I can't even remember what it was...the thing is like looking thru a window--no wires, no mass--it just hangs there like the view screen on Star Trek...
THAT'S IT!! it's Star Trek...that's why I can't take my eyes off of it!...I've been pre-programed to see the universe the way Captain Kirk does!!!
the horror...
the horror...
Oh man, Petew, I see from your posts that we have the same disease.
Brutal isn't it? The shaking, the sweating, the dilated, fixated pupils. Luckily, I think all we need for a full recovery is an injection of Plasma :-)Rich H.
...the dilithium krrristlez woana tek much merrr..."back and forth between the 50" true HDTV and the 42" wanna-be...
i actually drew them both on the wall yesterday...not kidding
(people think i make this stuff up--truth is, nobody would believe the truth--even i find my life incredible--i have to tone it down for my public)
she'd never go for the 50"...I've seen her angry...I've seen her back the CEO of a fortune 50 company into a corner with wrath that makes Charton Heston's Moses seem like Mr. Rogers...
so, I ordered the 42...
I'm doomed, doomed...now I know how Osama feels.
just takin' it one day at a time...
what I need now is a cloaking device
"back and forth between the 50" true HDTV and the 42" wanna-be...i actually drew them both on the wall yesterday...not kidding"
No kidding assumed. Remember, you're surrounded by fellow obsessives.
When I stare at my tv I don't even see it anymore. Instead my mind superimposes a sleek, gleaming plasma screen in it's place. Took quite a while to get my wife on board - she'd be perfectly happy with a 12" tv screen, stashed in a corner, partially hidden by a potted plant. But she recognizes the look in my eye, notices my feet aren't touching the ground whenever I view a plasma screen, and she's accepted the inevitable...at some point her tv world is going to change. Besides, I've shown her the measurements; absolutely none of the newer, bigger CRTs will fit in our nice bookcase, which currently houses our 27" TV.
"Honey, this tv is going to die, and the ONLY thing that will fit in it's place will be a plasma." She's defenseless I tell you, defenseless against my onslaught!Regarding your purchase: tough choice between the 50" and 42." I think you did good. The 42" has even better contrast than the 50."
Also, I saw the 50" yet again and noticed it suffered from phosphor latency in a way that I'd never seen from the 42." I've read that latency is one of the engineering compromises that happens when the size of a plasma increases.The 50" would be a little large for our room, not to mention that I couldn't in my wildest dreams afford it in Canadian dollars (here it actually works out to over double it's American price). Now I just have to figure out what kind of night job I can take on to buy the 42" set:-)
Please feel free to alert us once you've got your Panny up and runnin.'
Rich H.
Hello Rich,
I am but a poor slob in posession of a lowly flat 27" panasonic with the added bonus of a pincushioning display. We are surrrounded here in horse country by all manner of large screens in neighboring homes.
My wife sounds a bit like your wife, if she enjoys using a 12 inch black and white tv...a 75 pound black rotary phone..a butter churn...and the occasional thumbscrew for the misbehaving husband. The thought of a HD compatable large screen tv purchase is for her is like asking her if she would mind having the cast of Mad Max [minus Mel Gibson] stay with us for a few months so she could wait on them and clean up afterwards. Yes I have a question but this post is long enough already........Merry Christmas Jon
Argghh
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I understand completely! Once I update my old TV, I don't intend to continue to shop and muse over everything else in the AV market.later,
Rich H.
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