Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on January 29, 2003 at 12:30:00

In Reply to: Plasma buzzing & life expectancy... posted by AbeCollins on January 28, 2003 at 23:38:13:

I think you meant 30,000 hours (above).

To put that into perspective: if you use it 4 hours per day, you'll be good for >20 years of service. How accurate is that 30,000 hours estimate? I can't say. But even if it's off by 50% (!!!), highly unlikely, that's still >10 years of service. Don't most people get new televisions/monitors about every 10 years anyway?

The bad news: after 10+ years, your plasma won't be worth a great deal.

The good news: you've had a plasma for the last 10+ years.

How many times in the last 10 years have you used the universal word "WOW!" to discribe your display?

Here's a link to some of the altitude questions:

• http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207979&highlight=altitude+buzzing