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GPA

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GPA

WA, 2529 posts

2 Aug 2011 11:32am

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Finally upgraded from a CRT. The picture is awesome from directly in front of the screen. Seriously like "wow!"...

... but move one seat to the side and it's pretty fn average. Disappointed actually. Thankfully picked up cheap as probably last one in country.

Unreal in the store. CNET's TV of last year. Wish I'd gone plasma.

I know what you mean... as I just upgraded the games room fat-back CRT for a Samsung LCD LED full HD 40" job... whilst it looks very special on Blu-ray and gaming, it is not that good at FTA SD TV and to be honest I prefer my 5yo 1366 x 768 res Hitachi plasma.

log man

VIC

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log man

VIC, 8289 posts

2 Aug 2011 3:18pm

^^^^^^ I did a bit of research and a lot of looking and tracked down a pre Pioneer bankruptcy Pioneer Kuro plasma. Beautiful, natural, fast TV. BUT my old telly (Loewe digital flat screen) was superb. CRT is a great looking technology that is STILL way better than LCD.

GPA

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GPA

WA, 2529 posts

2 Aug 2011 1:31pm

log man said...

^^^^^^ I did a bit of research and a lot of looking and tracked down a pre Pioneer bankruptcy Pioneer Kuro plasma. Beautiful, natural, fast TV. BUT my old telly (Loewe digital flat screen) was superb. CRT is a great looking technology that is STILL way better than LCD.

Yes - I've heard a couple of AV afficianados say the same thing about [good] CRT technology. If I was buying for the lounge room I'd be looking at a top brand Plasma... the LCD is good for the games room, as 70% of the time its run off the Xbox 360... the rest of the time my teenage daughter is watching chick-flicks and sitcoms and couldn't give a toss about the image quality (she says she can't tell?!!).

Mobydisc

NSW

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Mobydisc

NSW, 9029 posts

2 Aug 2011 4:21pm

In junk buying mode a few years ago we were shopping for a new tele to replace a 34cm CRT portable TV we had as our main TV

We were poor but we were happy.

So when shopping we compared the LCDs to the plasmas of the time. There were no LED LCDs around back then. I thought the plasmas had a better picture by a long shot and ended up buying a Samsung plasma. We still have it and its working fine. We will keep it till it dies.

What the hell do you do with a dead plasma TV? Does the council pick up taken them? Perhaps giving it to a furniture shop so they could use it as a prop. They weigh a bloody ton.

GPA

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GPA

WA, 2529 posts

2 Aug 2011 3:06pm

Mobydisc said...
What the hell do you do with a dead plasma TV? Does the council pick up taken them? Perhaps giving it to a furniture shop so they could use it as a prop. They weigh a bloody ton.

There's plenty of people who will buy dead TV's off you - typically $40-80 depending on brand / size. They usually strip them for the parts to fix others...

I had a dead old rear projection unit that had some form of power problem, as the lamps were unlit. Put it out for council pick-up and the same day some bloke came and stripped every single module and component out of it. Even took the front 'screen'... He had a trailer full of this stuff - must have been an independant TV repair tech...

SomeOtherGuy

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SomeOtherGuy

NSW, 807 posts

2 Aug 2011 8:12pm

Mobydisc said...

What the hell do you do with a dead plasma TV? Does the council pick up taken them? Perhaps giving it to a furniture shop so they could use it as a prop. They weigh a bloody ton.

Sounds like a good mooring for the boat!

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