Its the amount of energy that plasmas use that puts me off. They do tend to produce fantastic pictures tho.
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Its the amount of energy that plasmas use that puts me off. They do tend to produce fantastic pictures tho.
Plasma's also flicker, especially on bright scenes. It kind of looks like old CRT's with the refresh rate set at 60 HZ, although not as bad.
When I think of plasma I think "high refresh", although I think LEDs are catching up in this aspect.
reinventing the wheel
The issue the TV companies have is we all traded in our CRT models for flat panels. Then they tell us we had to buy HD, then we needed 3D TV's, then smart TV's.
The trouble is unlike our phones, most people don't upgrade their TV all that often. I have two Panasonic flat TV's from around 6 years ago, both HD. I also have a Samsung 3D Smart TV from last year. How often do you think I use the 3D glasses (once) or the smart TV function (about 4 times)?
So guess when I'm going to upgrade those Panasonic's? When they die or there is some shift in technology that makes them really look their age. Right now they don't.
Also all three of my TV's are wall mounted. As all the walls in my house are flat, I can't ever imagine buying a curved one.
The issue the TV companies have is we all traded in our CRT models for flat panels. Then they tell us we had to buy HD, then we needed 3D TV's, then smart TV's.
The trouble is unlike our phones, most people don't upgrade their TV all that often. I have two Panasonic flat TV's from around 6 years ago, both HD. I also have a Samsung 3D Smart TV from last year. How often do you think I use the 3D glasses (once) or the smart TV function (about 4 times)?
So guess when I'm going to upgrade those Panasonic's? When they die or there is some shift in technology that makes them really look their age. Right now they don't.
Also all three of my TV's are wall mounted. As all the walls in my house are flat, I can't ever imagine buying a curved one.
Yeah, I'm confused by people saying that it improves the viewing angle. My gut reaction is that a curved screen is designed to be watched from a single, head-on position.
I'd bloody love another CRT. I've never liked large screens, and would be perfectly happy with a good, fin de siècle 28 incher. I prefer the IQ, and I much prefer decent internal speakers to externals.
The difference is the LED backlight gives you better contrast over the florescent LCD backlight. Keep in mind a LED is a LCD display. The only difference is the backlighting is LEDs not a bright light. There is no such thing as a led display.
They do have this by focussing the picture to specific places but you need to sit in a very specific spot to work properly.
I actually purchased the HTC EVO 3D which offered this and it worked although if it was moved left or right it would ruin the experience.
The glasses filter out the images to each eye for the ability to sit anywhere in sight.
It’s not all that significant, I recently posted this in another TV thread:
me :) said:I read this too before we purchased. While it’s true, the actual impact to your pocketbook is pretty trivial:
We also have a new[er] Sony LED set, it’s a mid-upper model, good, but still prefer the plasma downstairs.
The playroom has an old Toshiba RP, now that’s a beast in terms of footprint.
On topic: the display industry has been improving off angle viewing for years, and it seems like a curved display is a step backwards in this capacity[?] I don’t know from an actual objective measure if it is, but it certainly seems that way from the physical design.
All evidence and reviews say the opposite. At worst its no worse than a flat TV.
Ah thats not bad at all then. I always thought they were 5x - 10x more energy hungry.
Craigslist in my city is full of flat screen tv's. I was looking for a tv late last year and there was an unbelievable amount of flat screens for sale. A lot of them were 2010-12 models though. It could just be a majority of them needing fast money, however, reason for selling indicated that they have upgraded. I ended up buying a brand new 42" unknown Japanese brand for $200.
You're welcome to my 27" CRT that dates to the last siècle (1988, to be exact). The image is still good, but the audio, not so much. Might be expensive to ship, though.
True story: The day I got it, it fell and hit the side of a table. The glass face of the CRT ended up against the table's edge, but it was intact. Only the plastic bezel was dented.
Yeah, the difference in power consumption is pretty negligible. Some of the other complaints can be valid depending on your specific model, the TV location, and even your tolerance for potential annoyances like fan noise.
The TV industry usually follows the path of most consumer devices, right? I mean, once hi-res screens started to pop up more we got HD, now 4k, and smart TVs right (with the exception of the 3D TV bubble...)
So where is my laptop with a curved screen??
Honestly though, if there are benefits to this (less distortion), the obvious place to use it would be in a PC- where a single user would sit stationary in front of the display.
So where is my laptop with a curved screen??
Honestly though, if there are benefits to this (less distortion), the obvious place to use it would be in a PC- where a single user would sit stationary in front of the display.
How many times now have you repeated that in you mind after you got it home? And now that you've typed it on this thread, did it at least help you feel a little better about that purchase. ;-)
I don't either. I don't see the point of having any screen curved. I used the lg flex at AT&T. Still could not understand why I would want my phone curved. And to me a curved tv is even less practical. What if you oh say weren't directly in front of the TV all the time or had friends and family so you can't all sit directly in front of it?
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Curved screens are better cause our eye balls are curved.
Logic at its finest.
Lol.