RE: Dome Auction

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Just to confirm what Keith's saying...

At the moment we have a Pioneer 40" 4:3 plasma at work and we've
probably
had it no more than 18 months. It doesn't show the same things all day,
it's
not even showing things all day but it does usually get left on all day (9
-
6) - even though people are told to power it down after use. It is
*definitely* getting greyer as time goes on ... it's certainly not as
bright
or contrasty as it used to be.

I'd be very wary of buying a plasma at the moment - especially a second
hand
one. I've been and looked at several that were current six months ago
(including the Pioneer 50" XGA) and I really didn't think that they
were at
a point where they were suitable for long term domestic use.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 February 2001 10:41
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Dome Auction
>
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> I work at BT Adastral Park and we were offered some plasma
> screens from the
> BT zone in the dome. We rejected them on the following grounds.
>
> They were a VGA resoulution for the PC inputs which is way too low
>
> They had been in constant use for between 12 and 15 months,
> possibly being
> on for between 18-24 hours per day and had been cycling through the
same
> content every x minutes. We have some 21" plasma screens that
show a
> scrolling powerpoing presentation and one of the screens is always the
> same. That image was starting to burn the screen after only a few
months.
> Just look in any amusement arcade and you will probably be able
> to read the
> high scores whatever is being displayed.
>
> At the time the dome was being built a 42" VGA plasma was about
10K.
> You can now get a 42" XGA plasma for under 6K.
>
> Still not cheap I know but the prices are now much lower for screens
of a
> much better resolution.
>
> Not wishing to put people off but merely pointing out that this kit
has
> been subjected to extreme use.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	White, Peter [SMTP:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	23 February 2001 23:10
> To:	'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject:	[ukha_d] Dome Auction
>
> All
>
> You might be interested in this - they seem to be selling EVERYTHING,
> including lots and lots of plasma screen TVs, plus loads of other AV
&
> security bits and pieces.
>
> Check out www.henrybutcher.com and follow the Dome links.  No guide
prices
> unforutnatly :-(
>
> Pete
>
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