RE: Dome Auction

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

Cheers Keith.

I've actually been *VERY* disappointed with plasma screens to date ... they
really do seem to be the perfect solution to the old problem of big screen
TV in a typical UK sized house.

However, I looked into the plasma screen market fairly carefully about 18
months ago when my employer was looking for something to give a bit of wow
factor to the boardroom and the only one that was in any way suitable for
what we needed (video plus graphics) was the 50" Pioneer. When I
looked
about 6 - 8 months ago for myself I started at the 50" Pioneer (then
£10.5k)
but even that wasn't up to what I considered to be a good enough standard.
The contrast wasn't great, it leaked charge between pixels giving a glowing
edge to film credits and - well, there was a whole list at the time which
I've forgotten by now.

It's like anything that you see ... you have to get past the immediate
impressiveness of a 50" screen in a package that you can hang on the
wall
and actually look at the resultant performance.

I would say that we're still a few years away from the ideal plasma screen.

Oh yeah ... one other thing about the plasmas that I disliked. THE FAN
NOISE! If anyone has left the 40" plasma running in the boardroom then
I can
hear it as I pass the boardroom door.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 February 2001 13:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Dome Auction
>
>
> Thanks for the confirmation Phil.
>
> One other thing I forgot to mention.... the screens we were
> offered had been
> fitted with high contrast anti glare screens to improve the visibility
> (smoked glass screen) and if you have ever tried an anti glare screen
on
> your PC monitor you will realise just how much light gets absorbed by
the
> anti-glare screen meaning you have to drive the monitor/plasma even
harder
> :-(
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 February 2001 12:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Dome Auction
>
>
>
> 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
>
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