Re: Plasma Advice

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

White, Peter wrote:

> SWMBO's main concern is the life of the set before it starts to go gre= y or
> burn out.  I've seen quoted elsewhere a reasonable life of 10,000= hrs for a
> plasma - is this correct?  Based on those figures, if the TV's on= for
> 5hrs a
> day, and it's watched 5 days per week, that gives just under 8 years l= ife,
> which doesn't seem too bad, assuming the quality doesn't tail-off afte= r
> 5,000 hours, and starts to look very bad at 10,000.  Anybody got = any
> thoughts on this, or other recommendations?  Richers also do a > warranty for
> 3 years at =A3250, is this money well spent?

I've always been pesimistic about plasma, particularly due to their
finite life, and normally quote the 8-10 year life whenever people ask, but one of my colleagues' father purchased a Panasonic plasma from House of Fraser and he got a *20 year* guarantee on it.... I don't know what
the details where of wether it was included free or was an optional
extra etc, but that could be a viable option to get 2 for the price of
one as it where. Of course, the small print probably says that it's
10,000 hours over 20 years, and exceeding this invalidates it etc..... :\
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Doogie

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