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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:09 AM Original message |
Flat-planels rule, old boob tube all but dead (AP/CNN) |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. LCD better than CRT, CRT better than plasma. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. One of my old thrift shop TVs conked out a couple of weeks ago |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree, totally, Warpy |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. LCDs are significantly better than CRT in regard to energy consumption |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. From what I undersatnd LCD's use less energy |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm keeping my tube TV as long as possible |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Maybe it is |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I see the same effect on all the current LCD's |
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montana500 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. refresh rates shouldnt matter on an LCD |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. I will say, in a household of close to a dozen televisions of all ages and |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. I would get a new one if I had the money. They are so high. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Unless you're looking for a monstrosity |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. 400 is not bad, I put them out of mind as I was told it was 1000. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Understood. I wouldn't know had my thrift shop TV |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'll just keep hanging on to my 28-yr. old Curtis Mathis 35 -inch console. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Plasma TV's cause nuclear plants. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well, they're quoting "a scientist". |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Actually there's a "scientist" who says electrical power consumption will... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Lovin's "message" is hard to interpret |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Lovins has no specifics. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. His org is Rocky Mountain Institute (rmi.org)-- site very heavy with buzzwo... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He has a M.S. in Physics. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. If I read this right, the problem is really... soccer games. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. CRT, Plasma, whatever the technology . . . |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. This reads like advertising hype. You are not happy until you have a big screen TV |
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