Plasma TVs don't last as long, LCD is the wave of the future.
Bill Bentley wrote:
I recommend LCD over Plasma
Picture is noticeably brighter and is not subject to burn in either...
Bill
----- Original Message -----
*From:* David Locklear <mailto:dlocklea...@ev1.net>
*To:* Cavetex <mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:20 PM
*Subject:* [Texascavers] off-topic: consumer tip
This post of for any cavers planning to buy a new plasma
TV. ( If you are going to watch cave-related documentaries,
you need one, right? )
Before you rush out and join the Jones' in getting a new plasma
TV, there is something I recommend you look at first.
At the CostCo store, they sell a TV cabinet where a remote
control raises and lowers the plasma TV into a hideaway compartment.
When closed it resembles a buffet-style cabinet and you would
never know a TV was inside. But press a button on the remote,
and the TV magically rises from the cabinet like something out of a
science-fiction movie.
It could be called a "Motorized Hideaway TV Cabinet," but I think
it will get a simpler name like "Plasma Pop-up System," and then
it will get some fancy acronym, like PPS. So you can tell
your neighbors that you just bought a 60" HDTVPPS.
I am willing to bet that a large segment of the TV consumers are
going to be obsessed with this in the coming years. I am
willing to
go so far as to say, this idea is almost as significant as the arrival
of the TV remote itself, and maybe even the VCR. I doubt this
particular cabinet will be a big seller, but it will lead to similar
products that are desirable to the TV consumer, such as what you
see with in-dash car DVD players. I believe that once people
see this, they are going to want a plasma TV; when before, it
really wasn't important to them.
New TV buyers will someday be faced with a decision between
several ways of hiding the TV. Maybe in a few generations,
houses will have the TV hidden into the floor.
I would like to make a disclaimer: I do not approve of
keeping up with Jones', and believe you should continue
to watch your tube TV, if it suits you. I would also like
to add, that general public spends too much time watching
TV.
David Locklear
