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Wait for the SEDs (Surface-conduction Emission Displays).
1 posted on 11/22/2004 1:18:02 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored

I'm waiting for thin CRT TVs. The tubes still have the best picture quality. Coming Soon -

"http://news.com.com/Slimmer+tube+TVs+to+challenge+flat+panels/2100-1041_3-5458670.html?tag=cnetfd.buzz"


2 posted on 11/22/2004 2:24:11 AM PST by orangelobster
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To: snarks_when_bored
My price point for a 42-inch flat panel is $500. Get back to me when it hits that. Why pay $3000 to watch crap?

--Boris

4 posted on 11/22/2004 7:10:41 AM PST by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
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To: snarks_when_bored
>Rapid evolution for flat panel TVs

Flyback transformers
are the Yasser Arafat
of electronics . . .

6 posted on 11/22/2004 7:15:53 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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"PDP screens have a shorter lifetime than an LCD and consume more power."

And those beautiful screens are not cheap. Pixel dropouts start within three years according to a tech I met who works with 'em.


9 posted on 12/01/2004 9:35:43 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: snarks_when_bored

I'm waiting for full-immersion holographs.


10 posted on 12/01/2004 9:38:02 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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