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How is the service life on these new emitters?
It's not mentioned and is an issue with current OLED.

I'll be in the market for a FPTV next year. Plasma
is already off the short list due to life-cycle issues
(burn-in of the active area, and not of the windowboxed
or letterboxed areas, leading to eventual visible
framing artifacts). Rear-projections of all kinds is
out due to the hot-spot effect.

LCD is the leading contender, but a long-lived OLED
might get some notice.

life cycle is up to 60,000 hours. and the better sets have anti burn-in methods in them. so long as you purposely don't do anything "crazy" with a plasma (like watching 4:3 with black sidebars all the time), its solid technology.

Well I really can't say..i haven't kept that
close attention on the MTBF rates, other than
to have read that the longivity has grown. I *did*
read an article n the last week or so, that a
company had dramatically increased the lifetime
well into "TV set lifetime expectancy" range, but
i believe it was a monochrome unit that was testing
so good.

OLEDs are still on the horizon, but in the last couple
of years, that "horizon" seems to have dropped from
about 10 years, down to seven, and then five, and
with this "forward looking statement" :o) may be
down to 2 or 3 years.

Personally, if i were in the market for a new
screen..I figure (MY opinion) that it's gonna
be a much better market in a few years, than
it is now..So, 2 options:

Option !. (the money to burn) option: *I'd*, buy an LCD projector with TV compatability options.

Option 2.
(The one i'd most likey end up going with) Buy
a large screen CRT, and save my money for the eye candy
screen that will be on the market 2 to 3 years from now.

I am of an opinion that in this particyular situation,
procrastination, will only increase your options, choices
and bang for your buck. If you are a "bleeding edge kinda guy", there will still be lots of room and OEMs ready to grab your cash then, too. They aren't going to "perfect"
"TV" in the next 2 or 3 years. :o)