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re: Do yall remember how exciting flat panel (plasma) TV's were when they first came out?
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:39 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:39 am to HubbaBubba
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The images on plasma, even at HD, can look so engrossing that side by side comparisons to 4K OLED can be difficult to determine which is which.
Maybe color gradient is better but frame rate/resolution/sharpness is no where close IMO.
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Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:40 am to sidewalkside
Our first tv was a big screen (11") Admiral we purchased in 1950 (b&w, of course - and one station - WDSU), for $300 (equivalent to about $3800 in 2023 dollars.)
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:41 am to Cfrobel
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Yep, purchased my Panasonic 42 inch plasma TV in 2007 for $2,500 and it finally died in 2016. Weighed an absolute ton but had a better picture than any TV I've had since.
Recently donated my 65” plasma from 2009. It legitimately weighed 147 lbs.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:41 am to blueridgeTiger
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Our first tv was a big screen (11") Admiral we purchased in 1950 (b&w, of course - and one station - WDSU), for $300 (equivalent to about $3800 in 2023 dollars.)
My dad wasn’t even born yet. 
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:42 am to Grievous Angel
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I remember spending 600 dollars in the early 90s on a Mitsubishi 27" tube TV.
We had one of those. Great TV in it's day, but maybe not as great as the Zenith 27" console circa 1964 that it replaced. The Zenith was nearly 30 years old when lightning took it out.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:43 am to CaptainsWafer
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Recently donated my 65” plasma from 2009. It legitimately weighed 147 lbs.
Did it have any burn in on the display, wasn't that the most damning drawback of having a plasma? The picture would quite literally burn into the screen after a while.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:44 am to Tasty Thrill
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The year 1970 made the VCR available to the average consumer.
I remember when laser discs came out. I was a wee little dude in the mall with my parents and the salesmen would play frisbee with the disc in the mall and then dramatically put it in a machine and a movie would play. We all stood there and watched the demo like people in the 1800's at the county fair looking at the Fat Lady.
People today are jaded to technology. What would it take in today's world to get a crowd of people to stop and watch something like that?
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:45 am to sidewalkside
My 1st fancy flat panel TV was a 42" that was $900 on a black friday deal. I saw a 75 at walmart for maybe $400 over the weekend.
Don't get me started on home computers circa 2000.
Don't get me started on home computers circa 2000.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:53 am to Broyota2
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Did it have any burn in on the display, wasn't that the most damning drawback of having a plasma? The picture would quite literally burn into the screen after a while.
No burns or any problems with it other than putting off a metric ton of heat.
Bought a cheap cheap 70” Roku tv for like $400 to replace it.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:54 am to Broyota2
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Did it have any burn in on the display, wasn't that the most damning drawback of having a plasma? The picture would quite literally burn into the screen after a while.
They fixed that around 2008/2009. Unless you had a static image on non-stop (like CNN on all day, the CNN logo would burn in).
OLED is having the same problem with burn in that plasma had though. And just like plasma it will get better over time.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:54 am to sidewalkside
My first plasma was a 50" and I paid almost 5k for it. 
It was heavy AF also....
It was heavy AF also....
Posted on 10/25/23 at 10:54 am to sidewalkside
quote:For some reason, I still have one. That fricker was built to last, it's probably 15 years old.
Do yall remember how exciting flat panel (plasma) TV's were when they first came out?
42 inch, heavy as frick. No plans to move any time soon, but it's definitely not coming to the next place whenever that may be.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:06 am to sidewalkside
When I was like 16, my dad decided it was time to get a "big screen" TV. Was a 42" rear projection and high definition had just come out. I don't think there were any flat screens out, and if there were, it was far from common. Having HD was a complete waste, because almost nothing was readily available in HD. But the size seemed huge at the time.
By the time I got to college 2 years later, that TV was bordering on obsolete. I recall realizing who had rich parents in college by seeing those that had a flat screen TV. Crazy to think now that a 42" flat screen TV is small and cheap to most people.
By the time I got to college 2 years later, that TV was bordering on obsolete. I recall realizing who had rich parents in college by seeing those that had a flat screen TV
. Crazy to think now that a 42" flat screen TV is small and cheap to most people. Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:11 am to sidewalkside
The first plasma TV I saw was in the AAFES electronics store in Germany. It was predominantly displayed right in the middle of the floor by itself. It was a 42 inch. They wanted $12998 for it. I thought they were insane because the great majority of people shopping there were broke arse lower enlisted people that had to finance a $750 TV.
This post was edited on 10/25/23 at 11:13 am
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:11 am to sidewalkside
Yeah I remember my dad paid over $5,000 from circuit city or Best Buy and it was a Sony WeGA “flat screen” Tube tv that weighed about 200 pounds
That was a behemoth of a damn tv
That was a behemoth of a damn tv
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:26 am to sidewalkside
Still remember seeing that $25k 42" Pioneer plasma in the store.
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:40 am to sidewalkside
First one I saw was at Frys in Arlington,Tx. It was a Phillips and not that great.
The Sony 34" crt HD and Panny 56" RPTV HD at
Best Buy had a better picture.
Later when Pioneer came out with their Kuro plasma, thoses were lusty.
The Sony 34" crt HD and Panny 56" RPTV HD at
Best Buy had a better picture.
Later when Pioneer came out with their Kuro plasma, thoses were lusty.
This post was edited on 10/25/23 at 11:42 am
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:47 am to GeauxTigerTM
I am still waiting for the ones that are no thinner than a shade and you can roll up and down like one. Then I can tune in to the scenery channel or watch 6 channels at once by voice command and then answer a call via the TV. Then get fired via Fax.
This post was edited on 10/25/23 at 11:49 am
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:48 am to HubbaBubba
quote:stop! stop!! he’s already dead
… *oh, and by the way geek boy…
Posted on 10/25/23 at 11:55 am to sidewalkside
I got a 2007 plasma as a hand me down from my parents and it worked until 2016. My LED tvs haven't made it past the 4 year mark.
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