All I care is that they vanish from my neighborhood.
They need to go now and stay gone.
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Howard Leadmon
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:28 PM
To: 'Diane and Edward Swynar'; 'Roger (K8RI)'; rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Plasma TV's are killing our hobby
Not to be the devil's advocate, but being a Ham and also a Home Theater
enthusiast, Plasma has some very distinct advantages over LCD tech at this
point in time, so I seriously doubt they are just going to vanish overnight.
I myself even have some Plasma based sets, but I think with the better
quality models you do get better builds as would be expected.
That said, plasma has MUCH wider viewing angles than LCD's while
maintaining
color accuracy and brightness levels. Yes that has improved in more modern
LCD sets, but with a Plasma set you can damn have a true 180 degree viewing
experience is desired. Also screen refresh rates are much faster on
Plasma, why they don't suffer from the motion blur that is so common on LCD.
Last by not least, black levels, and LED dimming for LCD backlighting has
improved LCD tech a great deal, but you still can't beat the black levels of
a good plasma (yes there are cheaper ones that don't perform as well), plus
in general you will find the brightness transitions are also better as shown
in many tests.
So though there are some great LCD sets on the market, when it comes to
eeking out the best possible image quality, and theater movie accuracy, LCD
still can't beat Plasma, so until that changes, I don't think your going to
see them vanish from the marketplace...
73's..
---
Howard Leadmon - WB3FFV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Diane and Edward Swynar
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 8:33 AM
> To: Roger (K8RI); rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Plasma TV's are killing our hobby
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just as Roger says, plasma TVs seem to be eclipsed more & more on the
> consumer market by other (RFI-friendly) technologies...
>
> A friend of mine recently had his 5 year old big screen TV "expire" on
him,
so
> he paid a visit to a local TV repair shop (rare though they are anymore in
this
> throw-away society we live in) to get the tekkie's opinion. Well, the guy
had a
> back room just FULL of big TV screens, lining the walls...
>
> When my buddy asked if he could maybe buy one of them on-the-cheap &
> avoid an otherwise expensive repair on his own set, the proprietor told
him
to
> forget about it---all the TVs in that room were plasma types that had died
> premature deaths themselves...
>
> The guy went on to say that plasma TVs were a waste of money in that they
> don't last long, they run HOT, & they're energy hogs. He also said that as
fast
> as the plamas come into his shop, they're replaced by LED / LCD
televisions.
>
> In short, the days of plasma TVs are---mercifully---numbered. But I
continue
> to scratch my head in wonder as to how the federal regulatory bodies in
both
> Canada & the USA "type accepted" these abominable RFI-generators for
> consumer use in the first place.
>
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
>
> *****************************************
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
> To: <rfi@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 6:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Plasma TV's are killing our hobby
>
>
> >
> >
> > On 12/31/2010 4:44 AM, Tony wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I recently discovered that a neighbors Plasma TV has been the source
of
> > > interference I've been experiencing on HF. Needless to say, it's
> > > difficult to hear much while beaming in his direction and if it wasn't
> > > for the fact that I'm far enough away to null the noise in other
> > > directions, I'd be off the air.
> > Take heart, it may take a long time, but the plasma is steadily losing
> > market share and the shortcomings of LCDs are being rapidly overcome to
> > the point where they are far more popular than the plasma.
> >
> > Plasmas are much heavier, take more power, and depending on who you
> talk
> > to, have a shorter life than LCDs, particularly the new LCDs that use an
> > LED light source. Of course the light sources can be replaced in LCDs
> > but not in the Plasma.
> >
> > Here too I have noises I've yet to explain, or find, but in general HF
> > is pretty good and I've had only a few noise problems on 75 and 40 this
> > winter and I'm not so sure they were even in the neighborhood.
> >
> > 73 and good luck
> > happy New Year,
> >
> > Roger (K8RI)
> > > To add insult to injury, the same noise has turned up on another beam
> > > heading, but fortunately, it's much weaker and not nearly as
intrusive.
> > > The fact that it was discovered a day after Christmas leads me to
> > > believe that someone received a new Plasma for the holiday.
> > >
> > > I hate to say it folks, but I think it's only a matter of time before
we
> > > become overwhelmed with devices like these, especially in areas like
> > > mine where neighbors are within 100 feet of each other.
> > >
> > > We're fortunate that our utility company has a special investigator
who
> > > does a terrific job solving RFI issues, so we will pursue this one. I
> > > feel for those who aren't so lucky.
> > >
> > > Tony -K2MO
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