flat screen

[fastupslowdown]

Just wondering if i'm the last person still using his plasma TV. I've decided i'll get an OLED when it fails but it just keeps going and I can't detect any degradation -Mike G

[robin3mj]

My folks were visiting this weekend and we got to talking about TVs. We have a Samsung DLP from 2005 that won’t die. It’s not our primary TV these days but still that’s impressive. I replaced the color wheel ($20 part and 20 mins work) around 2012 and nothing since. Samsung has earned our loyalty and we have two more in the house with zero problems. I’d say pick your size and price point and buy without hesitation, if you’re in the market for a new one.

[fastupslowdown]

My folks were visiting this weekend and we got to talking about TVs. We have a Samsung DLP from 2005 that won’t die. It’s not our primary TV these days but still that’s impressive. I replaced the color wheel ($20 part and 20 mins work) around 2012 and nothing since. Samsung has earned our loyalty and we have two more in the house with zero problems. I’d say pick your size and price point and buy without hesitation, if you’re in the market for a new one.

My bedroom TV is a Samsung LED, not as old as the plasma but up there none the less. Still going strong as well. I don't use it nearly as often as the living room unit

[NYCfixie]

I'm a luddite and we only have 1 TV.

It was a Sony 27" tube TV until 2006 when it finally died.

We are still using the 40" Sony LCD we bought in 2006.
We have high-def cable, streaming services, and a DVD player that upscales to 720p.

[j44ke]

Just wondering if i'm the last person still using his plasma TV. I've decided i'll get an OLED when it fails but it just keeps going and I can't detect any degradation -Mike G

Hey Mike - why was this in the Handmade Gallery? Are you planning on building this from scratch? If so, let me know. Otherwise you now have the record for most threads begun in the wrong category.

[Saab2000]

Hey Mike - why was this in the Handmade Gallery? Are you planning on building this from scratch? If so, let me know. Otherwise you now have the record for most threads begun in the wrong category.

Probably trying to tap the artisanal handmade OLED tv market. Small but growing niche of TV fabricators who work in different materials. NAHMTVS is an untapped thing.

[j44ke]

Probably trying to tap the artisanal handmade OLED tv market. Small but growing niche of TV fabricators who work in different materials. NAHMTVS is an untapped thing.

You kids and your crafts.

[SlowPokePete]

Just wondering if i'm the last person still using his plasma TV. I've decided i'll get an OLED when it fails but it just keeps going and I can't detect any degradation -Mike G

50" Panasonic plasma still in use provides excellent heat source in the colder months.

We do have an LED television in the bedroom, only because one of my tech savvy siblings upgraded and gave it to us.

That one is rarely used, though.

SPP

[fastupslowdown]

Hey Mike - why was this in the Handmade Gallery? Are you planning on building this from scratch? If so, let me know. Otherwise you now have the record for most threads begun in the wrong category.

i'm sorry, i posted in the wrong section. i'll stop posting as i'm too incompetent to use the board

[j44ke]

i'm sorry, i posted in the wrong section. i'll stop posting as i'm too incompetent to use the board

Exile not required.

[bigbill]

I have a 50" Vizio that I bought in 2014. It has moved cross country once and locally twice. Works like a champ with no issues at all. I've got a nice Sony soundbar, and we stream TV so almost everything I watch is theater quality. I have a 27" 4K Samsung monitor in my office that I use with Zwift. I go outside a lot.

[Bob Ross]

I still have a >10-year-old 50" Panasonic plasma display as my main (only) television in the New York residence. tbh I think it looks like shit -- its black levels are more like "beef stew levels" -- but until it stops working there are no plans to replace/update.

In AZ we have a 55" Samsung LED that's gotta be ~5 years old. Again, no plans to update until it dies...but when we do update that display it probably won't be to an OLED: To much ambient daylight in the Living Room, so will probably stick w/ conventional LED for this space.

[fastupslowdown]

I still have a >10-year-old 50" Panasonic plasma display as my main (only) television in the New York residence. tbh I think it looks like shit -- its black levels are more like "beef stew levels" -- but until it stops working there are no plans to replace/update.

In AZ we have a 55" Samsung LED that's gotta be ~5 years old. Again, no plans to update until it dies...but when we do update that display it probably won't be to an OLED: To much ambient daylight in the Living Room, so will probably stick w/ conventional LED for this space.

It will definitely be OLED for me too. They've gotten the size to 46 inches. I still think the 42 inch plasma I have is the perfect size. I can hope, right? I"m with you though, I don't like throwing things out before they break. Although I did throw out a perfectly good CRT 35 inch when I moved into my current place because I wanted a more streamlined look and go HD. My 42 inch plasma is a 2002-2003 model. The blacks seem pretty black to me. Maybe I'm used to it :)

[Bob Ross]

It will definitely be OLED for me too.

I said it probably won't be an OLED for me.

They've gotten the size to 46 inches. I still think the 42 inch plasma I have is the perfect size. I can hope, right?

Your wish already came true: Sony XR42A90K is a 42 inch OLED display. https://electronics.sony.com/tv-vide...tvs/p/xr42a90k

[sk_tle]

My folks were visiting this weekend and we got to talking about TVs. We have a Samsung DLP from 2005 that won’t die. It’s not our primary TV these days but still that’s impressive. I replaced the color wheel ($20 part and 20 mins work) around 2012 and nothing since. Samsung has earned our loyalty and we have two more in the house with zero problems. I’d say pick your size and price point and buy without hesitation, if you’re in the market for a new one.

I am gobsmacked that we could find a 17y lifetime impressive when there are still 45-50y old tube TVs around.

[j44ke]

I am gobsmacked that we could find a 17y lifetime impressive when there are still 45-50y old tube TVs around.

Dude, if you have a tube TV, we need a B&W photo printed with an enlarger from film developed in your bathroom with all the light leaks taped shut or it didn't happen.

[72gmc]

I'd probably like the option of a modern flat screen that turned off in the old shrinking-spot-of-light-in-the-middle way ...

[sk_tle]

Dude, if you have a tube TV, we need a B&W photo printed with an enlarger from film developed in your bathroom with all the light leaks taped shut or it didn't happen.

I don't have one in my appartment but my parents still use their old hitachi tube tv in their bedroom. They bought it the same year my eldest brother was born, in 1977.

My brother and I also have a much younger one from the 90's that we use to play the old Sega megadrive console with our nephews. Some visual effects at the time relied on the particularities of the tube TVs and don't render well with an LCD.

Sorry can't take a picture of them, I am 10000 km from there right now.

[rec head]

Hey Mike - why was this in the Handmade Gallery? Are you planning on building this from scratch? If so, let me know. Otherwise you now have the record for most threads begun in the wrong category.

i'm sorry, i posted in the wrong section. i'll stop posting as i'm too incompetent to use the board

Never would have happened if you were using a new 8k monitor to render all of the Vsalon glory.

We only have 1 TV and it is a huge OLED but I still miss 3D on my old plasma.

[Saab2000]

Dude, if you have a tube TV, we need a B&W photo printed with an enlarger from film developed in your bathroom with all the light leaks taped shut or it didn't happen.

Funny story - as recently as only about a decade or 12 years ago when I was living part time in Virginia Beach, the room I was renting at my buddy’s house had a 1980s console TV. You know, the ones with the huge speakers on each side and a 25 or so inch tube TV in the middle. It wasn’t just a TV, it was a piece of furniture. Shockingly, it not only all worked, the experience was great. The TV picture was surprisingly good and the sound quality was incredible, for a TV. We’re not making TV great again, but honestly, I was surprised by how good that was for the short time it lasted.