F...TVs

[MTK]

Originally Posted by saden1

This statement is utter nonsense and should be ignored. If you leave your Plasma TV on 24/7 its half-life (time before the brightness of the TV is half what it use to be) is ~11 years. If you intend to watch your TV 6 hours a day you're looking at a half-life of ~30 years. I very much doubt you will be able to find replacement parts for your TV after 10 to 15 years let alone 30 years.

Note that this calculation is based on older Plasma models that were rated 30,000 hours.

Now they're up to what, 65 or 70k I believe?

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Now they're up to what, 65 or 70k I believe?

They're up to 100K now though that figure is a bit suspect because it's based on theoretical calculation with optimal conditions.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Now they're up to what, 65 or 70k I believe?

from what I have learned and many others it really doesn't matter the life span of the screen it is the circuit boarders inside that go way before the screen ever does.