Hey does anyone know anything about plasma TVs? A neighbor of mine is selling one for $150, has no room for it, getting rid of stuff. It's a 50 inch. I have small TVs so this behemoth would be kinda cool and I figure I can't beat the price even if it craps out, plus it's only moving down the block, he has the orig box so I figure the likelihood of it torquing is minimal. Trouble is I really know nothing about TVs. Mine are pretty old.
fyi, I'd probably pay to have it wall-mounted on my fireplace – from what I hear plasmas are very heavy compared to LEDs, and I don't think setting on a table would be stable enough.
also plasma TVs eventually lose their picture clarity, as the plasma burns out the phosphors. Caveat emptor. How old is it? have you gotten a good look at how it behaves? tell me the make and model and I'd research it for you.
I bought a plasma by mistake once. I decided to keep it, and mounted it on the wall in my bedroom. At first it was beyond dark, and I had to tweak the settings. I kinda miss those brightness knobs and such. Anyway, I like it as much as any of my others. If you do buy it, do NOT lay it flat to transport it. Good way to fry it.
I figure for the price and since it's just down the street it won't kill me to take it unless there's some huge reason not to. I have two TVs, both are not much bigger than my computer screen, so for $150 I really can't buy even another one the size of my two, so might as well. He's been posting about it for a while now and no one's taken it. Everyone wanted his cool coffee table, though, lol. He's in Japan right now but he'll be home this weekend.
I actually hardly ever watch TV, maybe a few times a month I watch movies, so maybe not worth it, but it just seems like a deal. I know the guy, he wouldn't sell me a lemon. He's just never used this and now they need the space.
get that fucking telescope of yours out there, sucker
I have a 50" plasma I bought 7-8 years ago. It's technically obsolete compared to the new LCDs and LEDs, but it looks great. Plasma TV's are actually far superior to LCD/LED technology for movie watching, their blacks are blacker (insert Spinal Tap joke here) and their contrast is better, plus they don't suffer from motion artifacts- something that the new TVs are just catching up to eliminating with the 240hz refresh and better pixel resolution. Plasmas are much heavier, but not prohibitively so (hanging one on the wall requires a quality wall mount and you have to hit the studs). The new next greatest thing is OLED (organic LED) which look amazing, especially at 4kHz (and are thin and can be curved) but are expensive- especially compared to a $150 used Plasma. Unfortunately Plasma technology lost out in the format wars- it's much cheaper to make LCDs or LEDs.The other thing you give up with older TVs is Smart TV tech, especially WiFi Smart TV (my Plasma is Smart, but not Wifi, so I'd have to plug in an ethernet cable to use the Smart apps and/or update firmware). Don't buy a cheap or off brand LCD/LED, they don't necessarily look very good. Unless you're planning on dropping $600 minimum, you'll probably get a better deal buying the used Plasma- make sure that there are no burn in marks on the screen (plasmas have screen savers for that reason)
Zip, I've heard good things about the contrast. What about power consumption?
I have a 42" LCD TV, 10 years old, that draws 100W. Will be interesting to see what comes out in the next few years. Maybe in the next year or two I get a 4k monitor for my computer…
they're not nearly as efficient . I've been eyeballing the LG OLED as a replacement, maybe jump to 55" or 60". They're one of the best rated OLEDs of 2016, far better picture most competitors and wafer thin and light (very stingy on electricity too). I'm just having troubles justifying throwing nearly 2K at a damned TV, lol
|So serene.|
That will always be funny.
He can't take our goat screams.
When he pries them from my cold, dead eardrums.
This is not a matter of opinion. Empirically, this is funny.
They seem tense. Maybe they need to go to goat yoga.
Downward facing goat.
Goatus position.
NYT should stick to reporting like this.
Often the key to success is 'stay within yourself ' .
I thought they already had the whole navel-gazing thing down, such as in the "Lifestyle" and "Real Estate" sections.
Yeah, I mean , just change the name to NY L&RE
I read that as "NY LIAR." Given their crappy coverage of this election, I might be on to something…
"The | Lyre | whose strings give music audible To holy ears" – Lowell
as long as "your navel" means a 14 million spread in The Hamptons, sure.
"The Case for Goats in Iraq", by Judith Miller
Hey does anyone know anything about plasma TVs? A neighbor of mine is selling one for $150, has no room for it, getting rid of stuff. It's a 50 inch. I have small TVs so this behemoth would be kinda cool and I figure I can't beat the price even if it craps out, plus it's only moving down the block, he has the orig box so I figure the likelihood of it torquing is minimal. Trouble is I really know nothing about TVs. Mine are pretty old.
fyi, I'd probably pay to have it wall-mounted on my fireplace – from what I hear plasmas are very heavy compared to LEDs, and I don't think setting on a table would be stable enough.
not a fan of plasma TVs. They use a lot of 'lectricity compared to LED TVs. Find out how much power it draws before you buy such a beast.
also plasma TVs eventually lose their picture clarity, as the plasma burns out the phosphors. Caveat emptor. How old is it? have you gotten a good look at how it behaves? tell me the make and model and I'd research it for you.
Mine hasn't faded at all, despite years of regular use
I bought a plasma by mistake once. I decided to keep it, and mounted it on the wall in my bedroom. At first it was beyond dark, and I had to tweak the settings. I kinda miss those brightness knobs and such. Anyway, I like it as much as any of my others. If you do buy it, do NOT lay it flat to transport it. Good way to fry it.
I figure for the price and since it's just down the street it won't kill me to take it unless there's some huge reason not to. I have two TVs, both are not much bigger than my computer screen, so for $150 I really can't buy even another one the size of my two, so might as well. He's been posting about it for a while now and no one's taken it. Everyone wanted his cool coffee table, though, lol. He's in Japan right now but he'll be home this weekend.
I actually hardly ever watch TV, maybe a few times a month I watch movies, so maybe not worth it, but it just seems like a deal. I know the guy, he wouldn't sell me a lemon. He's just never used this and now they need the space.
I've blown more than a buck fiddy at happy hour before, and got nothing to show for it. I don't think you can get hurt.
Wish I hardly ever watched, but it's become my primary source of entertainment. Not much to do out in the sticks after dark.
get that fucking telescope of yours out there, sucker
I have a 50" plasma I bought 7-8 years ago. It's technically obsolete compared to the new LCDs and LEDs, but it looks great. Plasma TV's are actually far superior to LCD/LED technology for movie watching, their blacks are blacker (insert Spinal Tap joke here) and their contrast is better, plus they don't suffer from motion artifacts- something that the new TVs are just catching up to eliminating with the 240hz refresh and better pixel resolution. Plasmas are much heavier, but not prohibitively so (hanging one on the wall requires a quality wall mount and you have to hit the studs). The new next greatest thing is OLED (organic LED) which look amazing, especially at 4kHz (and are thin and can be curved) but are expensive- especially compared to a $150 used Plasma. Unfortunately Plasma technology lost out in the format wars- it's much cheaper to make LCDs or LEDs.The other thing you give up with older TVs is Smart TV tech, especially WiFi Smart TV (my Plasma is Smart, but not Wifi, so I'd have to plug in an ethernet cable to use the Smart apps and/or update firmware). Don't buy a cheap or off brand LCD/LED, they don't necessarily look very good. Unless you're planning on dropping $600 minimum, you'll probably get a better deal buying the used Plasma- make sure that there are no burn in marks on the screen (plasmas have screen savers for that reason)
Zip, I've heard good things about the contrast. What about power consumption?
I have a 42" LCD TV, 10 years old, that draws 100W. Will be interesting to see what comes out in the next few years. Maybe in the next year or two I get a 4k monitor for my computer…
they're not nearly as efficient . I've been eyeballing the LG OLED as a replacement, maybe jump to 55" or 60". They're one of the best rated OLEDs of 2016, far better picture most competitors and wafer thin and light (very stingy on electricity too). I'm just having troubles justifying throwing nearly 2K at a damned TV, lol
Yeah, a 5 foot tv seems a bit much for me, as does $2k, but I'm liking where oled is going. Next up, solar cells!
I'd go for the |Kuba Komet.|
<img src="https://db9gj0e1kg167.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kuba-komet3.jpg"> The trellis and picket fence make it particularly attractive.
Wow! It looks like it's moving even when still! (no it doesn't.)
https://twitter.com/ziyatong/status/8080252128140…
Got a match?
Note: not for use near plasma TVs
That. Is. Hilarious!
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Must've been intended for the "poor door" leading to low-income housing developers are required to include in their projects.
Or, maybe the regular entrance.
in through the out door?
Flying Buttresses
Well played, sir
HA! I just got back from yoga class. Not one as fun as this one apparently is, however.
Am I looking at the post pic correctly and that goat on that woman is in a 3 point stance?
how hot does it get up there? any smoke?
Zip raises a good point. Heat and smoke – not good.
speaking as someone who lives at the top of a populated hill- I fucking hate wood burning stoves and fireplaces
I never use the fireplace. Fires and candles freak me out. I get worried even about leaving the curling iron on (as I should.)
A good friend of mind lived in Albany, Oregon, but died this past spring. RIP, Dude.
and a handle is a pointer to a pointer?
I C what you did there.
Somebody's gotta compact this heap from time to time.