New TV's ?

[Ichiban]

For a couple of bucks you can use Consumers Reports.org and get good reviews and great information before you purchase.  I'm not a guy that would spend thousands on a TV but the ones in that size range are expensive.  I've never gotten bad info from CR.

They have a pretty extensive "getting started" under the buying advice tab.  Well worth investing $20 for a subscription when compared to the price of the TV.

[Solus]

The plasma will go the way of the DoDo bird, get the LCD. You'll be fine.

Plasma is a great heat source in the winter, lousy in the summer.  It gets hot in front of the screen...and must be eating power.

I have a 50" plasma and it has enough inputs for cable, satellite, roof antenna and a few playback/record devices.  It has standard 2 speaker stereo.

If you can list a make and model, one of us can look at the specs and tell you what it can and can't do.

[Timothy]

Plasma TVs used about four times as much energy as the current LED on the market.  Plasmas, as someone has already stated, are becoming obsolete.

[fightingquaker13]

Here's a website to try. it doesn't tell you what to buy, but it tells you when based on when to get the best discounts. It also shows what's trending up and down.
FQ13

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/decide-launches-an-electronics-shopping-service-that-tells-you-when-to-buy-and-wait/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

[les snyder]

Timothy...you jogged my memory

Sansui Eight receiver
Dual 1219 turntable
Teac 4010 tape deck
Pioneer 99 speakers

did we have the same BX?

[Sponsor]

[Timothy]

Timothy...you jogged my memory

Sansui Eight receiver
Dual 1219 turntable
Teac 4010 tape deck
Pioneer 99 speakers

did we have the same BX?

I had the 4300 series I think.  It was the late seventies, the model numbers escape me now!

Pioneer pre-amp
Pioneer main amp
Technics direct drive turntable
JBL Century 100 speakers

I bought all of my stuff from the Navy Exchange when I was in Iceland for about 1500 bucks in '76 and sold it three years later for over 3K...

[TAB]

led is the way to go... did I mention they a light as hell too?   which would you rather hang, some that is 5' across and wieghts 10 lbs  or something that is 5' accross and weights 75 lbs?



<<<<<<<< can help when its time to run the wires and shit for the mount, so they won't be seen.

[shooter32]

Pioneer pre-amp
Pioneer main amp
Technics direct drive turntable
JBL Century 100 speakers

No reel to reel?   Nice set up, Tim!   


Bill, LED LCD for your new tv.

[Timothy]

No reel to reel?   Nice set up, Tim!   

Teac 4300 I think, look again...

It's all long gone now...at one time, we had four JBL speakers in a barracks room 12 x 12 and more watts than you can imagine!

Our barracks was party central in Iceland...I'm amazed I can still hear!

[fightingquaker13]

Teac 4300 I think, look again...

It's all long gone now...at one time, we had four JBL speakers in a barracks room 12 x 12 and more watts than you can imagine!

Our barracks was party central in Iceland...I'm amazed I can still hear!

Right there with you. Mine was an Alpine and it was cassetes, but still....To be young again!
FQ13

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