Looking for a good LED DLP, plasma

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Nov 30, 2008 | 03:30 PM

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Saki GT

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Originally Posted by vader1,Nov 25 2008, 11:32 AM

I have not a single regret about my dlp, even though I am supposed to change a $100 bulb every 10,000 hours. For the price and picture quality, you can not beat it.

That's what I'm thinking - plasmas and LCDs are supposed to last 60,000 hours before 50% fade - thats 6 $100 bulbs for a 10,000 DLP tv, so $600-$900 in maint versus $1500 savings between a $1500 DLP and a $3000 plasma. The best part of the bulbs is you get refreshed brightness - something you can't get in a plasma or LCD. Now that i think about it, maybe I want a bulb DLP over an LED DLP...

Nov 30, 2008 | 03:46 PM

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I bet you will only set your plasma to ~50% brightness from the get go, so in 60,000 hours, you can crank it up to 100% and get back to where you started. 6.8 years is a long time to be watching tv..