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Arc said:

The Howling Wolves said:

Arc said:

Going to Bring my new lappy home

What kind of lappy did you get?
Specs?

Just got it It's a Dell .
It contains Core i3 , 4 Gb RAM , 500 GB storage , True life 1366x768 resolution , nd various readers ... not even checked everything .

Looks like a nice lappy, congrats.

Let us know more about it, when you get done with the preliminaries.

I just bought a 58" plasma for my GF's birthday. My wallet and I just shed a tear

smarteyeball said:

I just bought a 58" plasma for my GF's birthday. My wallet and I just shed a tear

Hmmm, what made you choose a plasma over a LCD? Just curious? A Guy

A Guy said:

smarteyeball said:

I just bought a 58" plasma for my GF's birthday. My wallet and I just shed a tear

Hmmm, what made you choose a plasma over a LCD? Just curious? A Guy

I researched the heck out of this and decided on plasma because:

A) Bang for buck (the cost of a 58" 3D capable LCD/LED is enough to make me weep openly )
B) Faster motion response for sports/games over LCD
C) Better colour reproduction/black levels
D) Permanent burn in, Image retention has been significantly improved over older plasmas.
E) This set in particular supposedly handles SD content a bit better than any other plasma/LCD/LED on our market. The majority of our free to air channels are on the low end of 'HD'

All three currently available types here: plasma, LCD, Edge lit LED have their strengths and weaknesses and plasma seemed to be the one that ticked most of the right boxes for my needs.

Fingers crossed my research pans out...

derekimo said:

Nice! That's the way to watch TV.

Is that what she wanted or were you just guessing?

Considering I'm still watching TV on a 4:3 CRT - I figured it was time to join the now

My GF has poor eyesight, so anything bigger than what we currently have would have made her happy.

Considerably bigger makes me happy. It's a win/win situation

smarteyeball said:

Considering I'm still watching TV on a 4:3 CRT - I figured it was time to join the now

My GF has poor eyesight, so anything bigger than what we currently have would have made her happy.

Considerably bigger makes me happy. It's a win/win situation

Yeah, big is great, it's a whole other experience. You get used to the 4:3 content being "fat" rather quickly. I have a 55" LCOS projection set, and it's great. Enjoy your present for "her", lol. A Guy

smarteyeball said:

I just bought a 58" plasma for my GF's birthday. My wallet and I just shed a tear

Sounds delicious. Enjoy that.

A Guy said:

Yeah, big is great, it's a whole other experience. You get used to the 4:3 content being "fat" rather quickly. I have a 55" LCOS projection set, and it's great. Enjoy your present for "her", lol. A Guy

heh heh - I'll enjoy - heck, I might even let her use it :roflamo:

I've been holding out for years on a big screen. Finally having a 'justification' helped :)

Airbot said:

Sounds delicious. Enjoy that.

Cheers mate. I think this may be my last big ticket purchase for quite a while though....

Congrats mate, we'll just let her think it's for her eh.

smarteyeball said:

I researched the heck out of this and decided on plasma because:

A) Bang for buck (the cost of a 58" 3D capable LCD/LED is enough to make me weep openly )
B) Faster motion response for sports/games over LCD
C) Better colour reproduction/black levels
D) Permanent burn in, Image retention has been significantly improved over older plasmas.
E) This set in particular supposedly handles SD content a bit better than any other plasma/LCD/LED on our market. The majority of our free to air channels are on the low end of 'HD'

Top Tip: let her hold the remote once a week!