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- Jan 1, 1970
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42" Plasma TV (Sony FWD-42PX2S): rated at 350w
46" LCD TV (Sony KDL-46S3000): rated at 215w
34" CRT TV (Sony WEGA KD-34XBR970): rated at 240w
So, Plasma is a tad bit more than tube. LCD is much less than either.
If you have two or three 100w light bulbs left on in unused rooms, it's
about the same thing. "Power hogs" ?? I don't think so.
I wish we could find a comparison of all the same size sets. I guess
they dont make small Plasma sets though, and what is the limit of a
CRT size? I do know the LCD sets come in all sizes though. I just
looked at one a few days ago which was a 19". Nice picture, but
costly. I would never buy a tv larger than 25". I dont have room for
it. I also do not care for loud blaring sound on a tv. Just a plain
single speaker is fine with me, stereo is a little better.
My current tv is a 25" CRT stereo with 2 small speakers. That's all I
want on a TV. I occasionally like listening to music kind of loud on
my stereo, but having commercials blasting on a tv is not my cup of
tea. When I was a Best Buy and asking some questions about a tv, they
had a display that was so loud I could not hear the guy and I had to
yell and repeat many times. I finally asked the guy to turn that damn
thing down. If he hadn't, I would have walked out the store.
On the other hand, I have seen some of the SDTV sets in the stores
with a CRT that look really nice. I dont think they make a HDTV with
CRT (or do they?).
One other thing, I noticed a demo tv at B.B. It showed a split
screen. One one side it said HDTV, the other side said Conventional.
I spent awhile looking at it. The pictures were identical, but on the
HDTV side they were much brighter. After awhile I realized all they
really did was lower the brightness and contrast on the "conventional"
side. In other words, it was just fake. If for no other reason, it
was on the same screen. I see no way they could have half the screen
being LCD and the other half being CRT, or LCD conventional. Just
another advertising gimmick.