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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	29 Apr 2014 13:57
To:	ANT_THOMAS	8 of 40

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We've got a positively ancient Panasonic Viera that we bought 9 years ago. I don't look at sets in shops much these days but on the occasional walk around Currys or John Lewis I don't see much to make me want an 'update'. I know that these retailers don't make much effort to set things up right, but obvious problems such as the drop-off in picture quality on even high-end LCD models as you move off-axis is enough to put me off every moving away from plasma. Sorry to see Panasonic have stopped making plasma sets. I hope there are still a few around when our set finally curls up its little gas cells.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	18 Jun 2014 16:01
To:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	9 of 40

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Do you have a view on LG plasmas? The Panasonic one I had in mind isn't available at the good price anymore. I then found the Samsung PS51F5500 which looked a decent buy but they seem impossible to find. Now I'm on to LG plasmas. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	18 Jun 2014 23:22
To:	ANT_THOMAS	10 of 40

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Ooh dear.. Honestly I have no idea - I looked at Panasonic plasma, Samsung plasma and LG OLED - the OLED was too expensive (and has a stupid curve design), the Samsung was ok, and the Panasonic won in the end... I don't think they'd be bad really, it was a fairly mature tech before everyone killed it off - just pick one with reasonable reviews and maybe more than a year's warranty if you can? [...Insert Brain Here...]

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From:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	25 Jun 2014 13:30
To:	ANT_THOMAS	11 of 40

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AO.com do TVs now..! Even plasma - though yes, pretty much just LG and a token Samsung. [...Insert Brain Here...]

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	25 Jun 2014 13:41
To:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	12 of 40

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Just had an AO.com delivery about an hour ago! ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	25 Jun 2014 16:32
To:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	13 of 40

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It's pretty ridiculous how cheap those things are these days. If only I was in the market to replace our tiddy ikkle 43" LCD :/ bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	25 Jun 2014 17:50
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	14 of 40

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quote: ANT_THOMAS Just had an AO.com delivery about an hour ago! With a TV? 8-O quote: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) It's pretty ridiculous how cheap those things are these days. If only I was in the market to replace our tiddy ikkle 43" LCD :/ It is really, but then again that's the way with anything that can be produced cheaper due to mass "consumption". There's always an excuse to replace these things - we used to have a 40" LCD, now we have a 60" plasma... it looked absolutely ridiculously huge at first, now it just looks to be the right size. I'm kidding myself that I'm making up for the expense because we're not going to the cinema any more - every time we've been recently, we both ended up thinking it looks and sounds quite a bit worse than what we have at home; add in the irritating yoof and all the other stuff, and watching things at home becomes ever so appealing! [...Insert Brain Here...]

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	25 Jun 2014 20:05
To:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	15 of 40

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Unfortunately not. Just kitchen appliances. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Chris (CHRISSS)	3 Jul 2014 07:41
To:	ALL	16 of 40

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Looks like Samsung will be stopping manufacturing plasma TVs by November too. Me

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	3 Jul 2014 16:00
To:	ALL	17 of 40

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Indeed: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28143408 bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	milko	3 Jul 2014 16:07
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	18 of 40

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curved TVs, fucking hell.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	3 Jul 2014 16:27
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	19 of 40

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Quote: "Home-cinema connoisseurs will always have a soft spot for plasmas, but they have simply been technologically superseded," he said. No they haven't. LED LCDs aren't as good as Plasmas. The only Technology that is better is OLED which aren't really available to the masses. A thicker TV and larger bezel really doesn't bother someone who wants a better picture. All being said, I can see me buying an LED LCD if Panasonic don't put a suitable Plasma on their ebay store in the next month or so. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Manthorp	3 Jul 2014 22:05
To:	milko	20 of 40

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I want a cylindrical one I can place over my entire head. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	3 Jul 2014 22:52
To:	Manthorp	21 of 40

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https://developers.google.com/cardboard/ Close. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	4 Jul 2014 01:26
To:	Manthorp	22 of 40

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I want the entire world to be a TV and I a beer and popcorn scarfing infant in a La-Z-Boy that spins around whenever something is going to blow up or Lindsay Lohan is going to bare her titties. With some crystal meth to keep me awake through the boring bits. ---- "Ninety percent of Americans use the Internet. The other ten percent use the banjo."

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From:	Manthorp	4 Jul 2014 08:18
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	23 of 40

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We are the world, Smiffy. We are the people. I am actually Lindsay Lohan's best breast. "We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951 www.mynameislegion.org

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	4 Jul 2014 10:51
To:	ANT_THOMAS	24 of 40

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You may be right, but I suspect that it's the Betamax/VHS debate all over again. I have no real views on Lyndsay Lohan or her titties though. bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	4 Jul 2014 11:45
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	25 of 40

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Wanaaarghghghghhhg :-& X-S I hate it, HATE IT, when the Beeb (or some other news source which should be knowledgeable), spout things out of their ass. Quote: But they tend to use more electricity and are considerably bulkier than the now more popular liquid-crystal display (LCD) and light-emitting diode (LED) TVs. Yes they can - say, 500W versus 170W or something. Do you really care, with your electric ovens, halogen lights and other stuff? And if you buy something that's over 40" diagonally when you look at it, are you really going to feckin' care whether it's 5 or 3 cm thick after the initial "ooh look how thin it is" few minutes? Quote: "Plasma TVs can't be made a thin as LEDs, for example. People like stylish tellies." I've seen some abysmal-looking thin LEDs, and some rather handsome plasma displays; oh wait, I own one of the latter. Look at it, it's sexier than me in cycling clothes, it's sexier than Jennifer Lawrence from most angles too. Oh wait, you mentioned thin? So you make something thin so that it looks good on the wall, and then you cleverly ADD A FUCKING CURVE TO IT SO THAT IT NO LONGER SITS ON THE WALL PROPERLY?!?! WTF??? Quote:* "Home-cinema connoisseurs will always have a soft spot for plasmas, but they have simply been technologically superseded," he said. What Ant said, just with added anger. The only non-plasma display that could hope to make this statement true (IMNSHO) is not even out yet - the Panasonic AX902, out this autumn hopefully. The OLEDs certainly have the potential to do this too, but they're still expensive and have a few niggling issues; oh, and they're curved. (rave) don't try to stick things into the TV But you know what, there is, potentially, one good thing out of this: the "home-cinema connoisseurs" will let the wankxperts spout marketing diarrhoea out of their various orifices, and in the meantime those who actually have a clue will just enjoy their "technologically superseded" yet somehow mysteriously better gadgets. Obligatory: (hippo) [...Insert Brain Here...]*

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	4 Jul 2014 12:00
To:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	26 of 40

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Currently tempted with either the Panasonic TX-P55ST60B (£995) or TX-P50ST60B (£765) or TX-P50ST30B (£600). I can get the P55ST60B right now if I want but others are whether they turn up on the Panasonic Outlet store. £995 is probably really pushing things, though all furniture and other stuff is bought now. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Serg (NUKKLEAR)	4 Jul 2014 12:09
To:	ANT_THOMAS	27 of 40

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The ST60B is going to be better than the ST30B, funnily enough. It's a great TV for the money - what kind of warranty does it come with? Alternatively, Richer Sounds' warranty is decent enough too I think. [...Insert Brain Here...]

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