TopGun Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 To be phased out like incandescent lightbulbs for using too much energy. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/giant-plasma-tvs-face-ban-in-battle-to-green-britain-1299665.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 Fair enough. I've never noticed the difference anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 I had better buy myself that 42" LG I've had my eye on soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 Knew it would happen. But what are they going to do about these DAB radios then..? They consume upto 20 times as much electricity as the equivalent FM/AM radio. Oh dear. Digital can be costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 Lord, save us from the 100W lightbulb. FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted 11 January, 2009 Share Posted 11 January, 2009 Knew it would happen. But what are they going to do about these DAB radios then..? They consume upto 20 times as much electricity as the equivalent FM/AM radio. Oh dear. Digital can be costly. I had a wind up radio being the eco warrior that i am but unfortunately during a recent power cut i overwound it and the spring ****ed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 13 January, 2009 Share Posted 13 January, 2009 I had a wind up radio being the eco warrior that i am but unfortunately during a recent power cut i overwound it and the spring ****ed up. Oh dear, that's a shame. Hope you didn't break a foo-foo valve doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFartPants Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 Not being up on TV's, what is the most modern type at the moment? Is Plasma already old hat? Was it the Plasma ones that would burn logos into your screen in the top corners such as Sky One etc or even burn parts of stationary games into them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 Not being up on TV's, what is the most modern type at the moment? Is Plasma already old hat? Was it the Plasma ones that would burn logos into your screen in the top corners such as Sky One etc or even burn parts of stationary games into them? No, that was the good old CRT. Stationary images caused the electron beam to burn off the phosphor on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFartPants Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 No, that was the good old CRT. Stationary images caused the electron beam to burn off the phosphor on the screen. So is Plasma the most up to date type of TV then? Is there an alternative around already that is as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 So is Plasma the most up to date type of TV then? Is there an alternative around already that is as good? I am not a TV nerd, but apparantly LCD is also very popular. According to the bloke in Currys many prefer it to plasma, but there are also many who prefer plasma to LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFartPants Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 I am not a TV nerd, but apparantly LCD is also very popular. According to the bloke in Currys many prefer it to plasma, but there are also many who prefer plasma to LCD. That was the other type I was trying to remeber. Do they guzzle as much power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLYMPIC Posted 14 January, 2009 Share Posted 14 January, 2009 On average LCD tv's consume less power than plasma regardless of size. Being in the trade i find it rather strange that plasma tv's will get fazed out because of power consumption,as most manufacturers let it be known about 3-4 years ago that they did not view plasma as the future and it would all end up LCD or a variant of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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