On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:48:04 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
wrote:

However, the lifetime of an LCD
panel, excluding the backlight, is way out there, 100,000+ hours (without
contradicting your statement about pixel loss.) And an LCD panel is
completely immune to burn-in.

This is one reason why I chose LCD over Plasma. I can expect to get a
longer life for my substantial investment.

That's certainly a consideration but I figure that, at my current
viewing times, I will get about 15years before my plasma goes to 1/2
brightness. First, since I use it at reduced brightness settings,
that is conservative and I have some compensatory ability. Second, it
will be obsolete by then.

Kal