"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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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

OTOH, some of the same cautions may apply as with CRT projectors.
View material that does not match the native 16:9 border, and there will
inevitably be burn marks at the border with black.