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Forty-two Inch Plasma Monitor

Posted by michael on from the first-post-power dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PCstats has a review of what should have been under my Christmas tree - a 42" plasma display from Samsung Since Santa couldn't have possibly brought this monster down the chimney, we'll just have to be satisfied with the review. They even hooked it up to a computer and played games on it...."

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  1. Think of the spam ops! by Hi_2k · · Score: 0, Troll

    Make your mointor grow FAST!!! with new herbal treatments! Now only $xxxx.99!!! see results quick! make your flatscreen monitor grow to 42" in just minutes!

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  2. I hate 16:9 televisions by veritron · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you buy a 16:9 television, you're screwed if you want to watch regular TV. You have to compromise - either you get a distorted picture that fills the screen and makes everyone look fat, or you have to live with twin vertical gray bars - with plasma I don't think the bars are an option, so the picture's just stretched to hell. 16:9 televisions are also hell to play video games on - DO NOT HOOK A PS2 TO A 16:9 Television or your games WILL look crappy and aliased, except for GTA3: Vice City, which actually has an option to correct for that. Although 16:9 televisions are good to watch DVDs on, watching anything else, even with an HDTV signal, is murder. Basically, the television buyer of today is in hell. You CAN'T get a decent sized 4:3 tube-based TV anymore - it's all projection, which is BAD to play games on. There are all of these competing standards and stuff - and to make it worse, the true plasma displays are all hideously expensive for their size. If you're buying a new TV, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM Circuit City - we got ROYALLY shafted there last television purchase. And if you plan on watching TV, stay away from the 16:9 format as well. I think the television market has just gone to hell since the introduction of HDTV. Just my 2 cents.

  3. Plasma FP's do not make good computer monitors by GoSpeedRacerGo · · Score: 0, Troll
    They have:

    Serious burn-in problems

    Low fixed resolutions (often 1024x1024 at midrange)

    Huge pixel gaps which are horrible from a short distance (especially lower end models)

    Poor blue reproduction (especially lower end models)

    Often more heat and power than a CRT

  4. Re:It's so big, it won't fit on the page! by wahay · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

    Sorry. But really.

  5. Re:42"! The ANSWER! by zephc · · Score: 0, Troll

    the question?

    "how long is your dong?" At least, that's what it asked me.

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