Dell Enters HDTV Market with Plasma Display

ThinSkin writes "It was only a matter of time before PC giant Dell would jump headlong into the HDTV market. But what does a company built around making inexpensive PCs know about HDTVs? ExtremeTech has done a full review with benchmarks on Dell's offering, the Dell W4200HD 42" Plasma HDTV."

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I finally figured it out

[Anita Coney]

I couldn't understand why people get so excited about these crappy LCD screens. There's burn-in. They look like crap at angles. They can't do real black. They're awful for gaming. They probably have a life about four years tops. They can't do real HD either.

But I finally figured out the appeal: TV content is so fucking boring right now, that people are more excited about having a cool looking TV versus actually watching a cool show on it!

In other words, TVs are art pieces onto themselves. You don't buy them to actually watch crap. You buy them to make your living room look hip.