Okay so I'm looking to buy a new television. What I am extremely interested in is a flat panel television as I will probably be moving every year or two for the next decade, so the weight will definitely be an issue. As well I'd like a high definition television, so that I won't be concerned with useability in the coming two or three years. I'm not extremely well versed in TV-speak so any information that you guys have (either through experience or otherwise) please let me know. I'm looking for a 36in.+ between $2000-3000.

The number and type of connectors is really important at least 2 s-video, and at least 2 of what ever type of connectors are compatible with HD cable boxes/xbox 360.

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if you are doing alot of moving i would not suggest a plasma. the reason being is because plasma's have a gas in it called plasma (Duh) so if it falls or moved incorrectly it will mess up your tv i would suggest a LCD. but if you are looking for a high def then i suggest a plasma. look around at places like Best Buy, The Brick, or cercit City .etc if you have that where you live.

you probably know this already but thought i would bring it up. plus i am 16 and not good with finances.

hope this some what helped

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Hate to be a stickler on physics here, but plasma is not a gas. It's actually the fourth phase of matter (liquid, solid and gas being the others). The gas in a plasma screen TV is usually xenon or neon or a combination of the two. The gas in the plasma screen TV becomes a plasma after a voltage is introduced (free electrons). These free electrons collide with the gas atoms knocking electrons from the gas atoms and making them positively charged ions. The gas has now become a plasma (a soup of positively charged gas atoms and free electrons).

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Plasma as the fourth phase of matter is superheated gas on the order of being heated to millions or billions (forget) degrees (once again forget) farenheit or celsius. Thus, the "plasma" inside the TV is not real plasma as in the fourth phase of matter or it would be vaporized. Stars are plasma.

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Try a DLP television....they cost a little less
^I have 42" DLP it looks great (yes plasma looks better)
I paid about $1500 (taxes & extras) dont remember exact amount

The other prob with a plasma TV is that it wont last as long
Instead of explaining why do some research on this.
There are some ppl here obviously VERY smart and can explain why they wont last but a few years at HIGH quality (plasma that is)

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Bill Nye here again.....people often get confused about plasmas. They think of them as the stuff in stars, which they are, but they also are in a lot of common day processes here on Earth. The definition of a plasma is a collection of positively and negatively charged particles. The plasmas in outer space require very high temperatures to maintain the plasma (to continue the creation of positively and negatively charged particles). This is because of the volume of the plasma. In general, the larger the volume of the plasma, the more energy required to maintain it.

Here on Earth, we have "confined" plasmas to small volumes. Because of this, we can maintain them with much lower temperatures. Additionally, our form of the power used to create and maintain the plasma is an electric voltage which has a lower temperature. In outer space, it is a radioactive process which produces much higher temperatures.

Mind you, we do have processes here on Earth that rival those of the stars. Nuclear weapons and fusion reactors can exceed some of the temperatures seen in outer space. In these cases, we have confined more particles to a smaller space (another determinant of the temperature) and more reactions result.

An excellent, albeit brief description of plasmas is found here:

http://www.plasmas.org/rot-plasmas.htm

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The current quote for the lifetime of a plasma TV is twelve to seventeen years depending on usage. This is about the same lifetime as any other TV on the market now. Degradation will occur over this timeframe, but for total failure, you still have a lot of time to watch TV before this happens.

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When i say few years...I guess i should have used diff words.
There are alot of factors that go into picture degragation.
Thats why I suggested research on Plasmas or ask the obviously
more knowledgable ppl here.
When I went shopping for TV's...my research made me come to DLP.
Little less $$$...plus the fear of picture degragation sooner in Plasma.

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Thanks for some of the suggestions. I'm looking for a light weight High Definition television. I was thinking plasma because of the viewable angles. I'll check out some more information on them. The lifetime I'd seen quoted was 60,000 hours, which works out to six years of constantly watching television, so that isn't a problem. What does concern me is the picture degradation, specifically approximately how long it takes for it to become noticable.

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