PS3 or 360?

kodos · Post by **kodos** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:12 am

The difference being that no one is going to stop making gas for Mercedes because they don't sell as much.

F Keenan · Post by **F Keenan** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:54 am

kodos wrote:The difference being that no one is going to stop making gas for Mercedes because they don't sell as much.

The power company is going to stop sending electricity to PS3's???

kodos · Post by **kodos** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:56 am

http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... dChannel=0

This is the sort of stuff I'm talking about.

Krigloch the Furious · Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:37 pm

lastnight at 11pm I bought Call of Duty 4 and a PS3. Now I need the tv.
samsung or sony bravia?

FloPoErich · Post by **FloPoErich** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:27 pm

Anyone played Rock Band yet?

STL JA · Post by **STL JA** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:40 pm

Krigloch the Furious wrote:lastnight at 11pm I bought Call of Duty 4 and a PS3. Now I need the tv.
samsung or sony bravia?

I have a Samsung and I love it. Before I went with the Samsung LCD, I had a 40" inch Sony Bravia 1080p. I noticed some weird "clouding" going on when the screen was showing something dark. I did some research online and supposedly there is an issue with these TVs and I was not the only one experiencing it. I took the TV back and exchanged it for another one. I took it home and immediately noticed the same problem. This was back in the spring so maybe the kinks with that particular model has been worked out, but I'll say this... You really can't go wrong with a Samsung. They're excellent displays. I'm very happy with mine.

Do some research though, because I've seen some incredible looking Sony HDTVs.

Krigloch the Furious · Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:51 pm

hmm I think I know what you're talking about. My friend has a Bravia 40" V3000 and it kinda does that.
Does the Samsung cloud up at all?

and I was thinking about this Samsung...

STL JA · Post by **STL JA** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:25 pm

Krigloch the Furious wrote:hmm I think I know what you're talking about. My friend has a Bravia 40" V3000 and it kinda does that.
Does the Samsung cloud up at all?

and I was thinking about this Samsung...

Nope, no clouding on my Samsung...

That's a very nice TV you linked.

Krigloch the Furious · Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:34 pm

I'll go check out some samsungs tomorrow

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:00 pm

I see a lot of LCD talk. Is there something wrong with plasmas that I'm not aware of?

I ask because the TV I've been looking at is a plasma so.....yea.

The Pioneer Kuro to be exact.

Mellanby_equals_grit · Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:02 pm

ViPeRx007 wrote:I see a lot of LCD talk. Is there something wrong with plasmas that I'm not aware of?

I ask because the TV I've been looking at is a plasma so.....yea.

I'm not up on either, but.. Everything I've ever heard is that plasma starts out with a better picture and deteriorates very fast.. Have to talk to someone more savvy to know why.

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:04 pm

Mellanby_equals_grit wrote:
ViPeRx007 wrote:I see a lot of LCD talk. Is there something wrong with plasmas that I'm not aware of?

I ask because the TV I've been looking at is a plasma so.....yea.
I'm not up on either, but.. Everything I've ever heard is that plasma starts out with a better picture and deteriorates very fast.. Have to talk to someone more savvy to know why.

But are we talking "fast" as in like 10 years?

The Kuro supposedly has a 60,000 hour half-life.

Linky

Mellanby_equals_grit · Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:13 pm

I've heard serious deterioration as soon as a year.

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:18 pm

Mellanby_equals_grit wrote:I've heard serious deterioration as soon as a year.

yikes. I know plasmas sucked when they first came out, but I've done some research and it seems like a lot of the things you hear are either myths or they just flat out don't happen anymore in the newer plasmas.

I don't know enough people who have them though so it's hard to get firsthand feedback. Heck, I don't know enough people who have a big screen tv period....it's kind of weird actually.

richtedm · Post by **richtedm** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:30 pm

Has anybody ever heard of the red rings of death in the xbox 360? Because I just got them

Apparently its some fatal flaw in the 360? The green lights that usually mean "good" when you turn on the 360 turn red and mean "bad" and it stops working.

I havent looked into it yet but I guess you have to send it back into microsoft and they fix it... a recall of sorts. Somebody told me 1 in 3 gets screwed up like this.

but anybody who was in Flashchat tonight knows I dont know jack about technology.

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:32 pm

richtedm wrote:Has anybody ever heard of the red rings of death in the xbox 360? Because I just got them

Apparently its some fatal flaw in the 360? The green lights that usually mean "good" when you turn on the 360 turn red and mean "bad" and it stops working.

I havent looked into it yet but I guess you have to send it back into microsoft and they fix it... a recall of sorts. Somebody told me 1 in 3 gets screwed up like this.

but anybody who was in Flashchat tonight knows I dont know jack about technology.

Yep, you're screwed. Send it in to Microsoft....

This is the reason I haven't bought a 360 since the first one I had Red Ringed in the menu and I didn't even get to play a single game on it. I just returned it and didn't bother sending it to Microsoft. I've heard the return process is kind of a pain as well.

(POST #7000!! w00T!)

richtedm · Post by **richtedm** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:34 pm

ViPeRx007 wrote:
richtedm wrote:Has anybody ever heard of the red rings of death in the xbox 360? Because I just got them

Apparently its some fatal flaw in the 360? The green lights that usually mean "good" when you turn on the 360 turn red and mean "bad" and it stops working.

I havent looked into it yet but I guess you have to send it back into microsoft and they fix it... a recall of sorts. Somebody told me 1 in 3 gets screwed up like this.

but anybody who was in Flashchat tonight knows I dont know jack about technology.
Yep, you're screwed. Send it in to Microsoft....

This is the reason I haven't bought a 360 since the first one I had Red Ringed in the menu and I didn't even get to play a single game on it. I just returned it and didn't bother sending it to Microsoft. I've heard the return process is kind of a pain as well.

(POST #7000!! w00T!)

good! I'm psyched, lets go kill some birds...

FloPoErich · Post by **FloPoErich** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:36 pm

That is the reason the 360 has a 3 year warranty... I want one SOOOO bad, but am hesitant (and flat broke)

STL JA · Post by **STL JA** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:43 pm

ViPeRx007 wrote:I see a lot of LCD talk. Is there something wrong with plasmas that I'm not aware of?

I ask because the TV I've been looking at is a plasma so.....yea.

The Pioneer Kuro to be exact.

Plasmas are nice, but they are very much prone to burn-in, and are fragile. The lifespan of a plasma is also inferior to that of an LCD display.

ViPeRx007 · Post by **ViPeRx007** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:56 am

STL JA wrote:
ViPeRx007 wrote:I see a lot of LCD talk. Is there something wrong with plasmas that I'm not aware of?

I ask because the TV I've been looking at is a plasma so.....yea.

The Pioneer Kuro to be exact.
Plasmas are nice, but they are very much prone to burn-in, and are fragile. The lifespan of a plasma is also inferior to that of an LCD display.

I don't know. I read conflicting things. Many people say that the burn in of plasmas has been blown way out of proportion mainly because of how the early plasmas were. If you get a nice one, it shouldn't be a problem, especially since most come with features to fix it if it does happen.

The Kuro is freakin sweet looking though...and it should for the price.
Do a search for it on google. You don't find much that is negative about it...except the price of course.