[opendtv] Re: Analysts: LCDs to finally dethrone CRTs
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:54:23 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
<Pet peeve alert>
Not to unduly pick on you, Craig, but I've been hearing and seeing this error
many,
many times in just the last year.
If one can be said to have 'it', the 'it' can be called 'cachet.' Like you aver
LCD screens have. (ca-She (long e)
If one has a stash, one can be said to have a 'cache.' Sounds like cash.
Except for caches with cachet, there is no intermarriage.
We didn't find 'cachets' of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in no small
part,
because WMD has no cachet.
I've heard reporters, pundits, Marine grunts, spokespersons and many other less
illuminated folk interchanging these terms, and I have long ago stopped finding
it funny, like the second time you hear a South Carolinian trying to put on airs
by pronouncing the names of liquor in French.
One of the funniest was a local reporter in San Diego reporting that a suspect
had
"a large cachet of child porn." Made me wonder how the assessed the size
and quality (if such attribute can even apply) of the stash and made the
comparison.
</Pet peeve alert>
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 1:21 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Analysts: LCDs to finally dethrone CRTs
>
> At 3:02 PM -0400 6/6/06, John Shutt wrote:
> >I'll believe that when I see it. There will have to be a lot of
> >caveats and qualifications to hit the 61% number by 2010.
> Things like
> >"monitors over 35 inches" or "monitors capable of 480p or
> greater display."
> >
>
> Believe it.
>
> Flat panel LCDs have tremendous cache' and are a huge
> advantage in terms of space requirements. You can even mount
> them on the wall, as i did this weekend for the new 32 inch
> Samsung LCD panel that my daughter just bought for her
> bedroom. This opens up another whole can of worms in terms of
> the cost of the mounting brackets and the problems with
> routing the ugly cables that dangle from the display ( my
> daughter wanted me to install an electric and cable outlet
> behind the panel, but I resisted).
>
> My daughter, who is now working full time in an entry level
> job, plunked out just over $1,900 for the TV, service
> contract and taxes at Circuit City, where CRT display are not
> relegated to the back wall, while panel displays dominate the
> prime display areas.
>
> I have not yet tried to use the built-in ATSC tuner, however,
> I did note that this TV, while being ATSC ready, is NOT
> digital cable ready with a cable card slot.
>
> I also visited a friend, who just upgraded his HDTV. The
> "old" Sony 36" CRT based 1080i display has been replaced with
> a new Samsung 50"
> rear projection display with the new 1080P DLP chip. It
> looked great, however, I have no objective way to compare it
> with my 720P Samsung RP DLP display with the same screen size.
>
> My daughters first question was why the analog channels
> looked so crappy on her new TV.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
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