Originally posted by: phenderson
And so I went to the experts.
When I mentioned the life expectancy of plasma TV's, I had read somewhere that they die, ie have permanent burn-out or loose brightness in 5 years.
I found a couple of nice threads on the AVS forum arguing the pro's and con's of plasma tv issues.
This one here, talks of someone watching only 4:3 content and thusly burning out his Plasma TV. That is really sort of a moot point because of the content he was watching. When all was said and done, the main characters within the thread, all agreed that you cannot treat a plasma TV as you would a regular TV. You have to watch what you watch, when you watch it.
I also went here, for some more info...
As for the newer technology.... I got it mixed up, it is Intel LCOS Displays that Intel has produced and manufacturers should be bringing to the market, sometime this year as mentioned
here.
Hope this answers your questions...
Dumperster Divers.Originally posted by: aphex
My lord, what has this world turned into?
LOL!!!!!!!! HAhaha What a way to spend a weekend. If I had time, I'd so do that. Also guys, I wonder what the return policy onthese B&M items are...Originally posted by: ai42
Just FYI YMMV...
If you don't mind getting a little dirty and getting strange looks from onlookers...
Me and my roommate dumperster dived Gateway, with quite a find.
We got countless cables etc
A Dozen keyboards and mice
Got many many MS Software discs + COAs (Including a prestine condition OfficeXP Student/Teacher + Norton AntiVirus 2004)
Lots of paper like HP photopaper and what not
Couple of printers (but all with damage likely from being thrown in the dumpster)
All kinds of Gateway documention/software
Found some notebook specific accessories like CD ROMs and what not.
Lots of Notebook/desktop boxes now I dunno if somebody hit the dumpster before us or employees raiding that stuff or what but they were all basically empty of anything like that.
Also found lots of boxes that looked like in good condition it appears as though the employees dumped the contents in the dumpster and then thew the box in there. Lots of stuff like digital cameras, Mp3 CD Players, Memory. Of course I didn't find anything like that it could have been in there but we weren't very well to dig through every nook and bag in there.
And just in case anyone of authority shows up just tell them your moving and needing boxes .
That is complete BS. There are a lot of legal protections in the law. If you were to leave a chair on the curbside you have no reasonable expectation that it will still be there in the morning. Unless the trash bins were in a closed fence or there were no tresspassing signs or was told perviously not to do that then it is legal up to the city ordinances. And most cities do not have any laws against this, and most are just minor crimes with fines.I had a friend get arrested for this, since the store rents the dumpster it is still their stuff it seems. I guess it depends if it's a Dickhead store manager.