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ParticipantI solved the car lust problem by buying a car I intend to keep until the day I die. Before you laugh when you consider this, I bought a used '96 Porsche 911 cabriolet which has probably taken all the depreciation it is going to as long as I maintain it and keep the mileage down. I'm probably only a few years away from the car becoming an appreciating asset. Porsche will never make a car like this again, as it is the last generation with the air-cooled engine. The older the car gets the rarer and cooler it gets. Since I bought it I have not ever felt the desire to upgrade, and can seriously see being happy with this car forever. I might add I typically bike to work, and don't need to drive that much. If I was interested in a high-mileage car I would seriously be in the market for a few-year old VW diesel. They last forever and get great gas mileage, and pencil out even with diesel 10-15c/gallon more than gas. For the greenies out there that would criticise the pollution factor, the reality is modern diesels aren't nearly as dirty as they used to be, and in certain pollutants they are actually cleaner than a gas engine. For many people, myself included, a car purchase is so much more emotion than pure finances. Don't EVER think of a car as an investment no matter what the car guys say. It's an expense, albeit a necessary one. It all comes down to if you are a car-person or not. If you are, and want a shiny new toy every 2 years, the lease might make sense, but only in that case.
ParticipantI solved the car lust problem by buying a car I intend to keep until the day I die. Before you laugh when you consider this, I bought a used '96 Porsche 911 cabriolet which has probably taken all the depreciation it is going to as long as I maintain it and keep the mileage down. I'm probably only a few years away from the car becoming an appreciating asset. Porsche will never make a car like this again, as it is the last generation with the air-cooled engine. The older the car gets the rarer and cooler it gets. Since I bought it I have not ever felt the desire to upgrade, and can seriously see being happy with this car forever. I might add I typically bike to work, and don't need to drive that much. If I was interested in a high-mileage car I would seriously be in the market for a few-year old VW diesel. They last forever and get great gas mileage, and pencil out even with diesel 10-15c/gallon more than gas. For the greenies out there that would criticise the pollution factor, the reality is modern diesels aren't nearly as dirty as they used to be, and in certain pollutants they are actually cleaner than a gas engine. For many people, myself included, a car purchase is so much more emotion than pure finances. Don't EVER think of a car as an investment no matter what the car guys say. It's an expense, albeit a necessary one. It all comes down to if you are a car-person or not. If you are, and want a shiny new toy every 2 years, the lease might make sense, but only in that case.
ParticipantI solved the car lust problem by buying a car I intend to keep until the day I die. Before you laugh when you consider this, I bought a used '96 Porsche 911 cabriolet which has probably taken all the depreciation it is going to as long as I maintain it and keep the mileage down. I'm probably only a few years away from the car becoming an appreciating asset. Porsche will never make a car like this again, as it is the last generation with the air-cooled engine. The older the car gets the rarer and cooler it gets. Since I bought it I have not ever felt the desire to upgrade, and can seriously see being happy with this car forever. I might add I typically bike to work, and don't need to drive that much. If I was interested in a high-mileage car I would seriously be in the market for a few-year old VW diesel. They last forever and get great gas mileage, and pencil out even with diesel 10-15c/gallon more than gas. For the greenies out there that would criticise the pollution factor, the reality is modern diesels aren't nearly as dirty as they used to be, and in certain pollutants they are actually cleaner than a gas engine. For many people, myself included, a car purchase is so much more emotion than pure finances. Don't EVER think of a car as an investment no matter what the car guys say. It's an expense, albeit a necessary one. It all comes down to if you are a car-person or not. If you are, and want a shiny new toy every 2 years, the lease might make sense, but only in that case.
ParticipantThe reason it burned in in the first place was the pixels acted like little capacitors, holding onto the charge which twisted the crystal in the first place. As the charge slowly bled off the crystals returned to their native state. THIS is why burn-in on LCD is impossible, unless the charge on the crystal can be made permanent.
ParticipantThe reason it burned in in the first place was the pixels acted like little capacitors, holding onto the charge which twisted the crystal in the first place. As the charge slowly bled off the crystals returned to their native state. THIS is why burn-in on LCD is impossible, unless the charge on the crystal can be made permanent.
ParticipantThe reason it burned in in the first place was the pixels acted like little capacitors, holding onto the charge which twisted the crystal in the first place. As the charge slowly bled off the crystals returned to their native state. THIS is why burn-in on LCD is impossible, unless the charge on the crystal can be made permanent.
ParticipantThe reason it burned in in the first place was the pixels acted like little capacitors, holding onto the charge which twisted the crystal in the first place. As the charge slowly bled off the crystals returned to their native state. THIS is why burn-in on LCD is impossible, unless the charge on the crystal can be made permanent.
ParticipantThe reason it burned in in the first place was the pixels acted like little capacitors, holding onto the charge which twisted the crystal in the first place. As the charge slowly bled off the crystals returned to their native state. THIS is why burn-in on LCD is impossible, unless the charge on the crystal can be made permanent.
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
Participant“i didn’t quite understand your experiment… and did i mention i use an s-vid cable?
btw, “component cables” are rca’s to me… same plugs…”
They are the same plugs, as I said, they’re just a different color. That’s why I said you can use a composite (red, white, yellow) cable to connect component video, you just have to be careful not to mix up the colors (red=red, white=blue, yellow=green). the difference is on the inputs/outputs on the TV/DVD player. If your TV doesn’t have component inputs you can’t connect component video.
S-video is superior to composite, but not as good as component. You really should try my experiment. I would be very surprised if you don’t notice a difference.
“we recently found out that if you leave a static image on for about 5 months, you actually can burn in the image.”
Did the burn-in stay permanent, or did it fade over time? Ususally when you start playing other images on the screen the burned-in image WILL fade. This will not occur with plasma or CRT sets. Just curious. That was a good experiment!
Participant“why? rca’s have served well for like 20 years”
I’ll tell you why, because you get 3X the signal carrying capacity. Try this experiment: if your TV has component inputs unplug your RCA jacks and plug them into the component video outputs from your DVD player to your TV inputs. I use Red=Red, White=Blue and Yellow=green. The cables are the same, just colored differently. During this experiment you wont get any audio, but I want you to see the difference. If you don’t notice a substantial improvement in the picture make an appointment at the eye doctor, because you are definitely visually impaired.
This works even with a standard DVD player, and a standard def TV, as long as it has component inputs. Why? If you use RCA your DVD cannot put out any higher resolution than what a VCR can do, perhaps 320i. The DVD can do 480i if it’s standard, 480p if its a progressive scan. Couple that with the superior stability if the digital media storage format and you see why VCR’s are going the way of the dinosaur.
The more modern formats can go as high as 1080i and 1080p, but your TV has to be able to accept 1080p over component cables. Not many do, but the Sharps and the Sony XBRII’s do. HDMI is nice because it can also carry the lossless audio signal in addition to the video, requiring only one cable to the TV.
One last thing, you only need the really expensive component cables if you have a lot of electronic interference. I have achieved superb results with a $4 video cable. Expensive HDMI’s are even sillier, as it is a digital signal, either it’s there or it’s not, quality will be exactly the same as long as the signal is carried.
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