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Originally Posted by Ron61
Patrickt,
Thanks for that information. Unfortunately I won't be alive by the time they run fiber optics to houses up here.
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Having fiber is pretty cool -- it runs the land line phones, the internet, and the hi-def TVs. Everything is "on-demand" so you don't have to go to the video store as much, you can digitally record in one room, watch it for a while, then finish it in another room, etc. It's all "smart" so that if you tell it to record "American Muscle Car" it knows to scan all the channels, set up the recording, and then if the schedule changes, adjust on the fly. And unlike cable, I can't recall it being down a single day since it was installed (the electricity being off doesn't count). Sharp Aquos is pretyy nice, especially for sports stuff. It's
almost like you're there. Here's a short blurb on burn-in on plasmas:
Plasma TV Burn In: Is It Still a Problem? at Plasma TV Buying Guide