Does a 55" Plasma TV give off that much heat???

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[N-OS X-tasy!]

Will Collier wrote:
[quote=d4]
50" Panasonic plasmas are built like tanks. Great pic and speakers. They do lack numerous HDMI ports. And weigh a ton. And as you've mentioned... give off a lot of heat. Mine is over 13 years old. I know people on their 2nd or 3rd TV in the same amount of time as my single plasma TV ownership.

Yep. My 2005 model (I try not to think about how much I paid for it, but at least it's been well-amortized) is still going strong as the day I unpacked it.
This is the only reason I feel guilty about upgrading to OLED a few years ago — I have a perfectly good Panny plasma with years of reliable service remaining just lying around collecting dust...

[sekker]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Will Collier]
[quote=d4]
50" Panasonic plasmas are built like tanks. Great pic and speakers. They do lack numerous HDMI ports. And weigh a ton. And as you've mentioned... give off a lot of heat. Mine is over 13 years old. I know people on their 2nd or 3rd TV in the same amount of time as my single plasma TV ownership.

Yep. My 2005 model (I try not to think about how much I paid for it, but at least it's been well-amortized) is still going strong as the day I unpacked it.
This is the only reason I feel guilty about upgrading to OLED a few years ago — I have a perfectly good Panny plasma with years of reliable service remaining just lying around collecting dust...
Sacrilege!

[Will Collier]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Will Collier]
[quote=d4]
50" Panasonic plasmas are built like tanks. Great pic and speakers. They do lack numerous HDMI ports. And weigh a ton. And as you've mentioned... give off a lot of heat. Mine is over 13 years old. I know people on their 2nd or 3rd TV in the same amount of time as my single plasma TV ownership.

Yep. My 2005 model (I try not to think about how much I paid for it, but at least it's been well-amortized) is still going strong as the day I unpacked it.
This is the only reason I feel guilty about upgrading to OLED a few years ago — I have a perfectly good Panny plasma with years of reliable service remaining just lying around collecting dust...
Buddy of mine has a good-working-order Pioneer plasma sitting in his basement, disconnected and leaning against a wall. Horrific!

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Will Collier wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=Will Collier]
[quote=d4]
50" Panasonic plasmas are built like tanks. Great pic and speakers. They do lack numerous HDMI ports. And weigh a ton. And as you've mentioned... give off a lot of heat. Mine is over 13 years old. I know people on their 2nd or 3rd TV in the same amount of time as my single plasma TV ownership.

Yep. My 2005 model (I try not to think about how much I paid for it, but at least it's been well-amortized) is still going strong as the day I unpacked it.
This is the only reason I feel guilty about upgrading to OLED a few years ago — I have a perfectly good Panny plasma with years of reliable service remaining just lying around collecting dust...
Buddy of mine has a good-working-order Pioneer plasma sitting in his basement, disconnected and leaning against a wall. Horrific!
That is the exact current condition of my Panny. At least it's in my dining room and not a basement.

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As of last night my buddy gave me a life lesson and told me to turn off my Boiler!!! So, pilot light is off, power is off and gas is off!!! This morning the basement the humidity was still under 50 but the temp was around 74-75... Now, the TV and the dehumidifier was off at that moment so I'll check again later. Never having a boiler he was telling me that even though it's off the pilot light is heating up and the water in the tank. Not sure if that is 100% true seeing I never had a boiler. But, I'm willing to try anything and so far it works. Makes sense because the pilot light on my fireplace warms up that space so I shut it off for the summer.

So, looks like I will drag my feet getting a new TV down there for the moment. At least I can watch for a great deal.