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Originally Posted by wizwor
You should get a nice 42" or bigger plasma TV with great reviews for picture quality.
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One thing to consider is running cost. An LCD TV typically uses 40-50W of power; a large plasma screen can use 500W or more. Not an issue if you only have the TV turned on for an hour or two a day, but if you're the sort of person who turns the TV on when you get up in the morning, and leaves it on until you go to bed at night, the cost can really add up.
Let's take an extreme example and say that you have your 500W TV turned on for 16h a day. 500W x 16h = 8kWh. I'm currently paying 14.09p/kWh for electricity, so that would cost me 8 x 14.09p = £1.13 a day, or £411 (about US$660) a year to operate my TV.
Something to consider!