Plasma at high altitudes... anybody? - Blu-ray Forum

CRMA · 01-31-2009, 02:10 PM

I live in Denver and I am looking at plasmas and lcds. I have been looking at Pioneer, Panasonic, and Sony brands. People that I have spoken with have said there is a hum or a noise that come from being a mile high. Has anyone experienced this? How noticeable? Should I go LCD instead? I currently have a projector and dlp set.

Pacioli · 01-31-2009, 02:22 PM

I live at 5,150 ft and don't have any problems.

SlmShdy1 · 02-02-2009, 01:54 AM

The only problems i've heard of (I don't remember the exact altitude) is the gas in a plasma expanding, which could potentially ruin the screen. Now, I was at a conference call a couple of years ago when I heard this so I don't know if it still holds any water today.

brett_day · 02-02-2009, 01:57 AM

http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/p...-altitude.html

Sonny · 02-02-2009, 02:02 AM

Nice link.

I live at an elev. of 712 feet.

liquidice · 02-25-2009, 09:49 AM

not sure how true this is, but someone told me a story recently about when they were upgrading some interior features to the Air Force One, they used some plasma's that ultimately exploded when they were "x" amount of feet in the sky. Could very well be true.

MacDaddyOJack · 02-25-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by liquidice

not sure how true this is, but someone told me a story recently about when they were upgrading some interior features to the Air Force One, they used some plasma's that ultimately exploded when they were "x" amount of feet in the sky. Could very well be true.

I doubt it, they have to pressurize the plane so your sinuses don't start having all kinds of problems so it is highly unlikely the that minor pressure change caused any plasmas to explode.

@ the OP, there has to be a walmart, Best Buy, Target etc that has a plasma on display in Denver. If it looks fine on display there then the chances are pretty good that it will be fine in your house as well.

CRMA · 02-25-2009, 01:22 PM

I got my plasma and I live at 6200 ft. No noise no problems.

SellmeyourDVD · 02-26-2009, 05:44 PM

i thought i watched something on tv where certain hdtv are specifically made for higher elevations? It seems like no one here has any problems though...

dobyblue · 02-26-2009, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

i thought i watched something on tv where certain hdtv are specifically made for higher elevations? It seems like no one here has any problems though...

Not many people do, but Runco had a line of plasma's specifically for higher elevations.

http://www.runco.com/plasma.html
http://i.gizmodo.com/009962/runco-high+altitude-plasma

It was for 9,000ft plus elevations. I'm not sure if they still offer them, although they still have offer a full line of plasma's up to 103".

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CRMA Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:156 Blu-ray reviews: 46 Trading Score:1	Plasma at high altitudes... anybody? I live in Denver and I am looking at plasmas and lcds. I have been looking at Pioneer, Panasonic, and Sony brands. People that I have spoken with have said there is a hum or a noise that come from being a mile high. Has anyone experienced this? How noticeable? Should I go LCD instead? I currently have a projector and dlp set.

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01-31-2009, 02:22 PM	#2
Pacioli Member Member since:Jan 2008	I live at 5,150 ft and don't have any problems.

02-02-2009, 01:54 AM	#3
SlmShdy1 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Honolulu, HI PlayStation® PSN: SlmShdy1 Home Theater Gallery:39 Blu-ray collection:292	The only problems i've heard of (I don't remember the exact altitude) is the gas in a plasma expanding, which could potentially ruin the screen. Now, I was at a conference call a couple of years ago when I heard this so I don't know if it still holds any water today.

02-02-2009, 01:57 AM	#4
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/p...-altitude.html

02-02-2009, 02:02 AM	#5
Sonny Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:1	Nice link. I live at an elev. of 712 feet.

02-25-2009, 09:49 AM	#6
liquidice Mad Scientist Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Milwaukee Home Theater Gallery:43 Blu-ray collection:384 Blu-ray reviews:6	not sure how true this is, but someone told me a story recently about when they were upgrading some interior features to the Air Force One, they used some plasma's that ultimately exploded when they were "x" amount of feet in the sky. Could very well be true.

02-25-2009, 01:22 PM	#8
CRMA Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:156 Blu-ray reviews: 46 Trading Score:1	I got my plasma and I live at 6200 ft. No noise no problems.

02-26-2009, 05:44 PM	#9
SellmeyourDVD Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:125 Trading Score:11	i thought i watched something on tv where certain hdtv are specifically made for higher elevations? It seems like no one here has any problems though...

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