from what i've gleaned the reason for using led as a backlight is twofold uniformity of brightness and greatly exceeded lifespan of the aforementioned backlight no matter how much you hate to admit it , plasma is considered an old technology by most consumers and lcd has totally owned the entire market , and with new developments coming all the

what would a beosystem 8000 go for these days ?

yet lcd outsells plasma by miles and as for computer applications - plasma is soooooo outdated

i can highly recommend elgato's gear i replaced my sony hdr860x that cost £500 and was as noisy as a vacuum cleaner with a £90 dvb-t elgato usb-2 add on that is silent , very reliable and produces a stunning picture the eyetv v2.0 epg has to be seen to be enjoyed too ,wipes the floor with anything else i've seen for sheer user friendliness

marriage made in marketing heaven imo aston martin top the cool awareness brand list every year , so it's obv bno should be associated with them now stick an ipod touch in the glovebox and you're sorted !

i bought an ipod touch ( on peter's reccomednation ) must say , it's a staggering bit of kit - particularly the remote buddy implementation - extremely impressive ! no doubt by v.2 they'll be on a par with eyetv and elgato , knowing how rough around the edges that was originally and now how superb it is

unfortunately the average mac salesman knows a lot less than us too , so i steer well clear of anything like that

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i always loved that silly hi fi mag called hi fi review in the mid 80's that actually openly advertised such rubbish as red strips you put on your mains leads to reduce interference ( yes they were made out of REAL plastic ! ) and the utterly daft notion that scratching 1 inch marks on the 3 pins of the mains lead would increase the purity of the

haha , true dat i'd hardly call james last in concert testing material for any a/v system unless you're testing the listener's patience that is :)