What is the recommended plasma running time? I have read 4 hours a day but the instructions say nothing.
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We have been running it downstairs up to 12 hours a day, if we are home. We turn it off if we leave the house. We have another one that we run upstairs from bedtime until we get up in the morning. I don't know if that is recommended, but they are working fine.
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I know this technology since almost 7 years, it is very popular and diffused in Japan. You can run it continuously all year long without problems. The technology used reproduces nature mechanisms. I had it in also in my Toyota CAMRY A/C with no option to run or stop it, it simply runs continuously granting fresh, not smelling pleasant air inside. I suffer of allergies, but when plasma is running I can breathe freely without cough and dry nose. One rule is: let it run, when you are comfortable (because really you perceive that you are breathing better) switch the unit off; later on when you start to perceive a lower quality of your breath switch another time on; depending on the quality of air you are living in it may be short or long time (several hours or the day after), adjust then the time of operation to your individual comfort. This mode of operation saves the filters that can be replaced at longer intervals and some bucks on yearly electric bill. Otherwise let it run continuously it is not harmful. It works! And works very well.
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I will charge mine and find out. I would say a few hours best guess. The fans don't seem very demanding but I'll let you know.
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If you run it continuously on the highest setting ... roughly about 3 hours.
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Burn is mostly a myth for modern plasma tv's, and really only happens to lower quality models.I have played hundreds of hours of video games on my plasma tv and NEVER had any burn in problems with menus or various status bars or what not.
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I found with mine that both fan speed and plasma returned to normal in 5-10 mins. However I do notice that the fan does speed up more often when there is any source of extra dust or odor in the room. This seems to happen more often than I remember when the unit was new. Is it possible the unit is cleaning better with a new filter in or there is more dust etc to clean now? If not the unit might be defective?
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they are all answering in generalities and unfortunately its irrelevant, this and quite a few of the best plasmas this year suffer from just unacceptable input lag, the f8500 to a horrendous degree, it can be tamed to much more moderate levels by using a pc mode trick but its less than optimal for many reasons, but i suggest checking with avsforums and places with very in depth accounts to fully get a understanding of all the options. Actually i am just seeing you found displaylag.com and their database so this may not be of any use to you, oh well. Good luck
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Depends what you're doing. Just browsing the internet and watching videos while at a balanced setting, you're good for about 5-6 hours. If you're doing something that requires significantly more power output, you're lookin' at about less than two hours. Also, it heats up very hot, very fast.
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I've run mine for over 2 hours but never until the battery ran out. I hope that helps.
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I'm getting a lot more than the other answers so far. I keep the display a couple ticks below maximum brightness most of the time, which helps, but I get a good eight hours.
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Depends I have about 3 to 4 hours on batt live at one time, it can be up two 6-7 if you are not using a lot of apps! Some people say 12 hours(hard to believe though.)
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Did you read the CNET review? Buy it. I am a plasma purist and the owner of a legendary Pioneer Pro-111FD Kuro. I think this TV is right there. TVs are built for thousands of hours. Say 7 years at 5 hours a day.
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My Asus Transformer has been on currently for over 62 hours at this time. No problem.
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You need To add up ALL your power needs. CPU,MEMORY,MOTHERBOARD,CD/DVD USB ETC.....Then do a 1.5 times that number. Never run your power at max. Hope this helps. Under powering blows things. Buy a UPS backup to protect the whole package. Should have at least 10 minutes of run time. I know it hurts but in the long run it saves money. Still have a 486 running &#128516;
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In short, be near an outlet or carry a Solar or external spare battery charger pack. 3 hours and pushing it at that. I don't run my conservatively, all out fast and bright display. As for adding more Ram, I added 128g of ram (largest card I could find to date) //Dale\\
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This will vary wildly on your operating factors. For example, will you have the screen on your laptop on and at what brightness? Will any physical drives be operating or are they SSDs? What processor do you have (older gen Intel i7 chips will shred through the power quickly). Will this also be powering the weather station in any way? What is the temperature and humidity where the unit will be? It becomes a big math equation based on the draw of your connected equipment. Most laptops have a 60-90w power supply, but don't necessarily draw that much at all times. Looking at the manufacturer's provided runtime graph in the product details on Amazon, you can get a rough idea that you would expect well over 90 minutes runtime for a load &lt; 100 watts. I can tell you my desktop computer with i7 chip and LED monitor is showing 122 minutes runtime (untested, unconfirmed) so I would say most laptops would be in the 2-3 hour range.
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Sadly, after watching an "Aliens" DVD on this new BDP-350 I think the upconversion is inferior to my now disconnected Toshiba A-3. My plasma is a 2005 Panasonic 480p EDTV, the best ever made before the resolution was phased out, and the difference is obvious and painful. Resolution is set to "auto" which seems to be the same as 480p.Maybe I've missed something. Anyone out there have any suggestions? Thank you.
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HI Grammy - I have been using the transformer for a light and not had any issues running for 5 or 6 hours an evening - the box gets warm but not dangerously so.