[lcaillo]

Actually, I would be happy with the 10+ year life span with parts available at reasonable prices, not necessarily 100% trouble free. Having to service a set once or twice in its life is not unreasonable, IMO, as long as the failures are not catastrophic, nor so prevalent as to suggest a design flaw or the use of inferior parts.

 

[lcaillo]

Yes this is true but networks as well as Sony have already stated that they will not adopt this new format as it will require too much cost and will require more upgrading There simply is no need to go higher than 1080p.

There is much to do to get the execution of the current standards improved. For most consumer applications, the existing standards can be extremely good, but much of what we see is not even close to potential. The difference between a calibrated and OOB set is far greater than the benefit of 1440p. If they just made all displays capable of being calibrated completely and properly, we would have much better images than if we all had 1440p with the current limitations in many sets. Then there is the production and distribution chain...

 

[lcaillo]

There are good reasons that a "small" TV can last far longer than a larger one. The beam current and complexity required to produce a larger image makes for inherently shorter life of many components, or requires a lot more investment in quality parts. Since prices of televisions have dropped severely over the years, as the screen size has increased, it does not take a very bright person to see that there have to be some trade offs.