The great "walkie-talkie" wars .... who will win?

BoBaFett wrote:

> Enjoy the CNN logo on every station too. One of our customers has
> Panasonic Plasma Tvs all over their building. The oldest one in the
> building is 2 years old with some being just 6 months old. Every single
> one of them has a burned image on them. The one at the lobby that displays
> the weather channel has a burned on weather channel logo while the others
> that display company info have their company logo burned. I guess that's a
> good thing if someone ever steals one. They will be able to identify it as
> theirs.


Mines not quite a year yet, and the typical image on mine actually moves.

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Larry W4CSC wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:40:42 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
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>>Larry W4CSC wrote:
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>>>Mine had a horn relay. I'd have probably gotten a phone call. I got
>>>a wrong number in the middle of the night, after I'd forgotten to turn
>>>off the horn. Woke up the whole neighborhood as the guy was REALLY
>>>persistent.....before I could get to it to shut it up.
>>
>>Mine had one too, but after leaving it engaged several times while
>>driving in traffic, I didn't want that to happen while behind a herd of
>>Hell's Angels, so I had a small lamp added to remind me. Sure enough,
>>the very next day, there they were.
>>
>
> Hmm.... musta been wired wrong. The horn turned off when you turned
> on the key in mine.....
>

Considering the beast I was driving back then, I think the entire car
was wired wrong - including the driver.


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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:54:39 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:

>this.is.not.my.real.name@attbi.com wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:47:17 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:
>>
>>
>>>You actually spent money on a wega? Poor soul, next time, get a Panny
>>>plasma - then the truth will set you free.
>>
>>
>> and spend what, about $3000-$4000?? No thanks, a little out of my
>> price range, and almost triple what my Wega cost.
>
>
>42" widescreen in the wrapper, $2.1K including 3 annual at-home
>calibrations - and it blows the socks off my old Wega.


36 inch Wega + matching entertainment center/tv stand + service
contract = $1200.

this.is.not.my.real.name@attbi.com wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:54:39 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:
>
>
>>this.is.not.my.real.name@attbi.com wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:47:17 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>You actually spent money on a wega? Poor soul, next time, get a Panny
>>>>plasma - then the truth will set you free.
>>>
>>>
>>>and spend what, about $3000-$4000?? No thanks, a little out of my
>>>price range, and almost triple what my Wega cost.
>>
>>
>>42" widescreen in the wrapper, $2.1K including 3 annual at-home
>>calibrations - and it blows the socks off my old Wega.
>
>
>
> 36 inch Wega + matching entertainment center/tv stand + service
> contract = $1200.


Correction.... 34 inch Wega + matching entertainment center/tv stand +
service contract = $1200.

Oh well... it's true you only get what you pay for.

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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:06:56 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:

>this.is.not.my.real.name@attbi.com wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:54:39 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:
>>
>>
>>>this.is.not.my.real.name@attbi.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:47:17 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You actually spent money on a wega? Poor soul, next time, get a Panny
>>>>>plasma - then the truth will set you free.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>and spend what, about $3000-$4000?? No thanks, a little out of my
>>>>price range, and almost triple what my Wega cost.
>>>
>>>
>>>42" widescreen in the wrapper, $2.1K including 3 annual at-home
>>>calibrations - and it blows the socks off my old Wega.
>>
>>
>>
>> 36 inch Wega + matching entertainment center/tv stand + service
>> contract = $1200.
>
>
>Correction.... 34 inch Wega + matching entertainment center/tv stand +
>service contract = $1200.
>
>Oh well... it's true you only get what you pay for.


I got the 36 inch.
They also gave me a free WebTV box (it was some kind of dual
promotion). It's still in the box...I couldn't even give that away.
LOL