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The LCD vs Plasma Television Debate

post from Furniture Fashion on 03 April 2009 09:14:00 PM. © Furniture Fashion

Choosing the right television for your living room of home theater has raised a real "fork in the road" question for several years now, Plasma or LCD. As the original flat panel days evolved Plasma was the emerging future of the newest technology and was looking like the long term option for production around the world. As LCD's emerged they seemed to offer a solution to the often higher priced Plasma's which were developing a reputation for having problems with "burn in" and a "short life span" of 6 to 10,000 hours. Even though these issues have been addressed where even the most used Plasma television would last 45 years if on every day for 6 hours, LCD is winning out as major manufacturers are abandoning Plasma production including Vizio and Pioneer with more to follow.

lcd television and flat panel tv's

One thing many of you will notice in a side by side comparison which will draw your eye and probably dollars is the often brighter LCD that really pops on the sales floor. They are intentionally brightened as the sellers know people associate brighter with better not to mention you are more likely to pat attention to these models. On the other hand the sales floor is often illuminated with fluorescent lighting which only hurts the case of the Plasma even more which is why the smaller / higher end electronic stores are more successful with them. Add to this the cost effectiveness and availability of the LCD and other negative myths like Plasma screens omitting harmful gas and needing to be refilled with plasma gas once in a while, and the future looks quite bleak for the suffering Plasma production. The good news is, LCD technology continues to improve and the prices are getting lower every year proving that the benefits of competition and mass production still show up in the price tag.

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Modern Lamps by LeLabo

post from Trendir on 03 April 2009 08:55:00 PM. © Trendir

Running the gamut from floor and table modern lamps, to wall-mounted fixtures and chic chandeliers; square or round in a variety of proportions, these cool, LeLabo lamps will shed some light on cutting-edge French fashions for the modern home....

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Choosing a New Restaurant Furniture Layout Lets
You Reshape Tragedy

post from Restaurant Furniture Blog on 03 April 2009 08:38:20 PM. © Restaurant Furniture Blog

In the restaurant business, there are always going to be a number of changes and risks; while you are not going to want to think about the possibility of a restaurant fire, one of the things that you will find is that when disaster strikes, you will have the chance to change the shape of [...]

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Realistic Fruit Juice Packages by Naoto Fukasawa

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Le Whif Chocolate Inhaler

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The ASID Conference and Vendor Fair

post from Landfair Furniture (Blog) on 03 April 2009 06:23:00 PM. © Landfair Furniture (Blog)

Here we are at Welches for the sixth annual ASID Conference and Vendor Fair. The event is live streamed. Below you will find a snippet of the conference:

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Tomorrow, the whole event will be live streamed and the speaker is much in demand Thomas Schwenk, Eco Broker who will be speaking about Generations in the Workplace: Effectively working with Multi-Generational Customers & Employees

You may join in tomorrow by going to http://www.blazestreaming.com/events/asid.html to register. Learn more about the conference at http://www.asidoregon.org

BTW, if you stick around, Seattle interior designer Faith Sheridan and Mike Landfair, blogger at The Landfair Retail Focus at the Home Accents Today website, will be speaking at 1:30 about Social Media Networking ? Learning the value of Blogging, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter & more.

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And the winner is...

post from Daily Interior Design and Furniture Blog Articles and Pictures - Articles - Zimbio on 03 April 2009 05:00:00 PM. © Daily Interior Design and Furniture Blog Articles and Pictures - Articles - Zimbio

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After sorting through the contest entries for the last 18 hours or so I have come to a decision. I'll spare you the details of my agony, but know that I agonized over this.
The winner of a $3200 gift certificate from Metallo Arts and ten hours of my design time is a woman named Lisa and her Pysanka kitchen. Pysanka is the Ukrainian folk art of painting eggs and objects with meaningful and intricate geometric designs.
I am a sucker for ethnicity of any kind and Lisa pulled out the stops in her incredibly detailed vision of a kitchen based on a Pysanka egg. Here are some excerpts:

Congratulations Lisa!

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Minimalist wine label

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YLighting My Room: Scott's Contemporary Condo

Submissions for YLighting My Room are coming in, above, Scott's contemporary condo and a Louis Poulsen PH Artichoke, one of three pendants he chose from the YLighting catalog. Says Scott, "The place was in rough shape when we got it, but after some careful renovations we've made it our own. Throughout the condo, we've tried to blend modern with the vintage art-deco charm that was original to the place. Most of our money went into the bathroom and kitchen... unfortunately, we are stuck with the (ugly) vintage light fixtures. We want the lighting to be the focal point of the room, the conversation piece. It has to be drastic, modern, eye-catching and unique all at the same time. It should also light the room sufficiently! A tall task for lights!"

Click here for more info on how to submit your own room.

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Trinus - A Sofa Bed for Small Space Living

When living in small spaces it is critical to select the right furniture that can make use of the space well while providing the needs of you and your guests. The Trinus sofa bed is a small footprint piece of furniture that begins as a chair and winds up a sofa bed. Many sofa bed models on the market are bulky and before their transition look like a normal sofa or couch. The transformation from "chair to sleeping area" is rarer and in this, Trinus has delivered. It's also nice that it can be converted into a chaise lounge, which is a great way to relax with a book or television. More information: here.

Chair to Sofa Bed