in fact, since with a 16:9 screen you need a bigger screen size than you did with a 4:3 to get the same effective viewing area, people who have bought them usually end up wiping out any of the energy savings they gain by going from CRT to LCD or plasma. i wish the 4:3 format hadn't been completely obliterated during the switch to digital. 16:9 could have been a choice for movie buffs and sports fans and 4:3 remained an option for the rest of us.
For those of you who may not know, the annual AIA convention is a big money maker for the Institute - it covers a considerable part of the AIA's annual budget. Most of the revenues come from exhibitors.
Their willingness to pay sizeable exhibit fees is a function of member traffic - this nominally priced TV is a promotion to build traffic and will more than cover its cost.
Rather than erode the funds needed to provide member services, such expenditures actually expand those funds.
Leave the AIA National Convention with learning units and a 37" LCD HDTV???
did anyone else get the e-mail with this title? did it make you wonder?
hey, do you think they could use that couple o' thou so actually do some lobbying?
hdtv is overrated.
few years back they gave away a civic hybrid.
so much for being green.
in fact, since with a 16:9 screen you need a bigger screen size than you did with a 4:3 to get the same effective viewing area, people who have bought them usually end up wiping out any of the energy savings they gain by going from CRT to LCD or plasma. i wish the 4:3 format hadn't been completely obliterated during the switch to digital. 16:9 could have been a choice for movie buffs and sports fans and 4:3 remained an option for the rest of us.
so - who sent out this e-mail - AIA or some product manufacturer?
Rebekah Malvaso [[email protected]]
4:3 ratio much better i agree
For those of you who may not know, the annual AIA convention is a big money maker for the Institute - it covers a considerable part of the AIA's annual budget. Most of the revenues come from exhibitors.
Their willingness to pay sizeable exhibit fees is a function of member traffic - this nominally priced TV is a promotion to build traffic and will more than cover its cost.
Rather than erode the funds needed to provide member services, such expenditures actually expand those funds.
No TV... but did anyone take home the Sloan toilet flush lamp?
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