# Free Flat Screen TV

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 25, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507 "2009-12-25T01:41:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/1 "2009-12-25T01:41:16Z")

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Nope. No [catch](http://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/114752/Free+TV/)at all.

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/2 "2009-12-25T01:45:24Z")

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Um,…I’ll take it.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/3 "2009-12-25T01:48:51Z")

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Some might consider that a feature.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/4 "2009-12-25T01:57:13Z")

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Hang it in a museum gallery and call it art.

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/5 "2009-12-25T01:59:10Z")

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I’d take it. LCDs generally don’t have permanent burn-in, just temporary “image retention” which can be corrected.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/6 "2009-12-25T03:19:46Z")

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> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> Some might consider that a feature.

I, for one, would pay extra for that.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/7 "2009-12-25T03:39:10Z")

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That’d make an awesome christmas present for my highly conservative grandparents. I hope the offer is still open…

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/8 "2009-12-25T07:34:07Z")

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It’s an attention grabbing stunt , LCDs don’t “burn in”.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/9 "2009-12-25T11:42:54Z")

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I thought it would be another Jesus image. It still might be.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-flat-screen-tv/522507/10 "2009-12-25T14:56:54Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> It’s an attention grabbing stunt , LCDs don’t “burn in”.

But plasmas do, and the guy doesn’t give a model number. “LCD TV” to a lot of people just means flatscreen.