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Eiffel Tower, San Francisco[edit]
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Good Neighbor Sam (1964) is set in San Francisco. Two scenes have views of Union Square or some comparable space, and in the square is a copy of the Eiffel Tower at about one-tenth scale. Can you tell me anything about such a tower? There's no mention in List of Eiffel Tower replicas. —Tamfang (talk) 09:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- This newspaper article from 1963 probably explains it. I guess they just happened to be filming at the time of the festival. Deor (talk) 16:07, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Flat Screen TV[edit]
wHICH IS PREFERABLE, LED OR LCD? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6036:1F:7434:5222:3971:371B (talk) 13:12, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- Depends on what you want out of your TV and what you are willing to pay for it. --Jayron32 17:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- One clarification, real LED TVs are rare, very large, and quite expensive. As such, they are typically only sold to commercial customers. The TVs marketed dishonestly to consumers as LED TVs are really LCD TVs with LED backlights. Those are better than TVs using other backlights in that they are more efficient, so use less electricity per lumen and generate less heat. They also tend to have a good dynamic contrast ratio, where they reduce the backlight in dark scenes to make it darker. If true LED TVs were available to consumers, they would be even better in these ways, but also much more expensive (and larger). StuRat (talk) 18:24, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
- I have a 43" LED (i.e., backlit LCD) 720 DpI Samsung I got for $397 from Walmart with whose picture I am extremely pleased. I had a Panasonic and a Sony before that, both of which I returned for other reasons and whose picture was inferior to the Samsung. It has deep blacks and vibrant colors and works fine where it is placed, with bright indoor lighting, and no reflected sunlight. My only complaint is that the buttons on the remote are designed for sub-pixie-sized fingers. Just make sure whatever model you buy has a good one-month no-questions-asked return policy. μηδείς (talk) 22:34, 18 August 2012 (UTC)