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#235733 - 06/09/08 05:18 PM
OT - HDTV - Plasma or LCD?
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Senior Member
Registered: 12/01/02
Posts: 1790
Loc: Medina, OH, USA
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I thought my 50" rear projection TV was OK until I walked into Best Buy and allowed myself to observe and drool over the newer HDTVs. And now there's no turning back... gotta have one.
Problem is, everyone tells me something different. Plasma is better, LCD is the new wave, viewing angle, pixel count, need more HDMI inputs, blackness level, burn-in, etc, etc.
Anybody been through this? Worse than "which AK is better?"
Glenn
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#235742 - 06/10/08 12:38 AM
Re: OT - HDTV - Plasma or LCD?
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Registered: 07/21/05
Posts: 5426
Loc: English Riviera, UK
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There are good and bad plasmas, just like there are good and bad LCD's and its personal preference as to which you like. (Just go to the store and see which one takes your fancy) In most cases you also get what you pay for, buy a cheap plasma or LCD and in most cases they look crap, however get a Pioneer or Panasonic Plasma or a Sony LCD and you will be in heaven. The best value however in both Plasma and LCD has got to be Samsung though. (Not quite as good as the top end sets, but blows the rest of the market away) Go for 3 HDMI and Full HD (Not the lower resolution HD Ready) 1080P/24fps to get the best from Blue-Ray. I still use a Samsung 21” CRT for general viewing, as I have a projector (DLP) and screen for Home Cinema use. (For me even 50 or 60” Plasma or LCD’s are just too small to get a true Home Cinema experience) Hope this helps
Bill
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#235745 - 06/10/08 05:12 AM
Re: OT - HDTV - Plasma or LCD?
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Registered: 07/23/07
Posts: 90
Loc: Dubrovnik, Croatia
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GlennT,
The simplest explanation of difference between LCD and Plasma screens would be the following:
Plasma screens have better contrast, and black level then LCD screens.
LCD screens have better resolution, lower power consumption and lower prices then comparable sized plasma screens.
Beside that, plasma screens are more alike CRT in a way that they might exhibit ghosting effect (burned pixels if the same picture stays on screen for very long time), and they also suffer from picture quality degradation with time (after couple years the light level drops, similar as with projection lamps).
It should be noticed that both type of screens doesn't behave the same when in different lighting situations (outdoor, indoor etc.)
To sum it up, plasma screen are considered to be better then LCD screens, but because of the competition, there are constant upgrades of both technologies.
Also, notice that high quality LCD might perform better then lover quality plasma screen. And if TV signal is of low quality, there is no TV set in the world that would make it look good on any type of screen.
Good luck.
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#235746 - 06/10/08 05:25 AM
Re: OT - HDTV - Plasma or LCD?
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Registered: 11/24/99
Posts: 1676
Loc: Milford, CT, USA
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When it's all done it only matters if you are happy at home with your set. It's just like arranger keyboards, Yamaha is this, Korg is this, Ketron is this.
Everyone has their preference.
My main TV brand that I sell is LG. I just did a scouting company for football players, we mainly the higher end LCD to avoid the motion blur, and in the owners house we did 2 60" LG Plasma because he watches allot of movies and wanted the best color reproduction which includes the contrast level.
Brun in on new decent plasmas are almost gone because of the technologies that are available today.
Stephen, sorry I thought you knew when you came down. Samsung is a very good brand.
I have my option of buying any TV out there, and I bought a HP DLP that's not made anymore.
Me or anyone can give you the speech of what;s the best, what I read about, what my friend told me was the best, but it all ends up with what you are happy with.
My offer still stands, give me a call and I'll try to help as musch as possible.
Frank
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#235749 - 06/10/08 07:44 AM
Re: OT - HDTV - Plasma or LCD?
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Registered: 08/22/04
Posts: 1457
Loc: Athens, Greece
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If you have the right ingedients....
Suitable place to put it, a little time to tinker with for optimal results, and the WAF (wife acceptance factor) is minimal,
then consider buying a medium priced projector and a medium-good motorized screen.
this will not set you back much more than a good TV, with the added advantage of having a 80 to 120 inch screen.
A friend has an Epson projector, (not HD) and a motorized screen, (bought months ago about 1600 Euros both) that he uses even for regular tv viewing (news etc). While I personally think it is overkill, (IMHO a 20 inch TV, no matter the brand can let you watch cnn just as well), I sometimes look in awe at the face of the newscaster....and don't let me started about sports, it's like you one of the players.
You can imagine the movies that you are going to see....AWESOME!!!!
ahh, and something else from another more purist friend of mine..."projection is better than TV because in projection, you are casting light at something, similar to everday world where the sun casts light ot objects around us...in TV, the TV itself casts light at you, so it is never the same blah blah.".
[This message has been edited by trident (edited 06-10-2008).]
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