DEBATE: Plasma or LCD?

[mdost03]

I'm happy with the Sony LCD panel here at my house. Used to have a Rear-Projection LCD and that looked great, but these new LCD panels blow them out of the water. So damn clear. Get a PS3 for Blu-Ray and games too for the TV.

[mike55112]

I have a 47 inch samsung 1080i dlp and I have no complaints what so ever, I have been looking into newer lcd and plasma's and the picture is better with the newer tv's but you can find really good deals on the dlp's and the picture quality is pretty close.

[JET]

DLP is such an old and dated tech. Viewing angle is horseshit and a design like that is only worth the dollar amount they ask for. You pay for what you get, I looked at DLP and thats like buying a porsche 944.. The poor mans porsche..

Obviously you haven't looked into the subject much. 140* horizontal viewing angle is horseshit? Vertical does have more limitations at 60*, but when is that seriously a problem? Check out the Samsung A750 series, it uses LED light engines, so no bulbs to burn out. 61" for $1,500 delivered to your door, 67" for a few hundred more. 10,000:1 contrast ratio is top notch also. It also uses less electricity by a long ways over LCD or Plasma. Mitsu also came out with the LaserVue recently, which is interesting also.

OLED is the future of TV's, 1,000,000:1 contrast ration, can be made flexible so you can roll it up. Very cool stuff and they are making several new plants for it right now.

52" and under, 120hz LCD. 60"+ Samsung A750 series DLP unless you are loaded, then get a LCD for 2x the money.

[mdost03]

OLED>ALL

I can't wait until that stuff gets more mainstream. Amazing.

[INTRIGUED]

Obviously you haven't looked into the subject much. 140* horizontal viewing angle is horseshit? Vertical does have more limitations at 60*, but when is that seriously a problem? Check out the Samsung A750 series, it uses LED light engines, so no bulbs to burn out. 61" for $1,500 delivered to your door, 67" for a few hundred more. 10,000:1 contrast ratio is top notch also. It also uses less electricity by a long ways over LCD or Plasma. Mitsu also came out with the LaserVue recently, which is interesting also.

OLED is the future of TV's, 1,000,000:1 contrast ration, can be made flexible so you can roll it up. Very cool stuff and they are making several new plants for it right now.

52" and under, 120hz LCD. 60"+ Samsung A750 series DLP unless you are loaded, then get a LCD for 2x the money.

I suppose there could be a few out there that are good. I don't really pay much attention to them at I guess. So I don't really have to much of a valid opinion about them. I've always been "sold" on LCD ever since I've looked into buying a new tv.

I do agree though, OLED is going to be amazing that is fo sho.

[john]

I bought a 52" plasma for my mom about a year ago and don't have any complaints/have had any problems.

The prices on plasma are getting very cheap. I bought a 42" samsung the other day for $699 at best buy. Used it for the first time the other day and the picture quality is great.

I am sure that 95% of people couldn't tell the difference.

I will stick with plasma.

[JustROLLIN]

Doubtful.

Plasmas are still rated better for picture quality and true color over LCD's. The new refresh rate is helping LCD's alot, but picture quality is more important than resolution.

For smaller TVs id go with a LCD, 50" and up id go with a plasma.

And of course a $4000 LCD is going to look better than a $2000 Plasma. For similar price ranges, plasma wins.

My friend who is an engineer at 3M in their graphics and displays dept said LCD for anything below 42" and plasma for all those above.

I have a 42" Plasma Panasonic and it dominates a lot of other TVs I have seen in a similar size with LCD. Granted, I dont really know how many were 120hz.

[goodhart]

I have a 47" Toshiba REGZA LCD 1080p that I bought August of 07, and I love it. +1 for the longevity of LCDs

Also some people go out and buy a fancy TV and cheap out on the HDMI cables, make sure to get good cables with a TV if you are spending decent money on it, you will notice a difference. To me thats like putting no name tires on a Ferrari.

[JustROLLIN]

I am sorry, but the longevity of LCDs is NOT a selling point. My plasma will last 25,000+ Hrs. I am pretty sure that will suit my needs up until I am ready for a new setup.

Oh and HDMI cables, buy the cheap ones. There are not quality differences from what I have read... Only on/off... So if its works at all it is achieving maximum quality. Maybe someone else can chime in on this.

[A//// Guy]

Yep, HDMI cables are all very similar. Some may use different metals on the ends.. but I have bought two 6 footers off ebay for maybe 10 bucks shipped? Work great.

And yea, both LCDs and Plasmas have basically the same lifespan ~25000 hours, which is over 1000 straight days of on time... By the time that happens we will all have upgraded to something new.