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Rojin said:
I do but i don't have the money
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I do but i don't have the money
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Firestar_3x said:I do but i don't have the money
You should combine forces and have both the money, and the room
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LOL! Can't help thinking I would be getting the raw end of the deal though!!! 
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Personally I don't like any Plasma, I've always found them to be quite blurry, altho I don't think I've seen a HD plasma in the flesh. If I was going to get a plasma I would just get a high resolution projector.
LCD TVs, especially the newer HD ones all look great to me. 37" of static pixels, at a native 1080 resolution, yes please
LCD TVs, especially the newer HD ones all look great to me. 37" of static pixels, at a native 1080 resolution, yes please
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Never had a problem personally, but i do find all these mega cheap plasmas coming to the market are giving a bad name to plasmas in general.
Perhaps you need to see a good screen?
Perhaps you need to see a good screen?
I have a Panasonic TH42PE50 42 Inch HD Plasma and honestly it poos all over my mates sammy 32" lcd, he admits it too HD on the xbox 360 looks amazing, and my upscaling dvd player looks really good on it too, if you have space and the cash i'd go for one of those or the new pioneer model.
I've also got a small 19" lcd sammy 913n for the pc though and that is sex too, I often watch that in bed.
As others have said really, if you want it as a device for tv/dvd/360 i would get one of the nice new plasmas.
HD on the xbox 360 looks amazing, and my upscaling dvd player looks really good on it too, if you have space and the cash i'd go for one of those or the new pioneer model. I've also got a small 19" lcd sammy 913n for the pc though and that is sex too, I often watch that in bed.
As others have said really, if you want it as a device for tv/dvd/360 i would get one of the nice new plasmas.
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I went through this whole LCD/Plasma thing about 4 months ago. After about a month looking at loads of different screens, the following holds true for me.
1) For a close viewing distance (less that 7 feet) you best bet is a 32" LCD
2) For distanced over that, your best with a 42" if you have room
3) On the 42" screen size, Plasma > LCD
If your look at the 32" Samsung for example, it look lovely, but the 40" version seems to ghost by comparison. As has been said above, modern plasmas do not suffer from screen burn anymore and do 720p/1080i absolutely fine! I ended up going to a Hitachi 4PD7200 which I couldnt be happier with!
1) For a close viewing distance (less that 7 feet) you best bet is a 32" LCD
2) For distanced over that, your best with a 42" if you have room
3) On the 42" screen size, Plasma > LCD
If your look at the 32" Samsung for example, it look lovely, but the 40" version seems to ghost by comparison. As has been said above, modern plasmas do not suffer from screen burn anymore and do 720p/1080i absolutely fine! I ended up going to a Hitachi 4PD7200 which I couldnt be happier with!
Firestar_3x said:
Thats true to a point, especially with the likes of the goodmans type brands that make it into high street shops, however there are some good cheap screens out there.
i purchased a Haier 42" after a lot of research. Haier are actually a huge well respected brand in china but are pretty much unknown in europe. They are selling here at prices cheaper than they sell for in China in an effort to get some penetration in Europe and the US. The early models were a bit poor but now they are using LG panels, which is not as good as Panasonic but when you get 8ft away I honestly cant see the difference. I spent a few hours going through the Digital Video Essentials disc and my setup looks a lot better than a mates who has a £2500 pionneer (he left in on default settings lol). It only cost me the princley sum of £800 and after a little tax dodge using the goverment initiative to allow staff to buy computer equipment (well it has a VGA socket
) it will actually cost me £460 It also doesn't suffer from screenburn - I played PGR3 for 5 hours solid in bumber cam with tthe dials in the same place and no hint of burn in.
So, in general I'd agree that you get what you pay for, but there are a few gems out there if you put in the legwork.
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Sagalout said:
Fantastic deal
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Are Plasma screens as sharp as LCD screens today?
I remember going to a shop once where they had lots of TV's side by side displaying the same program and I noticed that the LCD screens were much bighter/sharper than the Plasma screens but was that because the Plasma screens were older technology and a lower resolution?
I remember going to a shop once where they had lots of TV's side by side displaying the same program and I noticed that the LCD screens were much bighter/sharper than the Plasma screens but was that because the Plasma screens were older technology and a lower resolution?
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Lots of shops must loose so much money cause they take a poor quality signal split it 50 times and sent it to 1.5 / 2k screens in the hope joe blogs will buy one, you really need a proper demo to fully understand how amazing they can look, fantastic Panasonic main dealer in hanley about 1 hour from my house.
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Firestar_3x said:
I agree.
This weekend i saw a 60" LG plasma (1366x768) priced at £8,000. They were showing LG's HD demo and it looked jaw dropping. I could hardly pull myself away from it. It was mesmerizing.
60" :O
Blimey. Mind you, I remember looking at plasmas in 2000 when a standard 42" cost £7000. Any cheapo plasma these days would wipe the floor with it.
Wonder when we'll see 60" HD for under £1000? Haier already do a 50" HD for about £1500.
Thats one of the reasons I didnt spalsh that much cash this round. I like the look of HD plasma but for me theres not enough source material to make it worthwhile at the moment. 360 only gets a hour or 2 a day and I cant see much differecne on any games other than Kameo, and the Sky service isnt really of much interest at the moment - 10 movies a week + football + a few documentaries for an extra tenner a month.
I'm hoping my SD will last me 3 years by which time that 60" LG will be under £2500 and HDTV broadcatsing will be much more widespread.
Blimey. Mind you, I remember looking at plasmas in 2000 when a standard 42" cost £7000. Any cheapo plasma these days would wipe the floor with it.
Wonder when we'll see 60" HD for under £1000? Haier already do a 50" HD for about £1500.
Thats one of the reasons I didnt spalsh that much cash this round. I like the look of HD plasma but for me theres not enough source material to make it worthwhile at the moment. 360 only gets a hour or 2 a day and I cant see much differecne on any games other than Kameo, and the Sky service isnt really of much interest at the moment - 10 movies a week + football + a few documentaries for an extra tenner a month.
I'm hoping my SD will last me 3 years by which time that 60" LG will be under £2500 and HDTV broadcatsing will be much more widespread.
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Please correct me but a while ago the argument used to be that Plasma displays gradually loose brightness over time while LCD never suffered from this problem.
Is it still the case now?
Is it still the case now?
they both have a limited lifespan, Plasma is about 15 years under normal useage whereas LCD is 50 years or something silly.
Either way its pretty academic - who keeps a TV for more than 5 years?
Heres a fairly objective pro's and cons of both:
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6463_7-5023901-3.html
Either way its pretty academic - who keeps a TV for more than 5 years?
Heres a fairly objective pro's and cons of both:
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6463_7-5023901-3.html
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Sagalout said:
We had a TV for about 20 years
My 14" was used for a good 8 years too My parents used to own a guest house, so some of the TVs were as high as 25 years
Well there will always be a retro following I suppose
2nd/3rd TV's in houses never get much useage anyway so *** lifespan would be a lot longer. I plan on getting a 50 or 60" HD plasma in a coupel of years, then I'll pension off this SD plasma into the bedroom
2nd/3rd TV's in houses never get much useage anyway so *** lifespan would be a lot longer. I plan on getting a 50 or 60" HD plasma in a coupel of years, then I'll pension off this SD plasma into the bedroom