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| Thread ID: 124886 | 2012-05-25 10:40:00 | Plasma or LCD TV? | gradebdan (2186) | PC World Chat |
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| 1277380 | 2012-06-04 09:57:00 | I bought a 50" LCD for my bedroom and the picture is fantastic. I looked at both too but I think that the LCD monitor will be a better choice for buying in the long run. | Marvin Barrett (16723) | ||
| 1277381 | 2012-06-04 12:35:00 | My two observations: Go to a TV repair shop and look at what is taking up all the floor space - old plasma TVs everywhere. Sure, it's older plasmas, but it leaves me with a sense of unease there. And as for the stores biasing the pictures, well the local Harvey Normans certainly do so. When I was looking they had all the small / mid size sets showing a louzy pixellated music video where there was never more than a second on a single, dark scene (impossible to judge the merits of the image). Then the huge premium sets with the premium pricetags were given animated cartoons to display. All rich strong colours and high contrast. It was designed to drive customers to spend through the nose for a bigger unit. I'm happy to say I spent my money at Dick Smiths on a unit that looked very inferior when on Harvey Normans setup. And I'm very happy with it and I spent far less than Harvey Norman wanted for the same model. I hate deceptive sales techniques. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1277382 | 2012-06-05 01:43:00 | Plasma is actually the superior technology in many ways, many of the improvements in LCDs have been to overcome problems that plasmas never had in the first place. These days though both technologies have advanced to the point where it's more a matter of preference rather than which is better, as Metla pointed out both look awesome. Some pros and cons; Plasma - bright rich colours, deep natural blacks No stuttering with fast moving or panning scenes like cheaper LCDs suffer from (the reason for things like motionflow technology) great for Movies/ TV/ Sports Glass screen can be more durable and easier to clean but is also reflective and will show up light sources LCD Tends to look better when used as a PC monitor (personal opinion here) Generally thinner, lighter and use less power Plastic screens tend to be non reflective and better in bright rooms with lots of ambient light (some have a shiny glass cover that negates this one) Usually more expensive in large sizes Need a backlight so always emit some light when on and have trouble dispaying a true black LCDs are more popular and manufacturers are starting to abandon plasma, but not because it's the worse technology. The short answer is buy the one that looks good to you, has the features you want, and has an acceptable price. Don't worry about the LCD vs plasma debate, it's not important. A final point, ignore any talk of burn in. It's so unlikely it really doesn't come into it. If you plan on leaving one static image up on your screen 24 hours a day for months then it could be an issue. ^^this.....i mostly say if less than 40, go LCD, if bigger, go plasma |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1277383 | 2012-06-06 12:16:00 | The upshot isn't really about how "black" the black is but rather how good the resulting contrast is. What I said :D The rest is simply environmental and more unstable than an Education Minister's brain! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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