LCD Vs Plasma

[Cajuncowboy]

So I've decided to get an HDTV. Which is better?

LCD-Pros & Cons?

Plasma- Pros & Cons?

DLP-Is it any different than the other 2?

Thanks in advance.

Also which brands are the best? Is Vizio anything to crow about?

 

[Blake]

So I've decided to get an HDTV. Which is better?

LCD-Pros & Cons?

Plasma- Pros & Cons?

DLP-Is it any different than the other 2?

Thanks in advance.

Also which brands are the best? Is Vizio anything to crow about?

I would seriously recommend visiting a technology board of some sort to seek out these kind of answers..you'll find yourself coming out much more informed.

With that said, I hear that Plasma looks better but for whatever reason doesn't hold up as well as LCD down the road. I cant remember the specifics but something about the picture is prone to go bad with plasma a few years down the road.

Take what I say with a grain of salt though...

 

[tomson75]

I would seriously recommend visiting a technology board of some sort to seek out these kind of answers..you'll find yourself coming out much more informed.

With that said, I hear that Plasma looks better but for whatever reason doesn't hold up as well as LCD down the road. I cant remember the specifics but something about the picture is prone to go bad with plasma a few years down the road.

Take what I say with a grain of salt though...

That was the case for plasma sets a few years ago. Plasma technology has significantly increased in terms of life expectancy.

 

[theebs]

In a nutshell plasma.

It depends what you are going to do with it. If you play video games, dont buy a plasma, if you have an extremely bright room do not buy a plasma.

plasma has the best picture, If you can afford to I would stay away from the vizio. Plasma's reproduce the best and most accurate blacks, they can be hung on the wall (out of the reach of small children) some lcd's and all dlp's have soft screens and can be harmed from a child with their hands or toys.

i would get into it in great detail, but for now...ask yourself these questions.

where are you going to put it? Wall or stand?
How far do you sit from where the tv will be mounted?
Is your room bright, or does it just let moderate light in?

What size ranges are you looking for? Depending on your distance you will want it bigger. HDTV's are not like tube tv's or big screen crt's you can sit close to a 50 inch and get a perfectly clear picture.

Will you play video games or hook your pc up to it?

So again in a nutshell, if you desire to wall mount it, do not want to play video games on it and you dont have an overly bright room BUY a plasma.

You can get last years panasonic model for ridiculously good prices in the 50 inch range...the new ones are 1080p.

if you do want to play video games, dont mind putting it on a stand and have a bright room, look at lcd or dlp. Dlp has a lamp and needs replacement when they burn out.....LCD and plasma burn out and its over!! Plasmas are rated at about 60000 hours now though, so that is alot.

If you are looking at DLP, where you can get incredible value I would recommend the mitsubishi diamond series, they are fantastic. You can get a 57 inch mits. diamond dlp for incredible prices.

If you do get a plasma make sure and do some research on the model you buy so you can get an idea of what settings to use during burn in......Do not leave static images on the screen in the first 100 to 500 hours.

 

[tomson75]

^^^

Out of curiosity, why are they bad for video games?

 

[Rack]

I prefer DLP.

 

[Bonecrusher#31]

So I've decided to get an HDTV. Which is better?

LCD-Pros & Cons?

Plasma- Pros & Cons?

DLP-Is it any different than the other 2?

Thanks in advance.

Also which brands are the best? Is Vizio anything to crow about?

I have two Vizio LCD's(37 & 47) and one 60' Vizio Plasma (Maximvs)...( I had a 65 in Mitsubishi HDTV and recently sold it )

The plasma picture is better but you really have to have them side by side to notice....The Plasma is also subject to burnout so I only play video games normally on my LCD's....

Plasma are also MUCH Heavier....

 

[silverbear]

You can get last years panasonic model for ridiculously good prices in the 50 inch range...the new ones are 1080p.

Or you can buy their new 103" diagonal plasma for a "mere" $70k... that's a bargain, Runco's will run you $100k (but Runco is close to the state of the art in big screen hi def, especially front projection TVs).. haven't priced LG's 70" diagonal plasma...

I could spend an easy 800 grand in electronics building my dream screening room... start with the Runco SC-1 front projection TV, a 250" diagonal screen (250 grand plus the price of the screen)... flank it with 2 of those 103" Runco plasmas (100 grand each)... a Niveus Denali Limited Edition media center PC (around 10 grand)... then, JBL's Synthesis Everest II THX sound system (325 grand)... find yourself a good Blu Ray DVD player, a top quality DVD recorder (Pioneer's Professional series in both cases), perhaps JVC's hi def VCR if you insist on holding on to your old videotapes... throw in 5 grand for one of Lexicon's amazing remotes, and of course you'll need 2 or 3 of Monster Power's finest PowerCenters, their Power Signature Series, to keep lightning from frying the whole setup (5-6 grand)... Runco's LiveLink DVI cabling system completes the system...

Hey, a boy can dream, can't he??

 

[burmafrd]

I have a DLP front projector and a 10' screen. Works well for me at half the price of Plasma. My advice is to look at ALL the possibilities and then pick the one that feels right for YOU.

 

[theebs]

^^^

Out of curiosity, why are they bad for video games?

because of the static images you can get varied amounts of image retention or if you play them right out of the box you can get burned in images.

Plasmas do not burn in like they used to, many of them now have the white out screen which will essentially reset your screen at the cost of using up about 5% of the life of the panel when you do that!!

 

[theebs]

Or you can buy their new 103" diagonal plasma for a "mere" $70k... that's a bargain, Runco's will run you $100k (but Runco is close to the state of the art in big screen hi def, especially front projection TVs).. haven't priced LG's 70" diagonal plasma...

I could spend an easy 800 grand in electronics building my dream screening room... start with the Runco SC-1 front projection TV, a 250" diagonal screen (250 grand plus the price of the screen)... flank it with 2 of those 103" Runco plasmas (100 grand each)... a Niveus Denali Limited Edition media center PC (around 10 grand)... then, JBL's Synthesis Everest II THX sound system (325 grand)... find yourself a good Blu Ray DVD player, a top quality DVD recorder (Pioneer's Professional series in both cases), perhaps JVC's hi def VCR if you insist on holding on to your old videotapes... throw in 5 grand for one of Lexicon's amazing remotes, and of course you'll need 2 or 3 of Monster Power's finest PowerCenters, their Power Signature Series, to keep lightning from frying the whole setup (5-6 grand)... Runco's LiveLink DVI cabling system completes the system...

Hey, a boy can dream, can't he??

welll if you were to spend all that cash on that stuff I would come through my screen and slap you.

I dont like runco plasmas....their projectors are incredible.

Monster doesnt make anything good. Stay away from monster. there are many other choices in power conditioners.

have you ever seen the top of the line runco projector in person, it is ridiculous. I saw it at marvins in fort worth...awesome stuff.

 

[Kevinicus]

If you're going for anything with a decent size, then DLP is the much better value.

Plasma's have never looked right to me. Always have a faded or hazy look to them.

Tested out a Vizio for a football party since it was cheap and was pretty surprised by the quality. So if I was buying a second TV, I'd have no problem getting a Vizio. For the price, they seem really good.

 

[Concord]

Just got this one a week ago for my family room.

It's a Samsung 46" LCD.

Got it hooked up to my home theater system and it's awsome.

I was always like when people talked about HD...can it really be that much better?

Well it is! I can't believe the difference and how long I went without it.

 

[silverbear]

welll if you were to spend all that cash on that stuff I would come through my screen and slap you.

I dont like runco plasmas....their projectors are incredible.

To me, the Runco plasmas don't stand out among that genre, but they are just about as good as anybody's, and in that system, I like the notion of integrating the video components with the same brand throughout... beyond that, at this point if you want 103" plasmas on both sides, your choices are either Runco or Panasonic...

Never cared all that much for Panasonic products...

Monster doesnt make anything good. Stay away from monster. there are many other choices in power conditioners.

I've used nothing but Monster for many years now-- speaker wires, power conditioners-- and have always been quite pleased with the line...

have you ever seen the top of the line runco projector in person, it is ridiculous. I saw it at marvins in fort worth...awesome stuff.

Yeah, I have, and yeah, you're right... it can project on a screen a lot bigger than 250" diagonal too, but you'd need 25 foot ceilings to go down that road... with the 250 incher, you can keep it to a 15-16 foot ceiling, much more practical in the basement of a luxury home... you'd still have a screen roughly 12, 12 and a half feet high, by 16 and a half to 17 feet wide... flank that screen with two 103 inchers (each 7 and a half feet wide), and you'd need a bare minimum of 32 feet width in that screening room, realistically you'd probably want 40 feet... allowing an 18" rise between rows, you could put six rows of seats in there, which would require about 40 feet of depth, call it 1600 square feet altogether...

That's big enough for me and 50 of my closest friends to watch the Super Bowl, in hi def and comfort...

Now, if only the folks at Mega Millions would draw the right bleepin' numbers... if the jackpot is big enough, I might even be able to afford that 4-6 lane bowling alley in the basement, complete with snack bar, and the private 9 hole golf course on the property (that would require about 75 acres of land)...

I used to dream about having my own pub in the basement too, but now that diabetes has made me a teetotaler, that one doesn't seem quite so important...

I could give you a pretty fair guesstimate on what it would cost to build them, too... I have way too much free time on my hands, LOL...

 

[Doomsday]

Really good forum for audio/video stuff

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php

 

[Duane]

Really good forum for audio/video stuff

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php

Another good forum:

http://www.hometheaterspot.com/html/index.shtml

 

[the kid 05]

So I've decided to get an HDTV. Which is better?

LCD-Pros & Cons?

Plasma- Pros & Cons?

DLP-Is it any different than the other 2?

Thanks in advance.

Also which brands are the best? Is Vizio anything to crow about?

lcd- med of the two in terms of weight. good picture, sharp. not as bright as the others.

Plasma - read its the heaviest of the 3. ok picture, very bright. bulbs go out every 5 or so years so costly in the long run

DLP - basically a combination of what makes LCD and Plasmas good. light weight, bright and sharp pictures.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-oJHr3DFCUYr/? <--were i go for information and questions they have a forum there so you can ask questions as well

 

[Dallas]

In a nutshell plasma.

It depends what you are going to do with it. If you play video games, dont buy a plasma, if you have an extremely bright room do not buy a plasma.

plasma has the best picture, If you can afford to I would stay away from the vizio. Plasma's reproduce the best and most accurate blacks, they can be hung on the wall (out of the reach of small children) some lcd's and all dlp's have soft screens and can be harmed from a child with their hands or toys.

i would get into it in great detail, but for now...ask yourself these questions.

where are you going to put it? Wall or stand?
How far do you sit from where the tv will be mounted?
Is your room bright, or does it just let moderate light in?

What size ranges are you looking for? Depending on your distance you will want it bigger. HDTV's are not like tube tv's or big screen crt's you can sit close to a 50 inch and get a perfectly clear picture.

Will you play video games or hook your pc up to it?

So again in a nutshell, if you desire to wall mount it, do not want to play video games on it and you dont have an overly bright room BUY a plasma.

You can get last years panasonic model for ridiculously good prices in the 50 inch range...the new ones are 1080p.

if you do want to play video games, dont mind putting it on a stand and have a bright room, look at lcd or dlp. Dlp has a lamp and needs replacement when they burn out.....LCD and plasma burn out and its over!! Plasmas are rated at about 60000 hours now though, so that is alot.

If you are looking at DLP, where you can get incredible value I would recommend the mitsubishi diamond series, they are fantastic. You can get a 57 inch mits. diamond dlp for incredible prices.

If you do get a plasma make sure and do some research on the model you buy so you can get an idea of what settings to use during burn in......Do not leave static images on the screen in the first 100 to 500 hours.

Theebs hit it on the head w/ this post.

If you are a video gamer or plan to play games on the tv. Do not buy a plasma. I would buy a DLP - LCD 1080p. The Samsung lineup is amazing and VERY reasonable on the budget.

If you are not a gamer then I would go w/ the Plasma. That's exactly what I did and to this day (had it 2 yrs so far) I love this TV. I went w/ a Pany when I purchased mine.

I actually going to be buying a new one next month. The 1080p lineup from Hitachi is beautiful.

 

[jksmith269]

Just have to pipe in here. Samsung makes the BEST HDTV's out there. I got the 42" DLP 1080P for under 1600.00 and it has been worth every penny. I'd reccommend looking on Circuit City, and BestBuy's websites and read the comments left by other buyers. I have 2 other LCD's that I got they are Olevia and are awesome for the price. Look at www.newegg.com for the best prices and great service. also you may want to wait a month for the thanksginving sales... Just a thought.