LCDs and Plasmas

[dobyblue]

You can get the 50" KRP-500M Kuro from Vanns, authorized dealer, for $1,999 shipped.

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...pioneer-krp500

[fuwa]

Originally Posted by Maggot

Well, I went to a local Ken Cranes and FINALLY saw a V10 is action. Let me first say, I was very impressed with Ken Cranes. I have never been to that chain and it's a much better experience then your typical Best Buy/Fry's. I am going to buy there for sure. I'm much closer to buying a Panny V10 now that I have seen one. I'm beginning not to like the overly bright LCD's. The brightness is not so bad on some things, but when it comes to human faces, man that brightness ruins it. The V10 is the best plasma I have seen, except of course the Kuro, but they are out of my price range and good luck finding one. I looked at the 50 inch V series model. My two only concerns at this point regarding plasma are heat and noise. Since my room is only 10ftx11ft, I am a little worried about the heat generated by plasma's and the fan noise that may be heard, especially during quiet movie passages? I don't know how much of a big deal this is though?

I like Ken Crane's. I used to order laser discs from them. I have never been there, just mail order - very good to do business with.

[Systemlord]

Originally Posted by fuwa

I like Ken Crane's. I used to order laser discs from them. I have never been there, just mail order - very good to do business with.

Ken Crane's has several different rooms with different lighting for that particular display, they put 2-3 Plasmas in one room for proper lighting and you can turn the seat around to face the display you want to look at! This is where I first viewed the Panasonic 50" V10 in all it's glory, it looked a little on the bright side though. I cut the contrast and brightness down 50% and was able to dim the lighting to match the plasma, lets see Best Buy have that kind of setup!

[mich7b]

Guys I need your help. I am looking to purchase a TV for my bedroom. I would like to keep it under $1400 and no bigger than 40inch. I would mainly be using the TV for gaming and the occasional blu-ray movie. The room does have a lot of light during the day and since I will be using it mostly for gaming, I am leaning towards a LCD. Are LED's worth the extra money? I have been looking at two TVs right now one is the Samsung UN40C6500(amazon $1,125.99). The other one is the Samsung UN40C7000 (amazon $1,479), not sure if it would be worth the extra money for this 3d unit since it will mainly be used for gaming. What do you think? I am open to any brand just wanna get the most bang for my money. Thanks for any help/advice you can give me.

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by mich7b

Guys I need your help. I am looking to purchase a TV for my bedroom. I would like to keep it under $1400 and no bigger than 40inch. I would mainly be using the TV for gaming and the occasional blu-ray movie. The room does have a lot of light during the day and since I will be using it mostly for gaming, I am leaning towards a LCD. Are LED's worth the extra money? I have been looking at two TVs right now one is the Samsung UN40C6500(amazon $1,125.99). The other one is the Samsung UN40C7000 (amazon $1,479), not sure if it would be worth the extra money for this 3d unit since it will mainly be used for gaming. What do you think? I am open to any brand just wanna get the most bang for my money. Thanks for any help/advice you can give me.

From what I read on various forums, the Samsungs are horrible for lag. A TV that gets mentioned a lot for gaming is the Sharp 700UN. It is a full backlit LED set without the local dimming so it's not that expensive. It also has gotten some great reviews. For your lighting conditions and the fact that you plan to do a lot of gaming, it is the set I'd recommend. Electronics Expo has the 40" set for $808. Amazon also has it for $811.

Link for Sharp LC-40LE700UN

[lojack1976]

Originally Posted by scweb13

From what I read on various forums, the Samsungs are horrible for lag. A TV that gets mentioned a lot for gaming is the Sharp 700UN. It is a full backlit LED set without the local dimming so it's not that expensive. It also has gotten some great reviews. For your lighting conditions and the fact that you plan to do a lot of gaming, it is the set I'd recommend. Electronics Expo has the 40" set for $808. Amazon also has it for $811.

Link for Sharp LC-40LE700UN

I cosign that set. Its gotten great reviews. A really great thing about this set is the viewing angles. I looked at it in the Magnolia viewing room in Best Buy a few times, and I've never seen an LCD with viewing angles as good as this set. Its as good as most plasmas in this respect. You can view it very far off-axis without the picture washing out.

The black level is very deep on this set as well. Color accuracy is pretty good when properly calibrated as well. It is noticeably off out of the box, so be prepared to do some adjusting. You should be able to find some good settings in the owner's forum over on avsforum. Other than that its a great set for a very reasonable price.

[mich7b]

Thanks for the info scweb13 and lojack1976. This TV has nothing but great reviews on amazon and the price is well below my budget. This means more money for games and blu's which is always good!!! Thanks again.

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by mich7b

Thanks for the info scweb13 and lojack1976. This TV has nothing but great reviews on amazon and the price is well below my budget. This means more money for games and blu's which is always good!!! Thanks again.

No problem. I'm always happy to help someone out.
Be sure to use input 5 or 7 on the 700UN for gaming. Either one of those will give you the least amount of lag.

[lojack1976]

Originally Posted by mich7b

Thanks for the info scweb13 and lojack1976. This TV has nothing but great reviews on amazon and the price is well below my budget. This means more money for games and blu's which is always good!!! Thanks again.

Happy to help. I'm sure you will love that set.

[rotasol]

Hey guys, I wasn't sure where to put this.

Anyhow, I have the option of either an LG 60" Plasma (LG 60PK550)

Or a 60" Sharp Aquos 240Hz LCD tv (LC-60E88UN).

I already have the 60" Aquos here, but I have to return due to 3 dead pixels (TV is less than 12h old).

So, I can return it for another Aquos, or I can get the LG Plasma.

I love my BD movies, and HD gaming.

What woudl your opinions be? Which unit should I get? Should I just stick with the LCD Aquos? OR opt for the LG Plasma.

Thanks.

[Rogerstennis]

Panny Plasma

[rotasol]

@Rogers Tennis

I'm unsure if that was directed at me, but that isn't an option.

My options are either the Aquos LCD, or the LG Plasma.

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by rotasol

Hey guys, I wasn't sure where to put this.

Anyhow, I have the option of either an LG 60" Plasma (LG 60PK550)

Or a 60" Sharp Aquos 240Hz LCD tv (LC-60E88UN).

I already have the 60" Aquos here, but I have to return due to 3 dead pixels (TV is less than 12h old).

So, I can return it for another Aquos, or I can get the LG Plasma.

I love my BD movies, and HD gaming.

What woudl your opinions be? Which unit should I get? Should I just stick with the LCD Aquos? OR opt for the LG Plasma.

Thanks.

The LG has a very reflective screen. If your room can't be light controlled, stick with the Sharp. Of the 2, I'd prefer the Sharp.

[azamora21]

I just bought a blu ray player and i got home and hooked it up i turned on the tv and when i started my movie i didnt look the way they look at retail stores...got told to get an hdmi cord and i tried that...it worked swell but it didnt give it that look you see at best buy...it just gave way better resolution...i looked on the forums and well i was told in order to get that resolution i had to have a 120 hz tv and i have a 60 hz tv...well by what people said they said that by turning on "Film Mode" on your blu ray or tv...they said it would give it that picture like being filmed by a handheld camera...but not as good as 120 hz....i have a Vizio VO370M 37 Inch hdtv 1080p Eco TV...someone answer me this....is it true if i turn on the film mode for blu ray or tv it will look like its being filmed by a handheld camera???...if so which one do i turn on the tv one or the blu ray one? or both? someone answer me....also the film mode said that it cadence to 24 fps from 60fps or something to make a handheld camera quality..i like that quality!!!! i have the hdmi cord and the 1080p hdtv with 60 hz....Someone answer soon!!!!!!

[Alan Brown]

Here's another helpful article by Gary Merson at HDGuru.com that sets the record straight on the differences between LCD and plasma displays: http://hdguru.com/how-not-to-choose-...medium=twitter . He deconstructs a recent video tutorial put out by Sony on how to choose the right HDTV.

Best regards and beautiful pictures,
Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
A Lion AV Consultants Affiliate

"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"

[eiknarf]

I have a question:

I have an LCD (3 years old), a PLASMA (2 years old) and a new LED (one week old).

My question is, why does the imagery on my new LED (Samsung UN46D6420 46" 1080P 120HZ 3D LED) look different/more real than my LCD (Samsung LN-T4066F 40" 1080p LCD) and my Plasma (Panasonic 65PZ850U)

The Plasma and LCD look great... like HD! People are clear on the screen. But with the LED, people look like they're in my room! Its like real life! Almost looks less like a move and more like the actors are acting in a box in front of me.

Can someone tell me what is different? I'm reading the manual yet nothing tells me why it looks "more real life" and "less theater".

[Kellz]

i haven't bought a new tv in well over 5 years and i'm fairly unsmart when it comes to these. i currently have a 50 inch dlp that i've had since '07 but the bulb burnt out and when i switched it, it still isn't working so i either screwed up somehow or i don't have a clue.

i figure it may be cheaper to get a new tv than to repair this so i'm wondering if i should stick with dlp, or maybe switch to led, lcd or plasma? any help or feedback is much appreciated

[Aseel]

Guys I want to buy a 50inch LG HDTV but the problem is that I live in KSA and they don't have a plasma full HD TV! Only the 60inch model is full HD.
So I have to choose between these:

- LG 50inch Plasma PA4500 (720p)
- LG 47inch LCD CS560 (1080p)

The distance I sit from the screen is about 5 to 8 feet.
I play Blu-rays & video games on my Blu-ray player & PS3
So which one should I go for?

[Beaucamper]

Originally Posted by Aseel

Guys I want to buy a 50inch LG HDTV but the problem is that I live in KSA and they don't have a plasma full HD TV! Only the 60inch model is full HD.
So I have to choose between these:

- LG 50inch Plasma PA4500 (720p)
- LG 47inch LCD CS560 (1080p)

The distance I sit from the screen is about 5 to 8 feet.
I play Blu-rays & video games on my Blu-ray player & PS3
So which one should I go for?

As a purist home theater nerd who has been
buying and watching TVs since 1970, I see it this way:

A 720 may look the same from a distance as 1080 but the
a 720 cannot display all the detail in a 1080 source (BluRay).
720 has about 920,000 pixels compared to over 2 million pixels with 1080.

Playstation has an excellent BluRay player. You need 1080 to take advantage
of your BluRays. This alone should be the deciding factor.

Perceptually the 47 inch 1080p will produce a bigger picture than the 50 because you can sit much closer to it and you have to back off from the 50 with 720p.

With LCD you don't have the long break-in time of the Plasma and virtually no problem with games causing image retention.
If you want, you can have a much brighter screen for gaming on the LCD,
and use the 'cinema' mode for your movies.
If you pump the Plasma for gaming it will probably wear out faster

[eiknarf]

Originally Posted by Kellz

i haven't bought a new tv in well over 5 years and i'm fairly unsmart when it comes to these. i currently have a 50 inch dlp that i've had since '07 but the bulb burnt out and when i switched it, it still isn't working so i either screwed up somehow or i don't have a clue.

i figure it may be cheaper to get a new tv than to repair this so i'm wondering if i should stick with dlp, or maybe switch to led, lcd or plasma? any help or feedback is much appreciated

DLPs arent in the same field as Plasma's or LEDs.

Do they even make DLPs anymore?