LCD or PLASMA?

either way you what you pay for, if you buying top of the line (sony,panasonic,samsung) your tv will be nice if your going a middle class (jvc,westinghouse) it will ok but if you go (maxent,olevia) it will be horrible
 
Watch sports on the LCD before you buy. Notice the trailing images behind players during fast motion. Once you notice it, you'll hate LCD and wish you had gone with the plasma. The Pioneer 5070 is at the end of its lifecycle (the 5080 will be out in the next month) so you should be able to score a deal on it if anybody has one left. Personally, I'm waiting to see the 5080 as it's supposed to be a big leap from last year's models.


Also, don't believe the 1080p hype on a small screen. On a 50" screen, the human eye (20/20 vision) can't resolve the difference between 1080 and 720 once you get past 6.5 feet away. If you're going to sit farther away than that, you're paying for something that you'll never see.
 
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Scooter70 said:
Watch sports on the LCD before you buy. Notice the trailing images behind players during fast motion. Once you notice it, you'll hate LCD and wish you had gone with the plasma.
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There are two effects that can be caught, depending on the person watching.

LCD projection TV's have an effect known as pixellation, which is what Eric is describing above. If the pixels in the screen can't refresh fast enough you can see the image become pixellated, like when you blow up a digital picture too large. You can actually see the little squares. This is only during fast motion, like following a pitch in a baseball game.

DLP projection TV's have an effect called rainbowing. If you look at the screen and move your eyes quickly back and forth across it you should be able to see a rainbow in the TV.

Some people see one, some see the other. I spent a lot of time doing my research when I bought mine. I am much more able to see the rainbow than the pixellation. I stared at the TV I bought for hours before I took it home. I can catch the pixellation if I'm looking for it, but it was not as frequent to me as the rainbow was when watching DLP, so I chose LCD.

I'm not sure why everyone is saying Plasmas are cheaper, they're still the most expensive of the three types of technology...they're also the ones that you can hang on the wall. Both DLP and LCD's still have a little thickness to them.
 
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My 50" LCD sony only weighs 95lbs. So the wife and I both moved it ourselfs.

Thats part of the reason we bought it...Because I didnt want to buy a tv that I would have to rely on like 4 friends to help move it.
 
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Chixdigme said:
There are two effects that can be caught, depending on the person watching.

LCD projection TV's have an effect known as pixellation, which is what Eric is describing above. If the pixels in the screen can't refresh fast enough you can see the image become pixellated, like when you blow up a digital picture too large. You can actually see the little squares. This is only during fast motion, like following a pitch in a baseball game.

DLP projection TV's have an effect called rainbowing. If you look at the screen and move your eyes quickly back and forth across it you should be able to see a rainbow in the TV.

Some people see one, some see the other. I spent a lot of time doing my research when I bought mine. I am much more able to see the rainbow than the pixellation. I stared at the TV I bought for hours before I took it home. I can catch the pixellation if I'm looking for it, but it was not as frequent to me as the rainbow was when watching DLP, so I chose LCD.

I'm not sure why everyone is saying Plasmas are cheaper, they're still the most expensive of the three types of technology...they're also the ones that you can hang on the wall. Both DLP and LCD's still have a little thickness to them.
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for my set. the equivalent lcd with all the options and clarity was $800+. that's considerably more to me. i have a projection in my basement, dlp in my living room and the plasma i bought for my bedroom. it was my first and for a 42" at $1,200 i wanted to start cheap. you can't compare the same plasma to a $6,000 pioneer 50" elite but it's not meant too. the same exact tv size, brand and options in lcd is/was over $2,000. i also bought mine on black friday so i saved $400 over the normal price so had i bought the lcd version it would have cost me $1,100 more. as far as mentioning the difference in 1080 between 720. it's huge. my model had two versions. 720 and 1080, the 1080 was $400 more and is well worth it. i couldn't justify the cost of the lcd version though..

the only useless feature that is on mine is the ability to read memory cards. i'm sure i paid an extra $100 in the price just for that feature, pretty much useless.
 
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Watch sports on the LCD before you buy. Notice the trailing images behind players during fast motion. Once you notice it, you'll hate LCD and wish you had gone with the plasma. The Pioneer 5070 is at the end of its lifecycle (the 5080 will be out in the next month) so you should be able to score a deal on it if anybody has one left. Personally, I'm waiting to see the 5080 as it's supposed to be a big leap from last year's models.


Also, don't believe the 1080p hype on a small screen. On a 50" screen, the human eye (20/20 vision) can't resolve the difference between 1080 and 720 once you get past 6.5 feet away. If you're going to sit farther away than that, you're paying for something that you'll never see.
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i watch TV with my nose 6 inches away from the screen, It makes the porn seem real and there is only a very small mess in the screen to clean up.
 
i got a 50" vizio plasma and the picture is awesome...it was only 1500 bucks also, they may have even come down since then.
 
plasma has darker blacks and richer colors so if you watch tv at night, it will look better. LCD is brighter but you get pixelation and Plasma starts at 42" I think, with the newer ones you aren't going to burn images in and you don't have to change the plasma all the time like everyone says. I would definetely spend a little more now and get a good one (aquos, LG, Pioneer, Sony) don't get olivia, westinghouse, or any other house brand, they are cheap for a reason.
 
I didnt need to hang so I went with 2 samsung's DLPs one a 50" and one a 61"
I absolutley love them, so again like lethalss said if you do not need to hang them save the money.
 
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