Hi everyone just looked at on old tread on the same subject but it didn't really give me much info, Looking for a new bigger tv 46" to 50" was always looking at LCD's untill my mate said they not so good over a 42" and told me to get a plasma,

Then another mate at work told me LCD's are fine his brother has a 50" and he said plasma's use 4 times as much electric and can end up burning the channel name in to the screen after a while and you can still see it with the tv off.

Whats the for's and against's for each also price may have to come in to it cause i'm not made of it and what do you have yourself ???

 

Get a Panasonic plasma and don't worry about it. I was wholey unimpressed with my mates new 37" Samsung, the picture quality would really piss me off.

 

sony reakon their lcd's are as good as plasma now...

 

I had a 42" LG plasma that went POP not too long ago that I thought was great until I bought our Panasonic Viera 52" Plasma which is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Don't rate Sony kit these days, there is better kit on the market and imho you pay for through the nose for little more than the Sony name

 

yer noted, they woould say that innit lol

 

plasma burns are quite rare these days, but you should still be carefull with some channels

i would never choose an LCD over a plasma although a lot of people are saying LCD has finally caught up to plasma levels.

dont know your budget but look at the pioneer 508Xd for a bargain as its just been replaced by the 9G.

latest panasonics are very good also

 

Do research on the correct frums, such as the AV forms, and you will discover that Plasma is by far the best choice at that size.

 

i can get new phillips 42"plasma for 500 if your interested and im in suffolk!!!

 

 

fuck me steve, surely you could ask your dad about this? or mine!

 

I did ask my dad martin and he said don't ask me never had anything to do with lcds or plasma's (which is true so i couldn't blame him) You can ask your dad for me though but i think it going to come down to what i can pick up cheap....

 

lg

 

I've never liked LCDs on anything other than watches and laptop screens. They're now being used for something for which they weren't designed.

 

Ridiculous comment....it's called technology.

I was going to give an example but there are a million and one to choose from, very few things are used for what they were "originally designed".

 

I have a 46" samsung lcd after comparing the two for ages, excellent quality especially for gaming, good value too, dont believe everything you read on here.

 

So pick one

I just don't think they do a particularly good job of displaying a realistic image compared to a very high quality CRT - that's my opinion because that's what my eyes tell my brain.

 

if you have an LCD, from certain angles the black colours can washout and look more grey than black,you dont get this from a plasma.

I got myself a 42" plasma about 4 weeks back and cant fault it.
steve.

 

got an lg 50" plasma and the pic quality is awesome! plasma are better if your going over 42" dont get as hot (so the sales man told me n who elso do you belive!)

 

Got a Panasonic vierra 42" Plasma .

awesome quality

Especially the bigger screens must be plasma!!!

 

 

At this tage, the gap between plasma and LCD is getting closer and closer. 42" of both types are barely indistinguishable (if you pay a decent price, not the cheapo models) but I'd still plumb for a plasma for the over 46" sizes....

As for screen burn, again, as mentioned, with agood model it's pretty rare, but still possible. My main worry is falling asleep with it on, as many channels stop halfway through the night and you wake up to see the BBC3/4, Dave, Film 4, etc etc screen logo that's been sat on screen for hours on end!

Same with the on screen graphics, if you tend to watch the same channel a lot it CAN burn in.... One of our branches has a commercial grade Panasonic 42" plasma, only a year old that shows BBC News 2 all the time. Inside a year the BBC News 24 logo by the clock has burned in, along with the news ticker next to it....

To get a good one you really need to look at pioneer and panasonic at above the Ł1000 mark. LG do do some good ones, but the Pio's and Panny's are just that bit better....

 

pioneer plasma best on the market, failing that a meridian projector

 

plasma plasma plasma!!!

LCD is as good for STATIC images, watch some football and you'll see!

i can't be arsed with football personally, but i know i'm in a minority, and most guys watch it. anything fast moving, or where the camera pans quickly will look better on plasma.

above advice of panasonic or pioneer is good, stick with either of those.

and whoever said CRTs were better? TOP BANANA!!! only i'm not allowed to say that to my customers...

dreading when our CRT goes wrong, no high end replacements available!!!

 

That would be me

I'm dreading the same thing. The extended warranty on my FD Wide Trinitron expired last year, hope it's as well built as the older Sony kit!

 

I also think they still piss over both plasma and LCD (in the std def stuff of course which is why I still have my mighty 36" Tosh CRT, and not gone for plasma or LCD yet......