[merry_miller]

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_S...&category_oid=-30633

[Serpico]

Originally posted by Eastwood:
And yeah as far as I know (not a lot) LG make decent tv's? Work as a shopfitter on bookmakers and all the big companies go for these, and they do get a lot of use in the shops.

Since when has a screen being used in a shop been an indicator of quality?

[gillsminnow]

Originally posted by merry_miller:
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_S...&category_oid=-30633

Yeah I was kind of under the impression that LCD is better than plasma?

I have no idea though.

[SirZ]

Originally posted by Eastwood:
Just ordered the 27" Samsung for £450 cheers SirZ

cool :thup:

Im on the verge of buying the 42 lcd for my living room but im waiting a little till sometime in jan.

[Doonhamer]

Originally posted by gillsminnow:

Yeah I was kind of under the impression that LCD is better than plasma?

I have no idea though.

Afaik LCD is better under 26" anything over is better in plasma but I also have no idea tbh

[qwerty2k]

im trying to decide which tv to get for my room, 32" or 37" (under £900).

[merry_miller]

Why Buy Plasma?
Grey scale response / contrast - Plasma technology can deliver superior subleties - which means plasmas can generally give you more detail in dark picture areas.

Response Times - Response time is the amount of time, measured in milliseconds, that it takes for a pixel to go from inactive to active and back again. Athough the latest LCD screens have made big improvements in this area, plasma is still considerably better, so its picture quality generally suffers less.

Size - LCD is catching up, but it's still cheaper for manufacturers to use Plasma for really big screen sizes - certainly 42in and above - than it is for them to use LCD. On the other hand, plasma isn't really viable at sizes smaller than 32in.

Viewing Angle - LCD screens frequently boast viewing angles of anywhere upto 175 degrees. But our experience suggests that these figures are very optimistic, as LCD pictures start to lose lots of contrast and colour at angles much less than than those quoted. Pretty much all plasma screens, on the other hand, retain their quality upto around 160 degrees.

Colour Saturation - Plasma traditionally scores high here because of the way it blocks light, turning off pixels when they're not needed so that no stray light can dilute its coulours. With LCD there's always smoe stray light in the mechanism, which adds a greying influence to colours thus makes authentic tones more difficult to see.

[merry_miller]

Why Buy LCD?
Screen life - We've seen some industry claims that LCD can last twice as long as plasma (around 40 years at 4hrs a day versus 20 years at 4hrs of use a day). Even though we suspect that such claims show a distinct LCD bias on the part of the source, it does seem that LCD can last a bit longer than plasma.

No screenburn - Plasma screens are suspectible to something called screenburn, which occurs when a bright image, like the sky news logo, is displayed on screen for an extended period of time. The constant saturation 'tires' plasma's phosphors, leaving a permanent shadow of the bright image behind. LCD technology is pretty much immune to this problem.

Slimness - Because there is no need for gas filled or heavy glass fronts in a LCD screen, LCDs tend to be slimmer and lighter than plasmas.

Brightness - LCD technology can generally deliver brighter pictures than a plasma - though more brightness isn't automatically better if it is used to disguise a lack of contrast.

Power consumption - LCDs generally use less power than plasma TVs because they dont need to power hundreds of electrodes to stimulate phosphors.

[qwerty2k]

i thought screenburn no longer existed in new plasmas?

[SirZ]

Actually, i'll be going for a 37" LCD, not 42. 42 is just too big.