So you say any plasma will be leaps and bounds ahead of any LCD?
Without offending, you feel the budget plasma will easily be superior to a premium LCD?
Maybe tell him - I offered him a PA60H5000 to swap his HU8000 and he laughed at me. What I do know though, is that your and his comments totally contradict each other.
Forget the price.
Tag11 had a Series 8 plasma and bought a Series 8 LCD. He says there are things he prefers about the plasma and things he likes about the LCD. Call the Series 8 plasma the winner, but they're fairly close. When offered a Series 5 over his Series 8 LCD, he laughed ... of course he wouldn't do that.
Now Terumo buys the Series 5 that Tag11 laughed at when offered ; and says it'll easily walk all over his 8 Series LCD. They have two opposite viewpoints on the matter. Unless you can persuade Tag11 to swap his crappy Series 8 LCD for the H5000 plasma?
You're selective reading is letting you down, the TV i took back (ua55hu8500) is a rebranded ua55hu7500, which is not a premium class LCD tv but a mid range one.
Nowhere did i say this budget H5000 plasma will destroy any LCD, because frankly i don't have a top tier LCD to compare to this Plasma. But the one i had (ua55hu8500) , did lose comfortably
But Tag11 has, so we both came to the same conclusion in our respective comparisons.
Nothing special though, 2 table lamps, one on each side of the couch. I wouldn't call it a cave
I have to be honest - first time I've ever heard of your situation.
To my knowledge Series 5 is budget, Series 6 midrange and Series 7/8 is premium. In fact the only difference between 7 and 8 in the H is the curve in 8, otherwise they're the same.
Also never heard of them rebranding different Series local and abroad. Are you sure you don't have a Samsong from the side of the road?
I've yet to see a plasma be *overall* better than my Series 7, *although* in honesty I haven't seen a Premium plasma. I see screen uniformity (though seldom to I watch black screens. I tend to watch a movie or turn off the TV) and can occasionally notice motion.
That said, image retention is the absolute worst thing about plasma and the reason I sold mine. I cannot cope with even a few seconds of the previous screen. To me the trade between an uneven black screen and two merged scenes for a few seconds is well worth it.
Now, I need to find someone like you that will accept budget obsolete technology for their high end screen to swap. Tag, although he will publicly say it, will not swap
Wow, Dolby, you're the master of quoting out of context and digging up whatever little comment is made to try and convince yourself that your theory is correct.
Dude, if you prefer LCD then just buy LCD - why try to convince everyone else that Plasma is inferior?
As for my experience and preference, let me try clarify.
I would not swap my 65HU8700 for a 60H5000 for a number of reasons. Firstly, I'm pretty shallow, I want the latest technology and the curved screen looks cool (even when it is off!), I also like the fact that it is UHD even if the only UHD content I've seen so far are demos I downloaded and some personal GoPro footage. Then, if I paid R47,000 for something, why would I swap it for something that costs around R10,000 ??? That is just silly - I'm more likely to just buy the next model (J) this year or next year (K?) and suck-it-up with my less than perfect screen for now. Anyway, for me, the extra 5" is also a major factor. My living room is huge.
The idea that ANY plasma is better than ANY LCD is just stupid - I've seen those Telefunken and Sinotec plasmas, and back in the day Samsung had really crap plasmas too compared to Fujitsu and Panasonic - each screen, technology, model needs to be considered on merit and value based on it's chosen purpose - I hate the fact that the Panasonic plasma in my bedroom has no tuner and no WiFi, but I absolutely love how perfect it is for BluRays and playing PS3 and PS4 games - I also love how well it handles SD content from DStv and any sport content - significantly better than my 65HU8700 - but then this LCD screen has all the bells and whistles and other benefits, so I can forgive the faded colours from side angles and less than perfect motion handling.
To be clear, my 64F8500 plasma died and Samsung offered me the 65HU8700 as a warranty replacement. I said at the time I didn't want LCD but they did not have stock of the plasmas to give me. I accepted it based on the fact that I had no choice and consoled myself with the knowledge I was getting newer tech, UHD, WiFi support, better media handling, a better remote (yes, it's a factor!), and a screen worth 30% more than I paid a year before - so it was a good deal. Just before they delivered the new screen (the Samsung support was shockingly bad! I had to chase it up for weeks!) a dealership had 1 plasma in their storeroom and offered it to me - I almost took it - but as I said, I'm a sucker for new tech and knew I would pine over the lost opportunity for a significant upgrade (in value/price) if I didn't take the newer LCD.
Was I disappointed? Perhaps with a few minor aforementioned issues - but overall I'm satisfied. Each person is different, I know I will buy a 75" or 84" within the next year or two - so why stress about this? Will it be Plasma? Unfortunately, no, but not by choice - I'm hoping it will be OLED, but if they are still at crazy prices (and I don't think they're bigger than 55" yet) then it will have to be LCD/LED.
