Plasma vs LCD

Hosehead - what is wrong with you? Are you naturally grumpy - or hanging around too many drug addicts?

What exactly did I say that you didn't like?

Dolby said:
But I do think a quality plasma has the edge on image quality at the same price
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I agreed it has the edge at the same price.

Dolby said:
I loved plasmas - but the IR issue made me opt for LCD when I was looking a few months ago.
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Hosehead said:
Anyway I told them all it was Plasma that was the best

Then Dolby comes along and buggers everything up.
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The question is not which is the best plasma available vs the best LCD available today at any price. I'd take an educated guess he's not dropping R50,000 on a set and is looking at more moderately priced sets. In that case, the answer not as simple as you like to pretend (if it was, we wouldn't have had questions like this for years) and there are other factors in the decision, such as the content you watch.

Many of us know the best available today for a huge sum of money is plasma - but no means is every plasma better than every LCD ... and thinking that just shows your level of intelligence.
 
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As a general rule plasma is better if you watch lots of sports and don't plan on hooking up a console. If you plan on hooking up a console go LCD.

Different products with different applications.
 
BrendanD said:
As a general rule plasma is better if you watch lots of sports and don't plan on hooking up a console. If you plan on hooking up a console go LCD.

Different products with different applications.
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+1
 
adamr said:
lots of uninformed people on here giving the wrong advice ...

the best TV in the world right now is ....

a plasma set

Pioneer Kuro Elite PRO 111-FD

LED TVs with edge lighting do not deliver the greatest picture when both dark and light elements are present in a scene (loss of shadow detail) ... many consider them as style TV sets ...

then recently along came backlit or local dimming LED TV's (which locally none are available to my recollection) ... the Samsung 8500 is such a set, a great set ... but still falls short of the Pioneer ...

truth be told locally the Samsung PS50B850 outperforms any of the Samsung LED TV 6000, 7000, 8000 series ... (all edge lit LED's)

the general consensus with people who know TV's (not your game sales people) will tell you that Plasma's do give a better picture (LED's are catching up)

guys please check out cnet.com as a start and get yourselves educated ...

the best sets

1. Pioneer Elite Kuro 111FD - Plasma
2. Samsung 8500 LED with local dimming (not locally available)
3. LG Infinia 8500 LED with local dimming (not locally available)
4. Samsung PS50B850 Plasma
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Right answer!

I have a Pioneer 50" and 2 Hisense 42" HD. The Pioneer Plasma still outperforms everything else in terms of movie picture quality. Of course it does, for 1 Pioneer you can buy 10 Hisense... lol
 
Let me just add.....

I was desperate to watch the rugger tonight and I have still not gone with a new DSTV dish installation as I want to see what is happening in the market. I therefore whipped out the old MNet decoder and called to get it connected. I then watched my first game of rugger on my new 42" plasma. Now I have caught the last few games at a mates place who has a 40" LCD with DSTV. I can tell you that the difference was immense. The plasma is far superior!

While watching his it always bothered me that something was not quite right. There was that blur issue. On the plasma numerous comments were made about how clear the image was. No blurring, nothing!

I am stoked with my choice of plasma!
 
now that being said i went out and got a 42" plasma, and I'm happy:D
 
i am constantly amazed at how many people buy the general LCD sales pitch.

i have a Samsung 50" Plasma. Did extensive research before buying it and found that on the whole my needs were skewed towards plasma. What I love about it is that it's image retention dissolving is very good. It is pretty much on cbeebees for most of the afternoon (3 -4 hours). Yet I no longer run the white screen test to kill the IR issue.

For reasons I cannot understand, the plasma is much aligned. But those who know, know.
 
I think it was mentioned earlier - depemds on use and applications.

If, as some of you say, plasma is the ultimate, clear cut, nothing gets close winner - why is LCD around?

Truth is it isn't as far apart as you point out.
 
Dolby said:
I think it was mentioned earlier - depemds on use and applications.

If, as some of you say, plasma is the ultimate, clear cut, nothing gets close winner - why is LCD around?

Truth is it isn't as far apart as you point out.
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...perhaps because the manufacturers prefer the technology for some reason (perhaps easier to make, who knows) and as a result incentivise the sales people to punt them. I could not believe how the sales people tried to steer me towards LCD when I made it apparent I wanted a Plasma and had done all the research.

Also from all accounts LCD was still the way to go for smaller screens, in fact as far as I am aware they don't make small plasmas. Therefore most computer monitors would still be LCD.
 
Here's a fairly interesting take on the subject : http://www.beststuff.com/audiovideo/read-this-before-buying-a-plasma-or-lcd-tv.html

LCD TVs don't suffer from 'burn-in' or 'burn-out' like plasma panels do. They can, however, have 'stuck' or dead pixels. The leading manufacturers have higher standards for defective pixels, so you can usually purchase from those companies with confidence that you won't see white, black, red, green, or blue dots on your TV programs that won't go away (and if you do, your warranty offers some protection).

Although plasma TVs can generate extremely bright images, they have an automatic brightness governing system to keep them from doing so with high luminance program material so as to avoid burn-in and premature phosphor aging. LCD TVs have no such braking system and will usually make a much brighter image on the showroom floor and in your home.

Because plasma TVs employ phosphors for imaging, they are susceptible to glare from indoor and outdoor light. LCD TVs don't have this problem; they create images by shuttering light through tiny color filters and generally handle annoying reflections from open windows or nearby lights with no difficulty.

What LCD TVs don't have is deep, rich black levels. On average, the level of 'black' measured on the best LCD TVs is about 10 times as high as that measured on the best plasma TVs. Also, colors on LCD TVs don't appear to be as rich (or even accurate) as a plasma TV. As a result, you will probably find that LCD TVs seem to look better under normal room lighting, but plasma TVs excel when the lights are turned down.
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