Television sets, what to get

[Thomas]

Fifth year w/ Sharp HD...no problems.

 

[Alan L.]

I don't know where you read that plasma is first and LED is last, but that is backwards. Plasma will burn the image to the screen, and it uses beaucoup energy even when it is turned off. LED in my opinion is the clearest, and it also uses the least energy. The only thing with LED for now is the price. They cost the most now, but in six months the price will drop in half.

My understanding is that the plasmas are not near as susceptible to burn in as they used to be. Mine is 3 years old and has not had any problems with burn in, and I haven't seen an LCD yet that has as good a picture but hard to tell my house vs the store. The LCDs seem artificial and fake to me, and also some of the lower end models are jerky with sports. I have both and the plasma is by far the better TV. To be fair the plasma is 50" and the LCD is 26" and Panasonic vs Westinghouse. Both are 720p TVs, 1080ps are main stream now.

I can see where there can be a glare problem with plasma depending on the room its in. Mine is not a problem - there is one particular window we pull the shade on, otherwise its fine.

Don't know anything about LED tvs. I think bottom line you need see them side by side and decide which looks the best to you.

 

[deepNdirt]

when comparing the Plasma to the LCD before making up our minds, I did not like the glossy screen of the plasma, I could see reflection of what was behind me, I thought perhaps could have been the lighting in the store causing the reflection, But while over at a friends house watching his plasma I could still see reflections of objects in the room,
even though the picture was good quality on plasma I could not deal with the reflection thing, so I purchased an LCD.... the LCD while watching up close can see small blurs around the images although when watching it from a normal viewing distance of 8-12 ft away looks much clearer and sharper,.....
during the time of researching/comparing I also found out the Plasma are energy hogs and also heat up more so then the LCD do, Not to bank on this but I was told that the Plasma TV's were going to be eliminated due to their energy consumption, actually I have been noticing the past several months many retailers are marking down their plasma TV's while the LCD are maintaining their value,....... could well be something to the story of the Plasma's fading out

 

[magicheater]

Purchased a Samsung 40" recently, after trying an LG. Really like it, have not tried the internet features yet but the picture is great even when not in HD.

 

[alchemysa]

when comparing the Plasma to the LCD before making up our minds, I did not like the glossy screen of the plasma, I could see reflection of what was behind me

The refection issue was very important to me too. The Plasmas seem to reflect like a mirror. Our rooms have large windows and the reflection of sunlight on the walls would have driven me crazy. So we bought an LG LCD and are pretty satisfied.

One thing that really disappoints me however is the sound delay on HD channels. HD is great for watching sport and most movies but I simply can't watch the news or interviews in HD. Have to switch to 'low def' for those.

Is the sound delay a problem in the U.S. too?

 

[/pine]

...1080ps are main stream now.

even though most larger (above 26") Flat panel TVs are 1080P capable...unless you are watching a blu-ray disk you are not really seeing 1080p resolution quality

The highest res. you will get from any broadcast (over the air/w/antenna) is 1080i and even that is rare...even the cable companies can not afford the bandwidth required to broadcast in 1080p...from what I am told this is not something that will change any time soon...

 

[Alan L.]

even though most larger (above 26") Flat panel TVs are 1080P capable...unless you are watching a blu-ray disk you are not really seeing 1080p resolution quality

The highest res. you will get from any broadcast (over the air/w/antenna) is 1080i and even that is rare...even the cable companies can not afford the bandwidth required to broadcast in 1080p...from what I am told this is not something that will change any time soon...

We have a blueray and it looks fabulous even on our 720p TV.

I have not noticed any kind of sound delay HD at all. My problem is that I have difficulty understanding any dialog on modern programming. Put an old John Wayne movie in there though and I have no trouble at all.

 

[Bird]

Is the sound delay a problem in the U.S. too?

If there's any sound delay, I didn't know it.

 

[deepNdirt]

I think the sound delay may come from the connections being made to the TV, either from sat. receiver, cable box, or digital converter, I have 4 choices of input on our Vizio, and note the sound quality of each connection, I have both the coax and A/V ( RCA ) connections hooked up and I choose the AV over the standard coax, the picture doesn't seem to differ although a big difference in sound quality this is from a D S R. I hope to some day get a Hi-def receiver that will have the HDMI hookup :thumbsup:

 

[orezok]

Sony is the John Deere of TVs. :thumbsup:

I don't think a GREEN TV would look very good in my living room!