lcd or plasma?

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I would go for a LCD my self or even better LED.

Plasma are like normal tv's but super flat. and heavier then LCD & LED.
 
I got a 46" 1080 HD Panasonic plasma and love it...although I hear the new Samsung LED 55" kicks everything else's ass. Friend of mine tested one out last night at a store and was blown away with the picture quality.
 
Check out the new LED - saw it yesterday at Sears. Fucking amazing clarity. Although I dont think they have it in 62" yet. Largest is 42"
 
edward_b said:
I got a 46" 1080 HD Panasonic plasma and love it...although I hear the new Samsung LED 55" kicks everything else's ass. Friend of mine tested one out last night at a store and was blown away with the picture quality.
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My neighbor has the Samsung LED. The picture quality is unbelievable.
 
It really depends on what you are looking for. That TV looks nice and i have owned a plasma samsung and it worked great. They say that plasmas use more energy than LCD's and also can burn out faster than LCD's. I guess that is the sacrifice you pay though for a crisper picture.
 
i just got a 46' sony bravia. But the picture isnt as clear as i thought it would be. I havent got hdmi cables for it yet, though.

HD channels look ok, but regular channels look awful
 
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Just got a 52" Samsung LCD (new 2009 edition) and really disappointed. Its a decent enough TV, but the quality difference between this and the DLP I had are negligible compared to the smaller size.

Worse yet the 52" Samsung LCDs are aren't much less then the 55" Samsung LEDs. Seems like its worth spending literally a couple hundred bucks more for the much better LED models.

NOTE: Amazon rocks for buying TVs, white glove delivery kicked ass, and it got here just a few days after ordering. Too bad the TV just doesn't live up.
 
gdubs12345 said:
i just got a 46' sony bravia. But the picture isnt as clear as i thought it would be. I havent got hdmi cables for it yet, though.

HD channels look ok, but regular channels look awful
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Well, the quality can only be as good as the weakest link in the chain. The most expensive TV is nothing without hd cables.

"Regular" channels and the way they are transmitted were designed for regular televisions. HDTVs have to take these lower resolutions and "stretch" them out to fit. Lowering the contrast and other settings can make the regular channels look better.
 
I've got a 3 year old 50" Pioneer plasma and it's picture is much better than the year old Sony Bravia 46". I'd get plasma if your primarily watching for movies, tv shows, sports. LCD if you have any gaming desires attached and your concerned about power usage. I still don't think LCD's have that great of clarity when viewed from a side angle still.
 
Also I think a bigger debate is brand instead of LCD/Plasma/LED. There are some brands such as Sony that kick ass in 1080 and you can get the same size and resolution in another brand and it not even look the same.
 
I hate my plasma and I'll never buy another one. I have 2 LCDs and both are very nice. I also have a DLP and love it. The next TV I'll get will be an LED because those are absolutely amazing, but it'll be a couple years before I start upgrading anything.
 
I bought a Samsung 50" 1080p plasma (don't know the exact model number offhand) in November and it's pretty damn sweet. I really only watch Blu-Ray movies, football, the History Channel, and Seinfeld reruns for the most part.

The only thing I would have done differently is go for the 120HZ instead of 60HZ but since it was only $1,500 brand new from Best Buy and the epitome of an impulse buy (I only went in for an external hard drive) I can't complain.

In August (just in time for football season) I'll be upgrading to another Samsung plasma but 120HZ this time for the living room and I'll likely move the 50" 60HZ I have now into the bedroom or the office. Dunno yet.

I know that plasma vs. LCD debates can go on forever and ever but to me, LCDs - no matter how top-end the model - just don't have that "Holy shit that's awesome" factor that plasmas do.
 
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