Plazma or LCD ?

I have not experienced any burn in in about two years of fairly infrequent use. With that said, Sony does offers up to 60 inch LCDs now- I will be getting a 50 inch LCD for our basement but a smaller (37 inch) plasma for the bedroom. My concern with plasma is the (what I have heard) limited life span. The plasma we currently have is a 42 inch Sony.

But...lifespan is not really a concern for me as I think the technology is moving so fast in five or six years I'm sure I'll want the Wasma or whatever the next thing is anyway. I think plasma has a brighter, better picture than LCD but they do cost more as I'm sure you realize. Check the Sony website for the new LCDs- they are bigger, relatively thin but not really (IMO) wall mountable. Would have to be a heck of a mount.

 

HIT SEARCH, AS THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES

 

I have one of the early professional type plasma Sony and it has a screen saver built in. I don't know if the new ones offer that.

 

definitely useful data in the archives, frank.

net-net - both technologies suffer from burn-in. lcd is less susceptible, but definitely susceptible.

part of the burn-in problems reported anecdotally are that people don't set up their displays properly - they're WAY too hot/bright and this exacerbates the issue.

i've been using a 50" poineer for over 40 months and have had zero problems - including who knows how many hours a day of PBS logos and the like on the thing from the kids' shows.

doody.

 

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal online in regards to this question. You can do a search if you subscribe and get the article. They seemed to feel that the LCD was superior. Price wasn't given the weight in the debate that it would with most people though.

 

I have a PFM42B1U which has a screen saver independent of the receiver. Mine is only a monitor and must be hooked up to a TiVo or DTV satellite receiver (I have both). I believe when the screen saver is invoked with the monitor the picture moves even when watching a still shot. I have had mine for about 4 years now and few thousand hours logged and although we do not pause we have yet to see any issue with the picture.
When I was buying one LCDs were not yet introduced so I cannot compare the two.

 

I found some interesting information here the other day... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat8400050000&type=category

I didn't really understand the differences between LCD and Plasma until I read some of the stuff here. Makes sense, and according to what they are saying, burn in is or will be a thing of the past.

Looks like LCOS is the "New Kid" to watch now!

 

I have both type of TV, but I really don't see the difference in quality of pictures. I don't even hang my Plasma TV on the wall anyway. (afraid it might fall someday, like my Bang & Olfsen stereo did 5-6 years ago)
Cost performance wise, I think LCD is better bet, if you don't require a monitor to be hanged on a wall. Also LCD is easier to connect other devices after installation, too.

 

I have posted a few times in response to this question. To me, the plasmas are not normally set up to look "filmic," but instead look artificially overbright. Some people like this look- it usually "pops" when you are in a showroom, to distinguish one set from another- but it's exhausting to look at, imo, and is really unnatural. On the other hand, LCD's which have improved considerably and gotten bigger, are not great for off-axis viewing (ie not sitting in front of the screen, but to the side) and probably won't do quite as well in a room with high ambient light.
The best picture you can get, believe it or not, for a reasonable price, probably comes from a relatively small conventional CRT (19" or less) or front projection. The latter requires a darkened room, but, given the downward trend in pricing of decent DLP projectors, you can go front projection for far less cost, and get involved with far less complication, size and complexity, than systems 5 years ago, which, for the most part, were large 3 gun CRT projectors with considerable bulk, noise, heat and expense.
I have my system "tuned" to look like what you'd see in a good movie theatre, so while it's got a fair amount of light output, it tends to look different than Big TV, if you get what i mean.

 

"And, I still can't believe that none of you FChatters use TIVO with plazma or LCD screen TVs!"

Guilty. Plasma + DirecTV - TIVO. Silly, really.

Does LCD do a better job than plasma with non high def channels? I've always found our plasma to be great with high def, great with great DVDs, and not all that great with everything else. The thing just reproduces its input too accurately.

 

I have a 50 inch plasma (Panasonic) and Tivo (HD version), and love it. I have only left it frozen for a while a couple of times, but haven't seen any burn in at all. FYI - plasma's do much better than LCD in well-lit or off-axis viewing.

 

Frank,

The tivo isn't going to be a concern to you requarding a plasma. It will not burn in unless it is left on pause for weeks.

I didn't want to get into this again because of the other thread that was about this.

As I said in that thread I've been dealing with Plasmas / LCD's for over 7 years now. We install tons of plasmas. Never have had one issue with burn in.

Hope this helps

 

I have a 42 inch Plasma in my living room and a 27 inch Sharp LCD in my bedroom. I like both equally as far as picture is concerned and have never experienced burn-in in the 4 years owning the plasma. The plasma I have has anti-burn technology which as far as I know is in some of the plasmas but not all. It is a manuel operation and I have never had to used it.

 

has anyone heard of this brand?

 

I still watch a lot of channels that are not broadcast in Hi Def.
A non HD broadcast on a plasma screen looks terrible.
Is the non HD signal any better on a LCD?

 

lcd is not susceptible. You cannot burn a liquid pixel. That's why computer monitors are LCD.

LCD's cost more and offer less color contrast and weak blacks. They are bright, but generally on comparable models a Plasma will out perform an LCD. If you want to play video games, the LCD is the way to go.

Look beyond mass-market displays. Sonys are nice, but check out Marantz - they offer a great Plasma displays.