| Consumer Electronics / Difference Between LCD and Plasma |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 2:37:57pm | 1 of 43 | | | Login |
| | What’s the difference between LCD and Plasma TVs? I know the LCDs stop at about 30’’ and the Plasmas start at about 42’’. Is there a quality difference? |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 2:41:07pm | 2 of 43 | | To: bfun | Login |
| | LCD's go up to at least 42" from what I've seen. Plasmas look better, but you pay for it :p Also many LCD's may not have a high enough refresh rate to play games on without noticing some "ghosting". DLP would be a better choice then LCD if you can't afford a plasma. |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 3:10:13pm | 3 of 43 | | To: bfun | Login |
| | Im curious to this question also. What is the difference between the too except price and size? |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 3:19:58pm | 4 of 43 | | To: Gman | Login |
| | I’ve read LCD might be better for gaming because it can’t get screen burn-in. It can however have individual pixels that fail where as the plasma does not. |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 3:21:55pm | 5 of 43 | | To: bfun | Login |
| | How the hell do pixels fail, I dont understand that? Does that happen when people physically touch their LCD screens or punch them? |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 3:23:13pm | 6 of 43 | | | Login |
| Here is what one site had to say.
Plasma vs LCD
The ADVANTAGES of Plasma over LCD are:
1. Larger screen size availability.
2. Better contrast ratio and ability to render deeper blacks.
3. Better color accuracy and saturation.
4. Better motion tracking (little or no motion lag in fast moving images).
The DISADVANTAGES of Plasma vs LCD include:
1. Plasma TVs are more susceptible to burn-in of static images.
2. Plasma TVs generate more heat than LCDs, due to the need to light of phosphors to create the images.
3. Does not perform as well at higher altitudes.
4. Shorter display life span (about 30,000 hours or 8 hrs of viewing a day for 9 years) than LCD. This can vary according to other environmental and use factors.
LCD television ADVANTAGES over Plasma include:
1. No burn-in of static images.
2. Cooler running temperature.
3. No high altitude use issues.
4. Increased image brightness over Plasma.
5. Longer display life (about 60,000 hours - at which time all you may need to do is replace the light source, not the entire set). This can vary according other environmental and use factors.
DISADVANTAGES of LCD vs Plasma televisions include:
1. Lower contrast ratio, not as good rendering deep blacks.
2. Not as good at tracking motion (fast moving objects may exhibit lag artifacts).
3. Not as available in large screen sizes above 37-inches
4. Although LCD televisions do not suffer from burn-in susceptibility, it is possible that individual pixels on an LCD televisions can burn out, causing small, visible, black or white dots to appear on the screen. Individual pixels cannot be repaired, the whole screen would need to be replaced at that point, if the individual pixel burnout becomes annoying to you.
5. LCD televisions are much more expensive than equivalent-sized Plasma televisions.
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| | December 27, 2004 - 3:36:39pm | 7 of 43 | | | Login |
| | When I worked at Circuit City, we had a 42" Hitachi plasma beside a Sony 32" LCD, and the plasma looked WAY better.. But I wouldn't buy either.. I will stick with tube, and projection tv's.. Tube still has the best quality out of all the tv's, but can only go up to 40".. |
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| | | I didn’t think the tube could have as high a resolution as LCD or Plasma. |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 4:21:17pm (edit: 12/27/04 - 4:27pm) | 9 of 43 | | To: bfun | Login |
| Its depends, i have a pixel plus 2 widescreen tube TV. Phillips also use pixel plus 2 in their LCD and Plasma sets.
The most important features of Pixel Plus 2 are the advanced sharpness & resolution enhancements. These are accomplished through Philips’ unique sub-pixel based Horizontal & Vertical Luminance Transient Improvement. First the incoming signal—from any source—is scaled up to a maximum resolution of 2,560,000 pixels. Then each individual pixel is altered to better match the surrounding pixels. The end result is an enormously sharper, crisper picture with much more depth impression.
Im no tech buff when it comes to TV but the guy in the shop said when we purchsed it somethign about a resolution similar to 1600 X 1200. Maybe he was lying to sell it, maybe he wasnt,but i can say when you turn it off it looks crap compared. Everything becomes blured and you really notice the difference, with it turned on it almost looks real and the depth perseption is brilliant.
http://www.flattv.philips.com/index.cfm?event=main&cat_id=1&subcat_id=2&page=pg2 |
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| | December 27, 2004 - 5:18:28pm | 10 of 43 | | To: bfun | Login |
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I didn’t think the tube could have as high a resolution as LCD or Plasma.
Alot of tubes can support 720p/1080i, isn't that the same as plasma and lcd? |
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