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720p plasma with 30000:1 contrast or 1080p LCD with 5000:1 contrast?

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zimu

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roughly the same price, both 42", both good brand with good reviews.

What would you get? A 720p with crazy high contrast ratio (reviews compare it to the kuro), versus a 1080p with a fairly low contrast ratio (reviews say the blacks aren't that great).
 
Depends on way more than just that. What 1080p material would you be watching? How far back are you sitting? What are the lighting conditions of the room? Are both displays glossy?

Why are you holding back telling us what models you are looking at? Do you pick out a TV at the store based if all you knew was the information you provided us? If no, then why would you ask us to suggest a model merely based on that information?
 
Without knowing model #'s and brands, I cant tell you much. Contrast ratios are largely marketing #'s only, and processing is more important than anything in a TV, so if its a Panasonic 720p Plasma and a Sceptre 1080p LCD, im gonna tell you to go Plasma. But if its a Samsung LCD or something then, LCD = Winner.
 
sorry for the vagueness!! wasn't trying ot hide anything 🙂 was in a rush when i posted that this morning before going to work.

ok so it's the LG 42PG6000 (the 720p plasma) versus the LG 42LF66 (1080 LCD).

would be watching movies mostly, few sports. distance is about 2 meters. lighting is fairly dark.
 
Well that plasma is 1024x720 not 1280x720 from what Im seeing online so its rectangular pixels which kind of bugs me.

At 6.5 feet the resolution difference will be a near wash for HDTV sources, and with dark lighting the reflections of a plasma won't be a problem. However the reviews of the LCD seem to outweigh the plasma by a bit in my brief skimming of some UK sites, and the versatility of 1080p for the long run would push it over the edge for me, especially if you ever think you will hook up Blu-Ray where the difference will definitely be apparent. The only downside is Plasmas tend to have better blacks than LCD's but LCD's tend to have more consistent whites. Neither technology is perfect sadly, and comparing contrast numbers between the 2 display types is pretty much meaningless.

As I said, Id lean towards 1080p, but really go stare at them in the store for a while. Get them to hook em up side-side in store and try them with SD sources, HD sources and 1080p Blu-Ray sources and see how you feel.
 
LCD. Simply because the Plasma uses a scaler so 1280x720 source is scaled to 1024x768 which sometimes can be a bad thing.

I have seen the older model of that same LG Plasma in action as my uncle has it. The picture is good and TV looks really stunning. The only thing I really dislike is the glare. It can be very pronounced, but you would have to determine if your room would suffer the same issues as his does.

BTW: a 720p and a 1080p screen from 6-8 feet would not be that much of a difference. I've tested it side by side. For the future proofing aspect sure 1080p is the way to dg, especially if you hook up your PC or anything like that. It offers a much better desktop experience IMO.
 
Plasma. Deeper blacks, can't tell any difference in resolution. I just got the Panny 50PX80U and couldn't be happier. I spent a lot of time looking at the 1080p panny next to it and I could not tell any resolution difference, especially at my viewing distance of 10 feet. However, I am not hooking my PC up to it for 1080p games.

Contrast numbers can't be trusted as there is no agreed upon standard.

Check out avsforum.com if you want more information than you will ever want or need. They really helped me in my decision.
 
Originally posted by: zimu
sorry for the vagueness!! wasn't trying ot hide anything 🙂 was in a rush when i posted that this morning before going to work.

ok so it's the LG 42PG6000 (the 720p plasma) versus the LG 42LF66 (1080 LCD).

would be watching movies mostly, few sports. distance is about 2 meters. lighting is fairly dark.
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edit that data into the first post.
I would buy a projector. After my last one, I don't think I will ever use a TV again.
 
Can someone explain to me how you can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p? When I think about that I think about playing games at those two different resolutions and it's easy to tell that the higher resolution looks nicer. Isn't this the same thing with tv's?
 
Originally posted by: coreyb
Can someone explain to me how you can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p? When I think about that I think about playing games at those two different resolutions and it's easy to tell that the higher resolution looks nicer. Isn't this the same thing with tv's?
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The issue is with distance. As one person said, from 10 feet away you can't really tell the difference on say a 40" TV. However at 10" a 52" or 60" TV might be noticable. Depending on the situation 720p might be more than enough for someone, especially if their couch is far away and they don't have room for a massive TV.

The other issue is in a game, the picture is being rendered, so that text and textures scale with resolution and you get more on screen with more resolution. In video, it is being scaled, so the text will be a fixed height regardless of resolution and you will always have the same things on the screen, with higher res increasing crispness.

That being said, there is definitely a point where 720p looks the same as 1080p. However assuming high quality scalars and similar panel specs, 1080p will definitely be much crisper than 720p as you get closer to the screens.

Also going back to your noticeable difference in gaming. Another source that is being rendered would be a computer. So if you are hooking up a computer to a TV, 1080p is a must in my opinion. A computer just looks awful at 1280x720. You end up with less desktop space than a friggin 17" LCD. If anyone is considering attaching a computer to a TV I will always recommend 1080p, no mater what.
 
Mate, get a 50" 1080p plasma screen.

The specs do not say everything. I am not keen on the way lcd represent flesh tones and blacks. It isn't my type of display for movies.

Koing
 
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