Difference between plasma and LCD TVs?

[notfred]

I'm retty familiar with LCDs from computer monitors, which seem pretty much identical to the Tvs, except the TVs have built-in tuners. But, what's with plasma? What are it's advantages/disadvantages over LCD?

 

[rayray2]

I'd like to know too. Too lazy to do a google search..

 

[maziwanka]

same. i'd like to know as well

 

[jaedaliu]

dude, look at the prices, LCD is obviously better because it costs more.

plasmas look better when you buy them, but they start wearing out when you use them, and picture quality constantly degrades. supposedly 50k hours is the limit for a plasma TV.

they're cheaper and bigger than LCDs, but that may change with time.

 

[Crucial]

plasmas have horrible burn in problem...they burn out in 3 years...plasmas suck...DLP RULES!!!111!!!!11!ONE blah blah blah.

You won't get much true or reliable information from the DLP humpers here. Got to AVS forums and search there. You will get accurate info from people who own them. That and Apex knows what he is talking about.

 

[olds]

Plasma suffers from burn in and may wear out. They have assigned a # of hours to it but I don't recall.
LCD has some problems with viewing from angles and the projection models may suffer from the "Screen Door Effect" (SDE). If you sit 6 feet or closer you may see "little boxes" on the screen.

 

[xospec1alk]

i think plasmas you can look at em from all angles whereas if you look at an LCD from the side, the picture will be dark

ok looks like im wrong.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
dude, look at the prices, LCD is obviously better because it costs more.

plasmas look better when you buy them, but they start wearing out when you use them, and picture quality constantly degrades. supposedly 50k hours is the limit for a plasma TV.

they're cheaper and bigger than LCDs, but that may change with time.

hah. hahahahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Okay, now that that's done.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

all i know is that one is plasma and one is lcd. +1

 

[imported_xaguynamedguyx]

just get an LCD tv

 

[Digobick]

First link in Google probably explains the differences better than I could: LCD vs. Plasma

 

[olds]

We are moving and getting a new HDTV.
It will be either LCD or LCD projection.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
i think plasmas you can look at em from all angles whereas if you look at an LCD from the side, the picture will be dark

But there are newer LCDs that are not only smaller cells (higher max res) but also have a lot higher contrast. They even make some LCDs for explicit outdoor use...not too bad considering most LCDs can't compete with outside light.

 

[lokiju]

Well from what I've been reading, burn in isn't an issue anymore really for plasma.

Plasma's do put out a hell a lot of heat though where an LCD hardly puts out any heat at all.

And most Plasmas will last for a good 80k hours now days.

 

[jdub1107]

Originally posted by: Digobick
First link in Google probably explains the differences better than I could: LCD vs. Plasma

Nice. LCD appears to be better in almost every category.

 

[sygyzy]

I'd run a search but it just so happens my G, O, L, and E keys are broken. Oh wait, how did I type this message then?

 

[frankie38]

HD Tube tvs are the best, however only up to 36 inch.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: frankie38
HD Tube tvs are the best, however only up to 36 inch.

Yes, I will be getting one of these.

pic is awesome

jC

 

[Torghn]

LCDs:
Better resloutions, higher brightness, longer life

Plasma:
Better color saturation, higher contrast, big screens are cheaper.

 

[robphelan]

"* source = NEC-Mitsubishi white paper"

if NEC-Mitsubishi doesn't make plasma TVs, I'd be less inclined to believe that they're impartial in their reporting.

EDIT: nm, this only pertained to the last spec on contrast ratios....

 

[Torghn]

Originally posted by: frankie38
HD Tube tvs are the best, however only up to 36 inch.

Not always true, I prefer 720p to 1080i. Also dot pitch is better on an LCD so text is much easier to read. LCDs are TONs better if you also use them as a computer monitor.

 

[Papagayo]

Plasma run very hot.

LCD runs cool.

 

[DingDingDao]

Originally posted by: Torghn
LCDs:
Better resloutions, higher brightness, longer life

Plasma:
Better color saturation, higher contrast, big screens are cheaper.

Honestly, I don't know why every other comment in this thread concerns the lifespan of plasmas. Right now plasmas have a half-brightness time of somewhere in the neighborhood of 80,000 hours. That means that at 80,000 hours, the image will be half as bright.

I'm not going to go into it in real heavy detail, but if you have a plasma (which I do) and you get it ISF calibrated (which I did), the proper display level has brightness set to somewhere around 1/3 the maximum setting. As the brightness decreases, you incrementally increase your brightness, maintaining proper image brightness and quality, so that by the time you get to 80,000 hours, the image is still as perfect as the day you bought it.

But forget that, did anyone stop to think about how long 80,000 hours is? If you watch the TV every day for 8 hours a day, that's 10,000 days. That's over 27 years. So to address the lifespan issue:

If you watch TV every day for 8 hours a day for 27 years, your plasma will still look just as good as the day you bought it.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Originally posted by: frankie38
HD Tube tvs are the best, however only up to 36 inch.

Sony made a 40" tube TV? Any issues with this compared to their 36" Wega line?

 

[waggy]

I hopefully will get a HD TV in the next month or so.

i would like something around 60inch but want LCD.

all i need is the $4k heh