Does a PLASMA display work good with computers?

[taquim]

I've been thinking a lot lately about CRT, LCD, and now Plasma displays. I was about to buy the Sony SDM-M81 18" for about $1200 when I thought of plasmas. I am a gamer, sometimes casual, sometimes hardcore, depending on the seasons. Anyone have any experience with Plasma displays? I know they are great for TV and DVD, but how about computers? They look great with 3D, but how about 2D and general use?

Oh, and one other thing. The reason for thinking about LCD's and Plasma displays is because my CRT monitor(s) are experiencing a lot of interference from the oustide power lines. Don't worry about my health, I'm just fine =)

I have the upgrade bug right now and I need to be satisfied! I just got my new rig, and am currently redecorating my room, got a new bed, and now going to buy a new monitor. Hopefully this will cure me, but I KNOW that if I buy the Plasma, I will be cured permanently, which means 5-10 years hehe, because that's how long it will take to bounce back from this investment.

 

[taquim]

bumpiedoodledoo

 

[inode]

Hello,

I have used the NEC 42" plasma display on a computer and it's nice for graphics and presentation but I wouldn't suggest for daily use. What size plasma display are you looking at?? They are fairly expensive.

~inode

 

[mk52]

as long as your're couple of meters away, yes

 

[Viper GTS]

You are aware how much plasma displays cost, right?

Not too long ago there was a 42" for sale in FS/FT for $5,800.

Link

That's right, almost six grand.

Viper GTS

 

[fitzhue]

Does anyone know what kind of resolution to expect from a quality plasma display? In other words what the highest resolution they can go to and at what hertz?

 

[Maverick]

mmmm plasma

How I wish I could play games on that.

 

[lilnnjaboy]

my boss's friend bought one for his house. I think he got a 62 inch plasma display which cost close to 20,000. Well from what my boss told me, it took up an entire wall. WHOOOO....can you imagine playing Grand Turismo 2000 which surround sound on that thing?

 

[vi edit]

Unless they have improved the quality, plasma displays only have a certain amount of life in them. Something like 30,000 hours of life before they loose half of their brightness.

Let's see...If you left the monitor on 24/7, it would be at half brightness in a little over 3 years.

If you got the money, more power to you, but that's a lot of moolah to drop on something that is guaranteed to die in a certain amount of time.

 

[Quaggoth]

Plasma is no good for games. there is no "refresh rate" per se, they are rated on how fast they can change the color of the pixel. I have yet to find one that can change the color of pixels fast enough to not get blurry when everything is moving (Most games). Go find a flat screen to play around with and just set the OS to show window contents while dragging. drag the window around in a circle and you will se what I mean. On a monitor, you would be able to read it (If you could track it with your eyes anyway), but on a flat or plasma screen, it will just get blurry until you stop moving it.

 

[Silver222]

Well, a 60 inch plasma will run you about $20,000. You can get smaller ones from Fujitsu, 32 inch, I think, for around $3000-$4000, but they don't look as nice as the NEC or Pioneer ones do. Unless you happen to be independently wealthy, don't bother with it. The refresh rate is low (~60, I think, but don't quote me on that, does anyone know for sure?) and the resolution is XGA, I think...plus, the pixel size is BIG...you'll have to sit at least a meter away from one. You'd be better off getting a CRT if you have the deskspace. The only real reason to use plasma is in applications where you are space limited. Otherwise, you'll get a better picture with a CRT.

 

[Scootin159]

That one does 1280x1024@60hz. That is going to be HUGE on a 42" display

 

[grant2]

Unless they have improved the quality, plasma displays only have a certain amount of life in them. Something like 30,000 hours of life before they loose half of their brightness.

Let's see...If you left the monitor on 24/7, it would be at half brightness in a little over 3 years.


I doubt he'll be on his computer more than 10 hrs/day. The rest of the time his screen saver can blank the screen. That means > 6 yrs.

I used an old toshiba laptop w/ gas plasma display for approximately 4 years with no loss in picture quality. And it was manufactured over 10 years ago.

Besides, who with enough money to buy a gas plasma screen uses a display that's more than 3 years old anyways?

Bottom line, hardware life seems like a non-issue to me.

 

[TunaBoo]

<< Unless they have improved the quality, plasma displays only have a certain amount of life in them. Something like 30,000 hours of life before they loose half of their brightness.

Let's see...If you left the monitor on 24/7, it would be at half brightness in a little over 3 years.


I doubt he'll be on his computer more than 10 hrs/day. The rest of the time his screen saver can blank the screen. That means > 6 yrs.

I used an old toshiba laptop w/ gas plasma display for approximately 4 years with no loss in picture quality. And it was manufactured over 10 years ago.

Besides, who with enough money to buy a gas plasma screen uses a display that's more than 3 years old anyways?

Bottom line, hardware life seems like a non-issue to me. >>



Laptops has plasma screens?

 

[grant2]

Laptops has plasma screens?

this one did. It was orange only, but cool as hell!

The screen sucked so much power it had to be plugged in to run. I would have called it a luggable except it WAS shaped like a laptop &amp; not one of those scary boxes with the 4&quot; green phosphor CRT screen.