LCD or Plasma?

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: arcas
Unless you intend to use it as a monitor for an HTPC, you don't need 1080p capability with a TV that small. You'd have to sit 3 feet from a 40" TV in order to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p (again, assuming you're not using it as a monitor). If you're resigned to getting a 40-42 inch flat panel TV, go for 720p and spend the money you saved on something for your new house.

CPA: in that price range, you should also consider the Westinghouse 47" LCD. Vizio has a 46" and a 47" LCD model in that price range also. I've read poor things about the 46" but haven't seen it in person. I have seen the 47" first hand and while it didn't have the black levels of the Samsung 4661 next to it, it was half the price. I didn't look at it very long but it didn't appear to be a bad display for the price.

A couple guys picked up the Vizio LCD's and are happy...one came from a 32" CRT Wega.

Plasma IMHO is the best picture quality, but the risks are what's bad about it. Burn-in and the like are easily caused.

When I upgrade my 32" Toshiba Cinema Series CRT, I am hunting a 40" Wega. They come up time to time down here in Palm Beach County.

 

[Chaotic42]

About six months ago I went and did some serious TV shopping and I can say that plasma looks considerably better than LCD. There's really no contest.