LED LCD vs Plasma

[kalrith]

Honestly, you want inches. More inches.

Size matters. A lot.

That's what she said

You want size based on your viewing distance. i.e. a 60" TV from 4 feet away wouldn't be a good choice.

OP, what's your viewing distance from the TV? You might want to jump up to a larger TV if you're going to be too far from a 50". I like my 50" from 9 feet away, but if I had had the money for a 60-65", I would've definitely gone for the bigger set.

At the time I bought my TV, a 50" Pioneer Kuro was $1,900, and a 60" Pioneer Kuro was $4,500 . I figured that I'd be better off using the 50" for a few years and then buying a bigger TV once the prices on the larger sets came down (and it didn't matter since I didn't have $4,500 anyways). Now, I'll probably stick with my TV until I have the proper room for a fp setup. I'm certainly not complaining about my TV, because I love it!

 

[djnsmith7]

I used Google Shopping and found it from a place called Electronics Express. I've never heard of them, but they have a chain of stores in TN and 4 out of 5 stars in their reviews. I used my Amex so I feel protected if it does turn out bad. But ~$2000 is the price many people have found them for. I am not sure why Amazon is so high.



I am looking for a low profile mount, but if you like that brand I'll start there.

There is just such a huge range of prices on these mounts so I am trying to figure out what it costs to get quality and what is just overpriced.

I do like the Sanus products & the guy I bought my setup from & his manager at BB, said they are the best selling wall mount they carry. What I really like about it is, it's very sturdy, well made & it swivels. This is great because if you happen to have some glare on the screen, you can easily move the display up or down without any worries. If you mount it using the correct number of bolts on the recommended number of studs for your display, it won't move an inch unless you move it.

 

[Naeeldar]

I do like the Sanus products & the guy I bought my setup from & his manager at BB, said they are the best selling wall mount they carry. What I really like about it is, it's very sturdy, well made & it swivels. This is great because if you happen to have some glare on the screen, you can easily move the display up or down without any worries. If you mount it using the correct number of bolts on the recommended number of studs for your display, it won't move an inch unless you move it.

Go on amazon and buy a Peerless mount. Better then the sanus products and cheaper.

Sanus sells well at best buy for triple price. BB is not knowledgeable store worth going by.

 

[kalrith]

PCConnection has some Mustang mounts that are free after mail-in rebate: link. You have to spend $10 more to get free shipping. If you checkout through fatwallet, you'll get 3% cashback. I'm thinking of getting the MV-STAT4 for my Pioneer 5080.

 

[dmw16]

Thanks for all the insight and thoughts.

I ended up getting a pretty good deal at Best Buy for a Pioneer 101FD. I guess it may not have been the best bang for my buck, but I am planning on having this TV for a long time so some extra cost was acceptable.

Thanks for the tips on the mounts too. I will be needing on for at least one room (although I think the 101FD will go on its base).

 

[Apex]

Great choice, awesome TV. I'd suggest at least going to ControlCal and getting some calibration settings that people have used if you don't go for professional calibration.

 

[JackBurton]

Beautiful set dmw16! I'm sure you are going to love it.

 

[dmw16]

Great choice, awesome TV. I'd suggest at least going to ControlCal and getting some calibration settings that people have used if you don't go for professional calibration.

I'll at least start there.

 

[Rio Rebel]

To re-iterate an earlier point, go to monoprice.com for your mount.
If you don't, you're throwing money away.

A standard bracket mount that costs about $100 locally will cost you $20 at Monoprice. I paid $60 and got the top of the line mount that holds a VERY heavy 50" plasma, and let's me swivel, tilt, pull it away from the wall, etc. That mount would be well over $200 at a place like Best Buy.

Do yourself a favor - at least look at their selection.

 

[dmw16]

To re-iterate an earlier point, go to monoprice.com for your mount.
If you don't, you're throwing money away.

A standard bracket mount that costs about $100 locally will cost you $20 at Monoprice. I paid $60 and got the top of the line mount that holds a VERY heavy 50" plasma, and let's me swivel, tilt, pull it away from the wall, etc. That mount would be well over $200 at a place like Best Buy.

Do yourself a favor - at least look at their selection.

Someone else posted a link to a free one...is that one decent for free? I was looking at that one for a small LCD for my wife's office.

 

[glugglug]

Plasma isn't dying, they don't draw that much more power (maybe $5/yr if used 8
hours a day)

Depends where you live. Here in NYC, Con Ed officially charges around $0.30/kWh, but the # of kWh they claim you use on your bill is often literally impossible short of replacing all the fuses in your apartment, generally around 3x what you really use. So the REAL rate is $0.90/kWh. Lets say your Plasma uses 100W more than an LCD (and that's pretty conservative). 8 hours per day is then 0.80 kW/day * $0.90/kWh = $0.72/day, or $262.98/year. It is doubtful your local electric company is anywhere close to this bad (My summer cooling bills are almost half of Al Gore's for a 900 sq ft apartment), but my point is depending where you live it might not be a negligible difference, and $5/year would probably be only if you live in someplace like Colorado with lots of Geothermal or hydroelectric power generation.

 

[rcpratt]

Depends where you live. Here in NYC, Con Ed officially charges around $0.30/kWh, but the # of kWh they claim you use on your bill is often literally impossible short of replacing all the fuses in your apartment, generally around 3x what you really use. So the REAL rate is $0.90/kWh. Lets say your Plasma uses 100W more than an LCD (and that's pretty conservative). 8 hours per day is then 0.80 kW/day * $0.90/kWh = $0.72/day, or $262.98/year. It is doubtful your local electric company is anywhere close to this bad (My summer cooling bills are almost half of Al Gore's for a 900 sq ft apartment), but my point is depending where you live it might not be a negligible difference, and $5/year would probably be only if you live in someplace like Colorado with lots of Geothermal or hydroelectric power generation.

Jeez, that is a ridiculous rate.

 

[Apex]

Depends where you live. Here in NYC, Con Ed officially charges around $0.30/kWh, but the # of kWh they claim you use on your bill is often literally impossible short of replacing all the fuses in your apartment, generally around 3x what you really use. So the REAL rate is $0.90/kWh. Lets say your Plasma uses 100W more than an LCD (and that's pretty conservative). 8 hours per day is then 0.80 kW/day * $0.90/kWh = $0.72/day, or $262.98/year. It is doubtful your local electric company is anywhere close to this bad (My summer cooling bills are almost half of Al Gore's for a 900 sq ft apartment), but my point is depending where you live it might not be a negligible difference, and $5/year would probably be only if you live in someplace like Colorado with lots of Geothermal or hydroelectric power generation.

Sheesh, that's like 10x the rate they say they charge.

http://www.conedsolutions.com/residential_electricity.html

http://thetimes-tribune.com/electri...t-rate-for-ppl-residential-customers-1.497659

That sucks.

 

[dmw16]

Depends where you live. Here in NYC, Con Ed officially charges around $0.30/kWh, but the # of kWh they claim you use on your bill is often literally impossible short of replacing all the fuses in your apartment, generally around 3x what you really use. So the REAL rate is $0.90/kWh. Lets say your Plasma uses 100W more than an LCD (and that's pretty conservative). 8 hours per day is then 0.80 kW/day * $0.90/kWh = $0.72/day, or $262.98/year. It is doubtful your local electric company is anywhere close to this bad (My summer cooling bills are almost half of Al Gore's for a 900 sq ft apartment), but my point is depending where you live it might not be a negligible difference, and $5/year would probably be only if you live in someplace like Colorado with lots of Geothermal or hydroelectric power generation.

That's a serious rip off. Even $300 isn't a huge deal. I am sure I waste more than that elsewhere.

 

[glugglug]

Sheesh, that's like 10x the rate they say they charge.

http://www.conedsolutions.com/residential_electricity.html

http://thetimes-tribune.com/electri...t-rate-for-ppl-residential-customers-1.497659

That sucks.

The rates you are looking at on those sites are the "supply" charges. Since they are comparing to PPL, I suspect they are the supply rates for Pennsylvania (there is no PPL around here...), no way are they anywhere close to that low for residential anywhere in the 5 boros. They have a separate per kWh charge for "delivery" of the electricity. For "supply" you have the choice of switching to another ESCO, but not for delivery & other fees. If you ask the representatives of the ESCOs that go door to door trying to get you to switch, they tell you they are buying from ConEd and reselling it, which is why their average rates are even higher.

 

[LegendKiller]

Sheesh, that's like 10x the rate they say they charge.

http://www.conedsolutions.com/residential_electricity.html

http://thetimes-tribune.com/electri...t-rate-for-ppl-residential-customers-1.497659

That sucks.

Heh, for a 688sqft apartment in August we paid $400 in NYC for our power bill. NYC is a rip for power.