Need TV suggestions: Plasma or LCD

[minendo]

My dad called and said they want to buy a flatscreen to hang on the wall in the living room. Such TVs are not ones that I keep up with so what is the best option for <$3000?

 

[RossMAN]

Either Maxent 50" @ BB or CostCo's HDTV sale.

* Panasonic 50" Plasma 1366x768 3000:1 HDMI HDTV-Ready for $2,999.99 after $300 off (Jan 9 to Jan 15) Model # TH-50PM50U
* Philips 50" Plasma HDTV 2HDMIs, Tuner, 1366x768, $$2599.99 ( Jan 23 to Jan 29)
* Sony 32" LCD HDTV-Ready BRAVIA Feb 27 to Mar 5
* Sceptre 42" 1920x1080 LCD HDTV - $500 off the price... (True 1080p!!!!!!!!!!) Mar 6 to Mar 12
* Vizio 42" Plasma HDTV for $1500 (drooooool)

 

[Schfifty Five]

Plasma if you can afford it, otherwise LCD...although both Plasma and LCD in the higher inches range are both relatively expensive.

The Samsung 50" Plasma looks freakin nice. It's like $4,000 MSRP tho.

 

[LukFilm]

Go for the good stuff, go for plasma!

 

[Linux23]

DLP.

 

[Crucial]

plasma owner here. I love it.

 

[MrDudeMan]

LCDs are ok...but they are just ok. get the plasma if it is in the price range.

 

[imported_electron]

I once saw someone say, get LCD for something inches or less, and plasma for something inches or more. If only I could remember how many inches that was. I think it was around 40" but not sure. So it went like this: get LCD for <40" or Plasma for >40".

 

[Scouzer]

i thought plasmas were crap becsause they have such a limited life?

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
i thought plasmas were crap becsause they have such a limited life?

not true at all. this rumor is perpetuated by people who have no clue (not talking about you since obviously someone must have told you that). the lifetime of a plasma TV is very long, even though they do tend to be a tad shorter than LCDs. the newer plasmas have lifespans of 60 to 80 thousand hours, which is up to 12 hours a day for 20 years.

keep in mind the 'lifetime' rating is the amount of time it takes for the TV to be at half brightness, which for a plasma will end up being brither than an LCD since they tend to have higher brightness out of the box.

 

[fustercluck]

DLPs and Projectors are total crap compared to plasmas/lcds, just go compare the different kinds of TVs at a big entertainment place like Circuit City. I think Plasmas are the nicest though. Check out the 50" Vizio plasma at Costco, the picture looks really nice and it's got a lot of positive reviews, i'm contemplating getting one now myself.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: LukFilm
Go for the good stuff, go for plasma!

 

[BillyBatson]

go with Plasma as long as you need a 42" screen and up, WAY better picture and far cheaper than LCD's aroudn the same size.
if you need less such as 37" and smaller your only choice is LCD =\