Plasma vs LCD vs Rear Projection

[3NF]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: BMdoobieW
What category does the SONY KDS-50A2000 SXRD fall into? I believe it is LCoS. That's what I have and I love it.

Rear projection.

When the OP said Rear Projection, I thought he was referring to CRT?

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Pocatello
27" CRT, the only thing I can afford.

Not true, you can get a SD projector that will take in HD signals for around $500 or less and a 100" projector screen can be had for around $59 from Tigerdirect or shine it on a white wall. You dont have to have HD, fact is at 30 feet away from a 50" tv you wouldnt be able to tell what tv was running the hd program and which was running the same one off a dvd. And at 30 feet away with a front projector producing a 100" image at 30 feet you wont be able to tell which is running a HD or a SD projector unless you get right up to the screen and notice the screen door effect doesnt happen to take effect as close with a hd projector as it does with a standard projector. But at 30 feet away with a standard running a dvd and a HD one running the same program you would be hard pressed trying to figure out by eye which is hd or not because they will look almost identical to the naked eye at that distance.

 

[MisterServer]

i vote LCD since i use mine as a computer monitor regularly and i can't see myself doing that with a plasma even though plasmas do have better PQ overall

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Again, what? My LCD's native setting is 1920x1080p (which is what I watch TV & game @). Someone has sold you on some BS marketing.

I said 720p, someone sold you some pretty BS marketting if you think you have a 720p TV :roll:. I have NEVER seen a 1280x720 LCD or Plasma television. They're typically 1366x768 (16x9). I've even seen crazier resolutions like 1024x1080.

He doesn't have a 720p TV, he has a 1080p TV.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Huh?

Over a 20 year life cycle of a DLP, you will have to replace the $200 bulb between 6 and 10 times. Add that $1200 to $2000 to the price and tell me again how DLPs are cheaper? You buy a plasma or an LCD and you're done. I'd rather pay $400 more on the front end and be done with the hassle.

I replace my electronics much more frequently than you then. The bulb is NO ISSUE for me. If you wish to complain about lights, go look up backlights in LCDs.

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Again, what? My LCD's native setting is 1920x1080p (which is what I watch TV & game @). Someone has sold you on some BS marketing.

I said 720p, someone sold you some pretty BS marketting if you think you have a 720p TV :roll:. I have NEVER seen a 1280x720 LCD or Plasma television. They're typically 1366x768 (16x9). I've even seen crazier resolutions like 1024x1080.

At 18 hours per week a 3000 hour rate bulb will last 3 years. By that time the electronic part will have been obsolete. On top of that I may of paid $500 to your $2000+ and I have a 100" picture to your 42" which gives me a more theater like experance durring the three years. At which point my bulbs should be dirt cheap, or the newest technology should be and may be LCD bulb at that, making what ever I buy cheaper, again, in the long run then shelling out $$$ for a plasma unit that will be worthless and outdated overpriced POS by that time as well. Only differance really is I spent a lot less out of pocket, got a much bigger screen, and really brought the HT home for us.

And so some can grasp the actual size of what size differance there is between say a 50" widesceen and a 100" widescreen, well, you can fit 4, yes 4, 50" screens on my 100" screen so its 4x the size of a normal 50" widescreen display when you move to 100". So when you look at a 50" and think thats big, nah, thats not really all that big, not to me anymore atleast.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: MrChad


He doesn't have a 720p TV, he has a 1080p TV.

I'm glad you noticed, because he sure didn't when I commented on how 720p TVs don't come in the proper resolution. Which he then presented his 1080p LCD as evidence against my claim. Hence why I congratulated him on his wonderful 720p TV .

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Who buys a TV for "movies" only? Most people expect it to serve several purposes, unless it's a rarely used TV, like a bedroom TV.

Me.

ditto. i don't want to pay an extra $60 a month for HD TV broadcasts compared to what I pay now. So, I'm happy with ****** analog on my 42" plasma; as the PQ for movies just makes me cry sometimes...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: funboy42

Originally posted by: Pocatello
27" CRT, the only thing I can afford.

Not true, you can get a SD projector that will take in HD signals for around $500 or less and a 100" projector screen can be had for around $59 from Tigerdirect or shine it on a white wall. You dont have to have HD, fact is at 30 feet away from a 50" tv you wouldnt be able to tell what tv was running the hd program and which was running the same one off a dvd. And at 30 feet away with a front projector producing a 100" image at 30 feet you wont be able to tell which is running a HD or a SD projector unless you get right up to the screen and notice the screen door effect doesnt happen to take effect as close with a hd projector as it does with a standard projector. But at 30 feet away with a standard running a dvd and a HD one running the same program you would be hard pressed trying to figure out by eye which is hd or not because they will look almost identical to the naked eye at that distance.

WTF? you think ~$500 is a comparable price for a random 27" CRT?