The differences between Plasma and LCD!!

[jaykishankrk]

Hi Guys,

what's the major differences with respect to technical aspect and viewing angles. If one intends to buy an LCD HD TV will he be able to enjoy all the viewing pleasure irrespective of viewing angle as against a normal Flat planel TV??

Can we not consider Plasma for gaming??

any technical info would be great

 

[xtknight]

Plasmas can not actually show any intermediate colors (the light being passed through the gas is either a 1 or a 0). So, they use something called PWM (pulse width modulation) to reproduce the intermediate tones. It occurs a lot faster than dithering AFAIK and it's certainly not a problem for gaming in any way.

In stark contrast, LCDs receive a stream of light and shutter it by aligning the crystals in certain ways. There tends to be anywhere from 0.20 to 3.00 nits of light leakage on the best LCDs today (avging 0.75 on bright TVs, I'd say). AFAIK black on plasmas is somewhere around 0.05 nits or even lower.

I'm not certain about viewing angle, although the viewing angle characteristics of an S-IPS LCD probably match a plasma. TN LCDs shouldn't even be considered for TVs. MVAs can have some tone shifting although they aren't too bad in most cases.

Plasmas have a better response time than LCDs, as well. To my eyes however, plasmas produce quite a harsh and bright image making them unsuitable. It may have just been the plasmas I've seen.

 

[videopho]

Plasma vs LCD

I game 360 with a 42"plasma and quite happy about it.
IMO, it has better black and faster response time.
The plasma brightness is BRIGHT.
I had to reduce it to ~ 45% for ease of viewing.
Otherwise it's a tossup.

 

[nullpointerus]

Is burn-in basically a non-issue on modern plasmas?

 

[BernardP]

Here is a (relatively) in-depth article comparing plasma and LCD. It is a bit old (2005), but the technical info is interesting:

Geardigest.com

 

[jaykishankrk]

Originally posted by: videopho

Plasma vs LCD

I game 360 with a 42"plasma and quite happy about it.
IMO, it has better black and faster response time.
The plasma brightness is BRIGHT.
I had to reduce it to ~ 45% for ease of viewing.
Otherwise it's a tossup.

In the comments section of the article, they talk about SED technology being better as against LCD and Plasma.. do you guys have any info on that.

 

[jaykishankrk]

Originally posted by: BernardP
Here is a (relatively) in-depth article comparing plasma and LCD. It is a bit old (2005), but the technical info is interesting:

Geardigest.com

A very good article, bump!!

 

[Avalon]

I'm pretty sure SED is dead in the water. OLED still looks like it could make it, though.

 

[MrWizzard]

For me I took a LCD because of 1080P ability for the price.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, it isn't so much that SED is dead in the water, it is just too expensive. Cannon and Toshiba were sued, which keeps on adding to the delays. It was suppose to be out 2 years ago, but due to the lawsuits, it keeps getting pushed back. They were also planning on being comparable in price to a 55" plasma when it came out, but that statement was also issued 3 years ago when at 55" plasma would have been $8,000-10,000. It is speculated that this will be the price range it will still make its debue, which means it will not be widely purchased. It is too difficult to compete if that is the cost. People will not pay 3x-4x more for the benefits in quality, maybe 1.5x, but not 3x.

I had been waiting for SED's for the last 4 years, but finally gave up on it and just picked up a 46" LCD.