i did go and check them out, the insignia was not as good as the panasonic tbh. it was blurier than the panasonic but the blacks were wayyyy better in the insignia. I sat and thought plasma is better than lcd. Its just as thin. the light doesnt matter betcause 6k hours is 100 years basically.
i will absolutely go and check them out before i buy of course. ill check them all out but i cant seem to see why everyone knocks plasma. they are just as thin as LCD??? the burn in... well just be careful and dont leave ur screen on when u passout. lol ok cool ill check em out buddy thanks i apreciate it!
Oh boy, we can't have a thread about HDTVs without the plasma versus LCD debate. People who typically buy plasmas are the same sort of people who would try to talk you into an impractical 2 seater exotic sports car that needs lots of repairs, when you have a whole family to cart around and really needed a reliable 4 door sedan. But the same sort of people who buy sports cars over sedans will also trade them in regularly when they start to need service a lot, or begin to run like crap. Most practical people on a budget can't afford to buy a new HDTV every year or 2 like a $3000 plasma Pioneer Kuro.
Get this recent news flash plasma groupies: the AMAZING DARK BLACKS on plasmas when new, are now suddenly not so amazing, as plasma buyers discover after a few hundred or a thousand hours use they aren't so black anymore or they are now too black. This problem has now been acknowledged by Panasonic, and I'm sure the other plasma makers are also aware of the problem unique to plasmas and simply keeping quiet about it. Mostly the problem is related to the way plasma reacts with the glass causing a dimming effect over time and as the glass gets burned in, or the plasma is burned on the glass, it grows dimmer. Just like a light bulb. This effect cannot be fixed with present technology. And the dimming effect is so gradual, most plasma owners might not even notice it for a year or more.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/panasonic-cops-to-rising-black-levels-in-its-plasma-hdtvs-but-q/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/...m_campaign=Feed:weblogsinc/engadget(Engadget)
And image retention is still a nagging problem with plasmas, and is especially noticeable if you see one used at a bar or restaurant where they might show a news channel or a sports channel that runs a ticker at the bottom of the screen. That ticker is burned in to the plasma glass, and no amount of plasma recalibration test screens is going to get rid of it, ever. The same principle that burns an image onto your florescent or incandescent light glass leads to plasma image degradation, and there is nothing you can do about it in the long term.
And since plasmas tend to run hotter than LCDs, this extra heat is also transferred throughout the case which can create more heat related problems with the other TV electronics, especially if mounted directly next to a wall or in a cabinet with limited ventilation.
LCDs on the other hand, run cooler and under most circumstances, will maintain the same picture quality as new for years, provided the inferior electronic components don't fail. Which is a nagging problem now with all cheapo electronics lately from Asia, plasmas included, and also includes appliances and your shiny new Toyota. Also on a new 120-240hz LCD, you won't notice any difference in the motion speeds now compared to a plasma. 2 or 3 years ago, this was partially true, but now if it's a quality LCD with 120hz or more, you just won't see the difference.
And when manufactures make the bogus claim your new HDTV DISPLAY will last 60-100k hours it is a partial lie, because under virtually no circumstances will the electronic components that run the display continue to work that long without being replaced countless times. 5 years from now, 75-90% of all plasma and LCD HDTVs made will be sitting in a landfill, mostly due to lack of repair parts. And not because their DISPLAYS stopped working, but because the manufacturers simply stopped supporting them.
And if you go to a website like
http://www.AVSFORUM.com you will see people admitting to buying a new plasma every year or 2. And some even admit to doing this since plasmas first came out. If the picture on a plasma were so amazing, they wouldn't need to get a new one on a yearly basis. Because as they see the various problems start to develop with their plasmas, many get them repaired then quickly dump them while still under warranty, and simply buy a new one.
On this "elitist technocratic" website, however, you certainly won't see anyone with money burning a hole in their pocket admit to dumping their plasmas because they are now unhappy with them, EVER. They know by you buying a new plasma, like buying the exotic sports car, you are really helping to finance more plasma research and sales and keeping their plasma sports cars alive for a while longer. So that they can still go out and by a new one next year, when their darky darks aren't so darky dark anymore.
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