Monday, April 14, 2008
Member since:
February 2008
February 2008
Ok now that I got a den TV out of the way I'm thinking about getting a new gaming TV.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00140R0G2/ref=s9sims_c4_at1-rfc_g1-2814_g2_180945_180945_47764_44836_25329_22899_18437_21680?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1GPRRPFJSHRM4M8HZ1JX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=372728601&pf_rd_i=507846
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-TH-50PZ77U-50-inch-1080p-Plasma/dp/B000WINAGG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1208141886&sr=8-1
The Toshiba LCD tv has excllent black levels and 4 HDMI inputs but I have heard it has motion blur problems. The Panny only has 2 HDMI ports but I have always thought Plasmas looked better, I'm just worried it may have burn in problems like other plasmas.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00140R0G2/ref=s9sims_c4_at1-rfc_g1-2814_g2_180945_180945_47764_44836_25329_22899_18437_21680?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1GPRRPFJSHRM4M8HZ1JX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=372728601&pf_rd_i=507846
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-TH-50PZ77U-50-inch-1080p-Plasma/dp/B000WINAGG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1208141886&sr=8-1
The Toshiba LCD tv has excllent black levels and 4 HDMI inputs but I have heard it has motion blur problems. The Panny only has 2 HDMI ports but I have always thought Plasmas looked better, I'm just worried it may have burn in problems like other plasmas.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
All Panasonic and Pioneer plasma TVs (since 2006) have a built-in 'pixel shift' feature which means burn-in should never become an issue. Just remember that with plasma, the first 100-150 hours of use the TV needs to be 'broken in' (engaging the newly illuminated pixels), so it's important to keep your brightness and picture/contrast settings to 35% or less (of the total degree of output).
After the break-in period, your plasma will not suffer burn-in [image retention] regardless of how much game-playing you do > as long as you buy Pioneer and Panasonic models. Other plasma companies don't necessarily offer the protections that these models are known for.
Plasma TVs are superior to LCD for a number of reasons, especially in 'motion resolution' image quality (on fast-moving images). Because of LCD's 'sample and hold' pixel technology, the image tends of 'smear' when viewing sports and/or movies, when there are fast-moving images. 120hz technology (introduced last year) helps in this area, but it does not remove the 'smearing' that is still noticeable to some owners' eyes.
Plasma is different, but using a phospher structure (similar to classic CRTube TVs). As Wikipedia explains - "Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases (neon and xenon). The gas in the cells is electrically turned into a plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light."
Because the pixels don't 'hold' the image (before being 'refreshed' again) like LCD, the plasma image has the smoothest, clearest image quality, and and retain as much as 900 lines of resolution for fast-moving images, compared to 500 to 650 lines for the best LCD TVs.
More from Wikipedia about LCDs...
* While CRTs are capable of displaying multiple video resolutions without introducing artifacts, LCDs produce crisp images only in their "native resolution" and, sometimes, fractions of that native resolution. Attempting to run LCD panels at non-native resolutions usually results in the panel scaling the image, which introduces blurriness or "blockiness" and is susceptible in general to multiple kinds of HDTV blur. Many LCDs are incapable of displaying very low resolution screen modes (such as 320x200) due to these scaling limitations.
* LCDs typically have longer response times than their plasma and CRT counterparts, especially older displays, creating visible ghosting when images rapidly change. For example, when moving the mouse quickly on an LCD, multiple cursors can sometimes be seen.
* Some LCDs have significant input lag. If the lag delay is large enough, such displays can be unsuitable for fast and time-precise mouse operations (CAD, FPS gaming) as compared to CRT displays or smaller LCD panels with negligible amounts of input lag. Short lag times are sometimes emphasized in marketing.
Also... you can sit anywhere in the room watching a plasma TV and the quality is the same from every spot. However, for the best image watching LCD, you have to be dead center, or no more than 25-30% away from center, or the contrast, color, etc suffers greatly.
For dark room viewing, there is no comparison between the high quality plasma image, vs LCD. Plasma offers deep black levels, which produce the strongest contrast. Most LCDs use a 'bulb' as the backlight, that is always on, and even though you can lower the output of the light, in a dark room your contrast will never approach that of plasma, often with black levels that really look grayish, and lighter. LCDs are fine for rooms with much ambient light (or a workplace office environment), whereas Plasma offer 'theater-like' image quality in your home.
I've owned both - LCD (Sharp, for two years), and now a Pioneer KURO Plasma (50" size), and would never buy an LCD again for serious 'lights out' (dark room) home theater viewing.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
After the break-in period, your plasma will not suffer burn-in [image retention] regardless of how much game-playing you do > as long as you buy Pioneer and Panasonic models. Other plasma companies don't necessarily offer the protections that these models are known for.
Plasma TVs are superior to LCD for a number of reasons, especially in 'motion resolution' image quality (on fast-moving images). Because of LCD's 'sample and hold' pixel technology, the image tends of 'smear' when viewing sports and/or movies, when there are fast-moving images. 120hz technology (introduced last year) helps in this area, but it does not remove the 'smearing' that is still noticeable to some owners' eyes.
Plasma is different, but using a phospher structure (similar to classic CRTube TVs). As Wikipedia explains - "Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases (neon and xenon). The gas in the cells is electrically turned into a plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light."
Because the pixels don't 'hold' the image (before being 'refreshed' again) like LCD, the plasma image has the smoothest, clearest image quality, and and retain as much as 900 lines of resolution for fast-moving images, compared to 500 to 650 lines for the best LCD TVs.
More from Wikipedia about LCDs...
* While CRTs are capable of displaying multiple video resolutions without introducing artifacts, LCDs produce crisp images only in their "native resolution" and, sometimes, fractions of that native resolution. Attempting to run LCD panels at non-native resolutions usually results in the panel scaling the image, which introduces blurriness or "blockiness" and is susceptible in general to multiple kinds of HDTV blur. Many LCDs are incapable of displaying very low resolution screen modes (such as 320x200) due to these scaling limitations.
* LCDs typically have longer response times than their plasma and CRT counterparts, especially older displays, creating visible ghosting when images rapidly change. For example, when moving the mouse quickly on an LCD, multiple cursors can sometimes be seen.
* Some LCDs have significant input lag. If the lag delay is large enough, such displays can be unsuitable for fast and time-precise mouse operations (CAD, FPS gaming) as compared to CRT displays or smaller LCD panels with negligible amounts of input lag. Short lag times are sometimes emphasized in marketing.
Also... you can sit anywhere in the room watching a plasma TV and the quality is the same from every spot. However, for the best image watching LCD, you have to be dead center, or no more than 25-30% away from center, or the contrast, color, etc suffers greatly.
For dark room viewing, there is no comparison between the high quality plasma image, vs LCD. Plasma offers deep black levels, which produce the strongest contrast. Most LCDs use a 'bulb' as the backlight, that is always on, and even though you can lower the output of the light, in a dark room your contrast will never approach that of plasma, often with black levels that really look grayish, and lighter. LCDs are fine for rooms with much ambient light (or a workplace office environment), whereas Plasma offer 'theater-like' image quality in your home.
I've owned both - LCD (Sharp, for two years), and now a Pioneer KURO Plasma (50" size), and would never buy an LCD again for serious 'lights out' (dark room) home theater viewing.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
