Fifty Gut Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The best brands are Samsung, Sony, Panasonic or Sharp. Avoid any other American brand. Avoid those here today, gone tomorrow brands like Vizio. Go LCD, skip plasma, and 1080p ain't worth the extra $400. My advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdoctor Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 i am looking at them too but wouldnt get anything under 1080i or 1080p. not into 780p. the inputs are important and probly aiming for 46-50 they have gone down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The best brands are Samsung, Sony, Panasonic or Sharp. Avoid any other American brand. Avoid those here today, gone tomorrow brands like Vizio. Go LCD, skip plasma, and 1080p ain't worth the extra $400.My advice. Completely disagree - most negative comments about plasmas are from those that have never owned one from what I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The best brands are Samsung, Sony, Panasonic or Sharp. Avoid any other American brand. Avoid those here today, gone tomorrow brands like Vizio. Go LCD, skip plasma, and 1080p ain't worth the extra $400.My advice. How can you promote Panasonic and then say skip plasma? Its completely contradicting. Panasonic does not make an LCD screen above 37". And please dont go around here trashing Plasma TVs. Id say that some Panasonic plasmas are just as good, if not better than most LCDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Completely disagree - most negative comments about plasmas are from those that have never owned one from what I can tell. Word of mouth and unknowledgable salesmen are to blame for this fact. Find yourself a person who knows what hes talking about and most will actually push Plasma over LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Word of mouth and unknowledgable salesmen are to blame for this fact. Find yourself a person who knows what hes talking about and most will actually push Plasma over LCD. Yeah I noticed that when shopping. Had a friend convince me to give plasma a try and I have to admit that I really love having absolutely no motion blur and no "120 hz" gimmicks trying to correct motion blur. Both are great technologies that are improving every year but will probably be obsolete in the next decade with the way technology is progressing these days. EDIT: I also think that fact that the plasmas don't look as good on showroom floors is a major factor. With those incredibly bright showrooms the LCD's just "pop" so much more and the plasmas look pretty dull. People don't realize that a) they'll never watch the TV in torch mode and they won't be watching TV with 800 lights on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Gut Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Okay maybe you don't have to skip plasmas, but from everything I've read, plasma is the outdated technology. I'm sticking with LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Okay maybe you don't have to skip plasmas, but from everything I've read, plasma is the outdated technology. I'm sticking with LCD. No more outdated than LCD - in fact Panasonic just invested a ton of money into manufacturing of plasma sets. Both will most likely be replaced in the coming years by new technology: laser, OLED, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The best brands are Samsung, Sony, Panasonic or Sharp. Avoid any other American brand. Avoid those here today, gone tomorrow brands like Vizio. Go LCD, skip plasma, and 1080p ain't worth the extra $400.My advice. Vizio is now 6 years old and now are North America's largest seller of LCD TV's. I doubt they are going anywhere soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Gut Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 No more outdated than LCD - in fact Panasonic just invested a ton of money into manufacturing of plasma sets.Both will most likely be replaced in the coming years by new technology: laser, OLED, etc. So what's the general consensus here, plasma is better for 40"+ TVs, LCD for TVs under 40"? Brands are also very important. I don't understand how anyone can go cheap when it comes to buying a new TV. Vizio makes TVs for bars, not your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 IMHO - LCD's show light colors better than Plasmas. Plasmas handle the darks better than LCD's. Other than that - I see little difference except price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch_Lives59 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have: 56" Samsung DLP 42" Vizio Plasma 32" Vizio LCD by far the Samsung has the best picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 So what's the general consensus here, plasma is better for 40"+ TVs, LCD for TVs under 40"?Brands are also very important. I don't understand how anyone can go cheap when it comes to buying a new TV. Vizio makes TVs for bars, not your house. And yet, most people rely solely on the TV for sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch_Lives59 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The good thing about Plasmas is that most manfacturers will replace them for free if you have 6 or more pixels go bad...but I cant get enough of the DLP.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 So what's the general consensus here, plasma is better for 40"+ TVs, LCD for TVs under 40"?Brands are also very important. I don't understand how anyone can go cheap when it comes to buying a new TV. Vizio makes TVs for bars, not your house. I agree but some people don't have the money or don't want to spend a ton on something like a TV. As far as the size argument it really just depends on the situation. I would still buy an LCD for certain situations and LCD is definitely the answer for smaller sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dictator Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I don't understand how anyone can go cheap when it comes to buying a new TV. Vizio makes TVs for bars, not your house. I bought a 42" "dynex" from best buy. It gets the job done and was about 1/2 the price of others with the same features. I'll take the savings over a "slightly" better picture any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have:56" Samsung DLP 42" Vizio Plasma 32" Vizio LCD by far the Samsung has the best picture.. Not surprising given the brands - wouldn't put as much stock in that as far as comparing the technology. DLP has a good picture but between the viewing angles and the massive size of the sets they just aren't practical for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 someone plz clarify the whole Hz thing. So 120hz is more necessary for LCD, whereas 60hz will get the job done fine with plasmas or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 someone plz clarify the whole Hz thing. So 120hz is more necessary for LCD, whereas 60hz will get the job done fine with plasmas or what? It's not necessary and I didn't even like the 120 hz feature on the set I had - I turned it off. Plasma has no motion blur. LCD because of constraints of the technology has motion blur that can be quite evident depending on the set but has gotten better. I base the motion blur more off of the response time than "120 or 60 hz". <6 ms response time is pretty standard these days. The 120 hz feature can give things like movies and tv shows a really unnatural look because it speeds up the frames in order to give the appearance of a "smoother" transition - I hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 hmmmm....this sounds like something that I will have to experience for myself at the store.....at least you can turn it off if you dont like it, but then again you probably pay more to have it in the first place. i wonder if most sets let you adjust from 120 to 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Vizio makes TVs for bars, not your house. I'm not sure what that means... To me, if bars have Vizios, that means that they can handle being on 12 hours a day, so it should be just fine for me having it on about 4 hours a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I'm not sure what that means... To me, if bars have Vizios, that means that they can handle being on 12 hours a day, so it should be just fine for me having it on about 4 hours a day... I think what he means is that they fare better in dark settings. Which I agree with. Vizio plasma TVs are pretty good, but the LCDs are average at best. But the plasma's need to be in a dark setting since they dont have the anti reflective screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 hmmmm....this sounds like something that I will have to experience for myself at the store.....at least you can turn it off if you dont like it, but then again you probably pay more to have it in the first place. i wonder if most sets let you adjust from 120 to 60 Yes, all sets have the ability to turn off and on the auto motion 120Hz feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?p=14713735&posted=1#post14713735 hows this tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Here is a good, non-biased and simple explanation of LCD vs Plasma and the pros and cons of each... followed by some of the best deals you'll find. http://bfads.net/Television-Buying-Guide-for-Black-Friday-2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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