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Plasma, LCD or LED for Home

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I'm in the market for a new TV. What are people watching movies on LCD, LED or Plasma?
 
I have a plasma.

LED is coming along ... but it never seems to get far enough along to make me consider actually buying one.

OLED is probably where I'll end up when I give up on plasma.

I think the consensus is the Panasonic VT30 line, which is suitable for post production monitoring. (Probably suited to grading as well for the low to mid range.)
 
scott william said:
I'm in the market for a new TV. What are people watching movies on LCD, LED or Plasma?
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LCD and LED are the same thing. The only difference is that LED implies an LED backlight. The actual screen technology is LCD.

I also prefer plasma as it yields better blacks and more black detail, but if you're going to be watching in bright ambient light conditions (i.e., football games in a sunlit room) an LCD will generally give you a brighter image, at the expense of off-axis falloff in contrast.
 
PLASMA by Panasonic
 
I've had a Panny plasma for a few years now, and about to get my first projector. Got an electric 120inch tension screen to go in front of the TV, and looking at used JVCs. Looking at their 50,000:1 contrast models in particular.

For movies, nothing will beat a large screen and a projector. Not even Pinoeer Kuros. Go with a projector if you want a cinematic experience for movies.
 
M Most said:
LCD and LED are the same thing. The only difference is that LED implies an LED backlight. The actual screen technology is LCD.
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Sure, but the backlighting technology really matters! There are all sorts of neat tricks you can pull with LED backlights that can help the image ... mostly just turning backlight on and off, combined with varying the intensity of a backlight. Like in the Sony BVM Evaluation LCD/LED.

That sort of technology really ought to be trickling down more rapidly to consumer and lower end professional devices.

Of course I'm picking nits at this point, but interesting ones I hope. :)
 
Panny Plasma, hands down.
 
do those plasmas have this sharpening processing, too? That makes film appear like video? I've never seen a big Panasonic plasma, hence my question.

Can they be used for colour grading? Not professional colour grading, but as an alternative for calibrated 10-bit monitors.
 
IMO
Plasma have a better image quality, but don't fare so well in bright enviroments or for static images (PC use, gaming, ..)
OLED would be far better than both Plasma and LCD (CCFL or LED) but are still a few years out for larger sizes.
 
Until OLED comes, for home movies - plasma.
VT series have more noticeable reflections due to "One Sheet of Glass Design".
 
Matthias Hutter said:
IMO
Plasma have a better image quality, but don't fare so well in bright enviroments or for static images (PC use, gaming, ..)
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Yes bright environments can be troublesome, but it's not the brightness of the panel that matters so much as the glare. New plasmas are really bright (as bright as LCDs just a couple years back), but the double-pane glossy glass on the front can cause glares with a lot of lights around. And don't really worry about burn-in from a static image too much. It's very unlikely to ever happen, but you may see signs of image retention. That's more of a temporary ghosting effect that goes away after you play something with more motion on screen.

So yeah...Panasonic Plasma
 
There's an irony here; plasma is to TV what film is to motion capture. It was the preferred medium for very good, objective reasons, but is now really just an emotional attachment

However, the fact of the matter is, is that LCD and LED have caught up. I have a Pioneer Elite (plasma), which were considered the absolute best image you could buy. But, Pioneer exited that market, because their margins were unsustainable.

Plasma will die out soon, and their power consumption can be like an A/C window unit.

What to pay attention to? The blacks, the blacks, the blacks. NOTHING is more important. The deeper the blacks, the better the apparent contrast. Also, spend $200 for a professional calibration, once it's installed. This is not some scheme like extended warranty. The presets on the set ARE NOT OPTIMIZED.
 
But, thing is, if you want a nice big image with dark blacks, rich colors, and nice motion rendition, plasma is still really hard to beat, especially if you look at the price tags.
 
plasma delivers the best picture quality for watching films and its the most affordable. however you can leave the tv on with a single image because it will burn that image into the screen. most led TVs dont have the proper refresh rate or frame rate witch makes the movies you watch look like video or a video game. some people like this but to me its very annoying
 
LCDs dont have quite as good picture and black levels but its still very good. but the perk to the LCD is you can use it as a computer monitor as well. thats something you cant do with a plasma because leaving the plasma with the same image on the screen will leave the imprint of that image
 
Philipp Straehl said:
do those plasmas have this sharpening processing, too? That makes film appear like video? I've never seen a big Panasonic plasma, hence my question.
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You can turn all the "enhancement" processing off in the menus.
Panasonic plasmas look great.
 
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