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- 11/14/07 3:04 PM
overwhelmed
by coffeecan - 11/14/07 8:27 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I e read about all of the new stuff and now the cable/disk company has come out with a transition box for my old crts. We need drastically to purchase new tvs but every day something new concerning which is better is published. Now I read about another new system that I knew nothing about before and that adds another new dimension to the ball game, lcdvs?. We don't really get into hooking up the computer to the tv or the tv to the computer but down the road we would like to try to view some movies and tv via that way because we hear it is really a big change and adds much more controllabilty(?)
to all of your pictures. But for now we are just trying to figure which tv type to buy and what fits our pockerbook. We're going to have to purchase several tvs to meet the dealine next year and are trying to take one step at a time. But I know what will happen. I will just get tired of all of the BS and run out and buy one to try it out. Then if we like it, fine. If not then we will run out and buy the other kind. Right now we lean very much toward the lcd type. Now it's time to pick a brand. After reading the tv repair guy's writeup, i'll probably stay away from the cheaper ones. If you have comment or advice, I will listen. Thanks.
LCD or Plasma
by Rob Dodson - 11/14/07 8:29 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Dark room always buy Plasma
Light room (lots of windows) Always buy LCD.
This information provided by Fazio Technical Support.
Television sales people are not completely informed, Test this theory out for yourself.
Bob, Yorba Linda, CA
not interested in either
by mach1219 - 11/14/07 8:32 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
To this day, this topic blows my mind. It takes very little research to determine that DLP is far superior to plasma or LCD, and considerably less expensive. Why anybody buys a plasma or LCD I dont understand. Can anybody explain this? Is it a lack of marketing, lack of availability or is the american consumer simply that ingnorant or just doesnt care? My 52" Toshiba DLP blows away anything else I have seen, it's aprox. 9 inches deep and is very lightweight. The only possible reason to go plasma or lcd is to mount it on your wall, which didnt interest me. Its not worth the thousands more in price and poor picture quality to be wall mountable.
DLP is good BUT better then Plasma and LCD?
by dgden - 11/16/07 2:32 PM In reply to: not interested in either by mach1219I don't understand, what so many people are talking about in regards to DLP. In my recent quest to buy a TV, I came to a store set out to but a rear projection LCD from Sony (SXRD). Saw it several years ago and was blown away.
When it actually came to it, I saw two Samsung DLPs next to it and felt that the picture was better on them, but then I looked at the wall full of LCDs and Plasma and forgot all about rear projection.
When it comes to contarst, clarity, color saturation and viewing angles for LCD and Plasma, I don't see how DLP is even in the same league.
Have any of you DLP fans been to a TV store lately? Just how many of you believe that the picture on your DLP can compete with Sony XBR4 or Samsung LN-T71F series?
Maybe it's a great value considering the price, but on picture quality alone - no freakin way!
DLP
by mach1219 - 11/16/07 3:59 PM In reply to: DLP is good BUT better then Plasma and LCD? by dgdenIve only compared HD signals in the store, where the DLP looked superior. Regualr braodcast arent that great, just as any large screen, non high def. set, including all the lcds and plasmas ive seen
DLP is better
by DaveLister33 - 11/16/07 5:27 PM In reply to: DLP is good BUT better then Plasma and LCD? by dgdenMy 56" Samsung DLP blows the doors of any Plasma or LCD picture I've ever seen - am I'm in the HD business. If I needed a small set I would go LCD, but I would never buy a Plasma set, especially given the power requirements those sets have. So, if you want a large picture go DLP, and a small set LCD.
Correct
by barrettjg - 11/16/07 2:43 PM In reply to: not interested in either by mach1219Couldn't agree more.
Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV: OTHER
by Jayne L. Wells - 11/14/07 8:44 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I still can't see spending the money for it. Once we are all forced to go to Digital, I'm hoping the price will go down after the ecomomy is flooded with these things! I have 7 non digital TV's at home. Many have built in DVD or VHS players. Just not ready to trash them when work so well.
Mis-information
by yorba - 11/15/07 5:41 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV: OTHER by Jayne L. WellsYou are apparently one of those who has been mis-informed. When everything goes digital in 2009, you may request up to two $40 rebate checks from Uncle Sam to purchase what is projected to be a $50 conversion box for your analog tuner TV's. You will only need these converters if you are not using a cable or satellite service. HD-TV, DLP, CRT, Plasma, and LCD have nothing to do with the switch to digital. What does matter is your tuner, whether it can receive digital or not. If not, you need cable or satellite or a converter. The newer sets, including CRT's, do have digital tuners.
Of course sales people will take advantage of this and try to talk you into a more expensive HD-TV to satisfy the digital tuner requirement.
As for me, I am very very happy with my new Sony 40" Bravia LCD TV. The colors are fantastic, the 1080 picture sharp and beautiful. The price was right, it is low power consumption ... especially compared to the bank robbing plasma's. The blacks are quite deep, though maybe not as much as a plasma, but very close. An HD-DVD on top of that puts out some really beautiful, theater quality pictures, and my Wii even looks fantastic on it. There is no motion blur as some would like to claim.
Other
by ejmfoley - 11/14/07 9:21 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a 40" CRT that works fine. There's more than a year before everything goes digital, and that's another year of better technology and lower prices. So I'll wait 'til then. In the meantime, I'll keep informed.
Just a side-note...
by Lac Man - 11/14/07 10:26 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm not trying to stir up controversy, and I'm not saying one is better than the other. Personally...PERSONALLY, I prefer plasmas and LCD's over DLP's...I think picture quality is better on the right LCD's and plasmas than on the best DLP's. Again, I'm just adding a little info to the mix, not instigating.
Check out these links:
LCD vs. DLP -
http://www.dlptvreview.com/dlptv/dlptelevision.html
Plasma vs. DLP -
http://www.dlptvreview.com/dlptv/plasmatelevision.html
DLP rules
by mach1219 - 11/14/07 10:56 PM In reply to: Just a side-note... by Lac ManI didnt consider screen size in my original post. DLP is a big screen only technology. If your looking for something small, LCD or plasma are the obvious choices.
Ill add that everybody that sees my DLP walks away impressed and wondering why thier LCD or plasma doesnt compare and they paid twice as much.
Dont forget that brand name is important with the bigger screen DLP sets. Toshiba has very good software and an excellent picture on thier DLP models. I dont know if this is true for other brands, as I havent looked at all of them
DLP
by mach1219 - 11/14/07 11:02 PM In reply to: DLP rules by mach1219Another clear advantage to DLP is lifespan. They use a replaceable light bulb and should in theory last forever, with no reduction in picture quality. LCD and plasma can do niether. When the screen burns out, throw it away and drop another few grand on an entirely new set
LCD? Plasma? No thanks ...
by Constantine284 - 11/14/07 10:55 PM In reply to: Poll: When it comes to buying a plasma or LCD TV, I am: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have two 17" CRT monitors, a CRT Television, Two CRT 15" monitors on the Kids PC's, and a 14" CRT Monitor for my wife.
I see no reason to turn to the latest and greatest just yet, and as I haven't bought a PC from a manufacturer for over 15 years (I build my own) I haven't actually had cause to own one. I've seen LCD screens in action - and plasmas. Can't quite see what the fuss is all about. I'll continue to use, repair and maintain my fleet of CRT's myself - all for nothing, fairly decent Picture quality, all the spares I can dream about just lying around .... The Television in the front room was a wonderful dumpster gift (42" screen) that required very little work to get going - and that has been running for over two years now.
Total cost to me? 0.00
So far, that's the best 'bang for buck' I've come across. But then again, I really do the recycling thing - I've even started teaching 6th year primary school kids how to build their own PC's out of old computer parts - along with the philosophy of 'What do you want to do with it' and build accordingly.
ps. all the other computers in the house have also cost a grand total of £550.00 - and that was for my own machine which use for HD video editing. All the others, again, cost 0.00 (and thats 1 650Mhz P3, one 1.2Ghz Celeron, one Athlon 2000XP) and, again for 0.00, I have just acuired a 3.2 Ghz celeron D).
Until I can get a plasma or LCD or whatever for the same price, I'll stick with the CRT's. - or until there are no more CRT's left - then I'll be forced to choose - but that's a long way off....
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