Home audio & video: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick?
- 5/1/08 2:27 AM
(NT) The inferior technology always complains to most
by tlh523 - 5/2/08 3:01 PM In reply to: I'm Curious ... by Ken Jr.Plasma here
by sgo7 - 5/2/08 12:12 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I like the no motion blur and viewing angle as well as all the other technical benefits. I too hope plasma is NOT on its way out.
LCD
by wme1221 - 5/2/08 4:14 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Mainly because they're available in smaller sizes--I don't care for great big screens that dominate a room. Actually, though I like a flat screen, I'm sorry that tube TVs have largely gone away. While I like a decent picture, I don't like paying a lot for anything better. TV just doesn't mean that much to me, and I bet there are enough folks like me that there'd be a market for less expensive TV's.
You forgot the other three choices
by conchchowder - 5/2/08 5:07 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
DLP, SXRD, and OLED
Omitting DLP was a big boo-boo...the other two are emerging technologies with OLED, in my opinion, becoming the dominat player in the next 5 years.
I have a Infocus SP4805 now and love it over plasma and dead-pixel-and viewing angle problematic LCD.
SXRD is expensive but has great plack levels.
OLED will be able to fill an entire wall (or four walls) with video or interactive "wallpaper". Imagine being able to change the color of your wall with a simple move of a slider-bar...or watch a video in full-sunlight without any degredation of picture brightness.
So...DLP for now and OLED for the future.
PS...why did you omit DLP as a choice?
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by famulla - 5/2/08 6:54 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Give me Philips Plasma
Give me Siemens LCD
I am happy even if the price is slightly high but the pixels in both are perfect.
I thank you
Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
P.O.Box 6044
Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanzania
East Africa
Viewing angle sealed it
by average_consumer - 5/2/08 7:13 PM In reply to: Home audio & video Forum by famullaI just returned a 40 inch sony bravia lcd last night, after having it for about a week. its primary offense? terrible viewing angle. I know these lcd makers report '178 degree' viewing angle, but let me tell you- picture quality outside 95 to 85 degrees is degraded, I don't care how much you spend.
I had owned a 1080p lcd for the past 2 years (a sceptre 37 inch) and it had a poor viewing angle, but i forgave it because it was an off brand set.
but having ponied up for a name brand this time around, i expected more. it seems that viewing angle remains a curse of lcd technoogy, and it why I am trying to figure out which model of panasonic plasma I will be purchasing this weekend.
screen
by jdrano - 5/2/08 7:42 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
take this test when you look at the tv(lcd dlp plasma): view it from the angles you will use. i find that most problems can be avoided( question of lcd or plasma) by looking at angles of use. i would still get the lcd unless i was looking big. if its big you want get a projector and pull screen.
Plasma better for non-high definition signal
by Ayesyt - 5/2/08 8:05 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a plasma and an LCD. Both work great on HD signal, but the plasma is much better on non-HD.
Havins had both well....
by rreeves5 - 5/2/08 9:15 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Ok, heres the scoop. I bought a new 42" RCA plasma, HDTV and it had the best picture I have ever saw on a TV. However; after about 4 mounts of operation, I started getting red spots flickering on the display. Calling my dealer, they sent it off to a repair center with the excuse that the reciever board was bad. They brough it back, and once again the picture was great until about 6 hours later. Now it was worse. Once again off to the repair center. This time I was told the panal was bad, and RCA wanted the TV exchanged out. They contacted the dealer and they brough me another one out. It lasted about 3 weeks. I called once again and they came an took it again.
Now I know this is long and boring but I have to mention that the loaned me a 52" projection tv during all this. T alk about being flustrated.
I finally fussed enough that the dealer ask what would make me happy. Well of course my money back was out of the question, but the did agree to replace it with a LCD tv of equal value. So I areeed and I went to the store and picked out a Sony 42" LCD. Well, it cost a little more than the plasma, but they agreed to it until I happed to see on in another room. It was a Proscan, made by GE/RCA but it had a great picture. I have had it for 6 months mow and I am happy. I/ve had to have a couple of adjustments where it seemed a little washed out to me but my family said it was ok.
LCD is my poreferance, but my daughter had a VISO 52" plasma about a year and a half and never anything wrong. Now her brand is A Sams/Walmart brand but it works great. So, not all are the same. But for me, no more PLASMA.
RCA Plasma problems
by thehifidoc - 5/3/08 6:57 AM In reply to: Havins had both well.... by rreeves5Doc Greene Says Cheap Plasmas should be avoided. But Runco, Pioneer, Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba, or Samsung in that order. The problems you are having however are rare in any plasma including the cheap ones. All TVs need to be calibrated by a professional ISF calibrator. Your set will last longer and look better. It is worth the additional money. Also you should have it installed by a CEDIA certified professional. Installation is the single most important part of performance. I have seen many installs where the customer had every thing needed for HD, but due to poor install, had never seen anything better than 480i on his set. That is a picture; it was better than what he had, but it was not what he paid for.
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by famulla - 5/3/08 7:26 AM In reply to: Havins had both well.... by rreeves5I have a small print that I read and that ought to tell you indirectly what the reality is. Is your job at risk?
No, sir.
It is not the real thing that hunts me. It is the weird stories that float making my psychiatrists rich. Let me explain. I have my job. I am happy so us my boss. However the TV and the media talk of the shortage of rice and the money markets in turmoil, gives me jitters and this makes me shout at my family. I am sure the job market will leave me a divorced man at one time as I see too much of the finance without having any increase in real finance and I do not sleep well. Does that make me scared of job?
Now we look at the TV, Plasma or anything that we bought thinking or just because we had extra cash at that time. Having had this, having seen the pixels giving problems, I see no reason why we keep on looking at the problem. There was a time I used to repair the keyboard. Remove the plastic circuits, fix this with the staple pin to get the connections and seal this with the cello tape. Stupid. It was, but then the keyboards were expensive. Now I throw this and get the new one as I realise the time wasted in the opening and shutting the damn thing is not wroth it. Hence, from now even I treat the TV and other electronic that way. Give the lines, looks extraordinary, has the low resolution or DPI, I get the new one sleep sound.
I thank you
Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
P.O.Box 6044
Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanzania
East Africa
TO: Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
by Bruce Burns - 5/3/08 8:34 AM In reply to: Home audio & video Forum by famullaSounds like you are very stressed and have a tendency to over react which can only complicate your life further. I am not sure just what your job entails but perhaps a change of lifestyle would be advisable. Find diferent bosses or be your own boss, your family is your support and making their lives dificult because you are having having inner dificulties will not work to your advantage and your children will grow up scared by this.
Perhaps you have a lot of injury done to you and can not let it go. Trust me, if you forgive thoes that have ofended you you will feel much better. A good religion that suports this is Christianity.
Try to change something more profound than your TV.
Bruce
TO: rreeves5
by Bruce Burns - 5/3/08 8:45 AM In reply to: Havins had both well.... by rreeves5Would you hapen to have grand children who likes to play with magnets or perhaps a laser pointer? I am not saying that this has anything to do with any of this but there is a possibility that the red spots were a result of some external activity. What do you think?
Bruce
I would pick LCD/LED This is the latest and greatest!
by krisstlye - 5/2/08 9:53 PM In reply to: Poll: If you had only one HDTV choice, which would you pick? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Samsug LNT-5281F 500,000:1 contrast, LG LG90 series suppose to be 1,000,000:1 contrast and going for THX certification! no life span like plasma or LCD of 60,000-120,000hrs or if you got money to burn Sony's OLED only problem is the Organic display will last only 30,000hrs This is the newest and least likely to be obsoulete in the next couple of years!
I haven't heard what the XBR8 or A950 contrast ratios were.
by 8IronBob - 5/2/08 10:11 PM In reply to: I would pick LCD/LED This is the latest and greatest! by krisstlyeNow that you're mentioning LED-based LCD panels, I'm wondering if you heard any confirmation on what Sony and Samsung were doing as far as determining contrast ratios from their sets yet? I believe these two sets are getting a lot of buzz at AVS Forums, and I do believe these should be determined in person.
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