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Originally Posted by 96camaro
The thing that steered me away from plasmas was the possibility of burn in and the panel life on them. I know there are some manufacturers that are trying to come up with ways to stop the burn in but it would always be in the back of my mind. We have the TV on more than the 5 hours a day or whatever they use to get the life of the panels too so it wouldn't last as long for me, and I was told the LCD's had a longer life so we went with that.
I will agree that standard def. takes some time to get used to on the LCD since it seems blurry at times but HD makes up for it in my opinion.
I will agree that standard def. takes some time to get used to on the LCD since it seems blurry at times but HD makes up for it in my opinion.
Take a small photo, save it as a JPEG with about a 6 or 7 for compression in Photoshop (equivalent of a studio formatting video for standard def, broadcast quality). Then blow it up by about 300% (what your HDTV does). You'll see the compression artifacts, it's the same idea.
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I TRIED THE WII AT A MALL IN WOODLANDS AND FOUND IT TO BE OKAY FOR PLAYING GAMES LIKE TENNIS, FISHING AND GOLF BUT DIDN'T LIKE IT OVERALL FOR OTHER GAMES...... IT WAS VERY TOUCHY
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I'm just trying to figture out if I should buy an LCD or Plasma tv now.
Either way I'll probably go with a 42" unless I decide to splurge in which case I might go with a 47" or 50".
Either way I'll probably go with a 42" unless I decide to splurge in which case I might go with a 47" or 50".
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Originally Posted by SexyWS6Mama
I TRIED THE WII AT A MALL IN WOODLANDS AND FOUND IT TO BE OKAY FOR PLAYING GAMES LIKE TENNIS, FISHING AND GOLF BUT DIDN'T LIKE IT OVERALL FOR OTHER GAMES...... IT WAS VERY TOUCHY
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Originally Posted by ProjectCamaro
Yes but then you're paying quite a bit more for it, it's harder to find them in larger sizes, they can have dead pixels, etc...
Originally Posted by 96camaro
The LCD we got is a Toshiba 42 inch flat panel, no dead pixels or anything, and quite frankly it cost the same as the 27 inch TV that I bought 6 years ago. Kinda crazy how far this stuff has come.
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Pretty much over 42" and the LCD typically costs twice as much if you can even find them.
42" and under it's a wash. They both end up the same, if anything the LCD's can be found cheaper.
42" and under it's a wash. They both end up the same, if anything the LCD's can be found cheaper.
Originally Posted by Karps TA
Pretty much over 42" and the LCD typically costs twice as much if you can even find them.
42" and under it's a wash. They both end up the same, if anything the LCD's can be found cheaper.
42" and under it's a wash. They both end up the same, if anything the LCD's can be found cheaper.
Originally Posted by ITSA6
chad have you looked into rear projection LCD tv's? ours brand new a SONY was half the price of a plasma or regular LCD just cause it isn't competely flat. and it's a 42" TV