Help with new TV purchase

[rmk]

Oh don't even temp me please! Rolling them already?

Naw, just kidding.

 

[Duffinator]

Naw, just kidding.

OK I'm breathing a little easier now.

 

[alrudy55]

is kuro 50% better

one thing to remember , the last 10 % of quality is thew most expensive

 

[big-frank23]

There you go Alrudy. 100% True. Hey, you never said if your going to hang the tv or not???

 

[Duffinator]

There you go Alrudy. 100% True. Hey, you never said if your going to hang the tv or not???

I received the TV on Monday and it looks terrific. For now it's sitting on my new Salamander Triple 20 with wheels but I may mount it on the wall later after I have my media niche remodeled. I have my Sharp 45" LCD mounted on the wall in my bedroom. Clearly one of the big advantages of large flat panel TV's is wall mounting.

 

[Duffinator]

Just an update of my purchase. No doubt about it this Plasma has a much better picture than my older Sharp 45" LCD. The blacks are much better and the image is nice and stable during action sequences. But the reflection on this thing is horrible. I know the LCD vs. Plasma debate rages on but I got to tell you if Sony or Samsung made a 57" LCD I think I'd rather have one of them. During day light hours it's almost unwatchable, just like my old Toshiba 56H80 with it's mirror screen. Seriously, while watching in the dark is great I do a lot of TV watching, mostly sports on the weekend, during the day and poor blacks or not my LCD is much nicer to watch during daytime. Bottom line is neither plasma or LCD is perfect so fan boys on either side need to cool your jets. Too bad OLED is not out yet because when it's available in large size panels at a reasonable price both of these current technologies will be history.

One additional note, not that it ever mattered to me but my plasma seems to run cooler than my LCD and both have fans in them.

 

[jgw4]

Duffinator, thanks so much for your honest and detailed posts. I am staring down the same situation as you just went through. My old Mitsu died yesterday and I'm going through the LCD vs. Plasma debate. I have a lot of light in the room and some horrendous viewing angle. I'm going with LCD based on your posts. Which 60" LCD did you think was best? I agree with your assessment of companies destroying a good LCD situation with glossy screens. Seems more are doing that.

 

[Duffinator]

jgw, there's no doubt that plasmas have a better overall picture...in a light controlled environment. I was watching Ocean's 13 last night on HD DVD and it looked amazing on my new Panasonic and my 3 year old Sharp LCD can't touch it. But, IMO, if you watch lots of TV during the daytime LCD remains in the mix for serious consideration. Newer Sharp, Sony, and Samsung LCD's look much better than my three year old 45" Sharp.

From my experiences I think the best looking LCD's are Samsung, Sony, and Sharp in that order. While a lot more expensive the new Samsung with LED backlights look great. I'm not saying don't buy a plasma but better black levels are useless if you can't see them.

At my local Fry's they have the newest Sharp 65" special edition LCD sitting next to the Panasonic 58" that I purchased. The Panasonic looked better but this was in a darkened room with little to no light reflections. Both sets were showing the same HD loop and appeared to be adjusted properly with no goofy looking color pushes and such. The black levels on the Panny was noticeable better than the Sharp but bright colors were similar. I could not detect any motion blur on the Sharp but no live sports were being shown although the HD loop did have several actions sequences from HD movies. Good luck with your purchase.