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giacona

Audioholic Intern
I am in the market for a flat panel plasma or LED. I do not want LCD. I want to know if anyone here can weigh the pro's and con's? I am going to be purchasing by early october, so I have some time to do some research.

I have read that LED's do not last as long as plasma's. You may get 60,000 hours out of them compared to 150,000 hours on a plasma. I also have heard that they come in smaller sizes compared to plasma. Quality I hear is very close.

The brands I am considering are Samsung, Panny, Vizio & Sony for right now.

I'm not sure on size right now b/c I am moving and I have to see how big my living room will be in my new place.
 
SopRage

SopRage

Audioholic
Giacona,

Not sure what your aversion to LCD is, but the long and short of it is that LED TVs are simply LCD TVs lit differently. In fact, a more accurate name for "LED" TVs would simply be "LED lit LCD TVs."

As for the whole plasma vs LCD/LED thing, you'll find the bulk of this forum will give plasma the nod. Contrast ratio, viewing angles, motion resolution, etc are almost all at least incrementally better on plasmas. It doesn't hurt that larger-sized plasma screens are usually cheaper either.

It should also be noted that all LED TVs are not lit the same; local vs corner lit TVs impact the picture quality differently.

As for the life-span argument, it's almost certain that you'll be replacing your TV before it "dies." Unless you watch TV CONSTANTLY, your television will outlive your useage.
 
zhimbo

zhimbo

Audioholic General
I started writing, and then realized I was just parroting all of SopRage's points.

So just go read SopRage's post again and pretend I wrote it.
 
BMXTRIX

BMXTRIX

Audioholic Warlord
I'm just going to throw out my agreement as well. Both displays are very good, and there are some determining factors which can affect things.

1. Will the room it is in be dark or have large windows?

2. If it has windows, will they be able to reflect off the display and hurt the image?

3. Are you willing to show a bit of care to ensure there is no burn-in? This is VERY minimally necessary.

4. Does the display need to articulate off the wall, or just tilt?

5. Do you intend/want to try 3D?

6. What will be your primary viewing?

Many of these questions it sounds like you can't answer yet because you aren't in your new space, but bright lighting behind the display causes reflections, which plasmas have a real issue with. Curtains, or after dark viewing, really helps this. Burn-in is basically a plasma only issue, but happens with cheaper plasmas only and after a lot of a static image left on screen. Like a video game marquee up for 40 hours straight. Articulating displays require a really good structural mount, and some effort to move them as the size/weight of the display goes up.

LCD wins on many of the convenience factors out there, but plasma wins in image quality by a little bit. So, there are a lot of pro/con type arguements possible for both display technologies.

I have a plasma in my main (family room) viewing area, and LCDs everywhere else in my home. I wouldn't trade my plasma for a LCD, but I don't hate my LCDs... Except maybe that Olevia in the kid's playroom.
 
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audiok

Audiophyte
As for the life-span argument, it's almost certain that you'll be replacing your TV before it "dies." Unless you watch TV CONSTANTLY, your television will outlive your useage.
I'm not sure about this, as the backlight on my Samsung LCD is dying out after 4 years of moderate usage. The lower right corner is noticably darker than the rest. Don't know if I can get that replaced cheaper than buying a new one. Friends of mine bought a couple Panasonic plasma screens lately, and they look awesome.
 
Patrukas777

Patrukas777

Senior Audioholic
I'm not sure about this, as the backlight on my Samsung LCD is dying out after 4 years of moderate usage. The lower right corner is noticably darker than the rest. Don't know if I can get that replaced cheaper than buying a new one. Friends of mine bought a couple Panasonic plasma screens lately, and they look awesome.
Maybe if you hold out, the lower left and upper left/right will be darker as well..giving you an overall darker picture :p
 
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flovour

Audiophyte
Thanks Man i have purchased from the amazon
thanks slupury.
 
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