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[The Juggler]

I did a BUNCH of research before buying my TV.
Here were my basic findings:

Plasmas nice and thin, but if you plan to do a bunch of gaming, you do suffer the risk of image burn-in.  Yes, the newer plasmas are getting better about it, but it still happens.  And the plasmas that offer a white screen to remove burn in, keep in mind, while it works, it causes loss of lifespan to the TV. High cost is a factor is plasmas as well.

DLP technology is mostly good.  Does not suffer image burn-in.  The only downside I noticed with DLP is the processing time required to display an image.  It's negligable for movies or TV, but when playing games (such as Halo 2), quick reactions are everything.  I've seen some older sets that make games near unplayable, but again, newer ones tend to be quicker.  Find a store with a DLP sitting next to an LCD (both displaying the same video) and you'll notice the image on the LCD changes before the DLP.

LCD doesn't have quite the contrast ratio as the other formats, but again doesn't suffer from image burn-in or the processing delay. Silicon LCD tends to be better with contrast, and also reduces the 'screen door' effect of LCD. But, Silicon LCD tends to be more expensive than DLP and a little cheaper than plasma.

I ended up buying the Sony SXRD (Silicon LCD).
I do a lot of gaming.  I love the picture.

If I wasn't into gaming so much, I probably would have gone with a DLP. Great contrast, great picture, but I couldn't get over the picture delay.

But then again, DLP will be projection, so if you're looking sor something thin, Plasma or LCD is the way to go.

Good luck.

[sinister slipknot]

QUOTE(gus738 @ Nov 7 2006, 12:25 AM)

this is far thE BEST  tv you can get .....

http://www.costco.co...?...&Ns=P_Price

plus since its costco  you have LIFE TIME warranty .... 4 FREE...

local stores are cheaper.

Yes because thats not a huge watse of money    Bravias are no better than their Samsung counterparts with the same specs.

[GSX]

QUOTE(gus738 @ Nov 6 2006, 07:25 PM)

this is far thE BEST  tv you can get .....

 

 

http://www.costco.co...?...&Ns=P_Price

 

plus since its costco  you have LIFE TIME warranty .... 4 FREE...

 

local stores are cheaper.

QUOTE(gus738 @ Nov 7 2006, 03:12 PM)

SERIOUSLY you'll be blown away with not only 1080P but the contras ratio is 7000:1  and its TRUE about the BLACK levels!!! 100% true  

i always hated LCD but this one is diffrent

 

AND IT GETS BETTER!!!!!! no better store then costco to buy a tv due to the 100% cash back lifetime warranty not store credit CASH!!!

 

 

shaj

 

seriously consider looking at this tv at costco im sure you'll be 100% satisfied as soon as you see it .

 

 

bottom line   :  YOU buy from costco  tv's selection and you always win  weather its a bad tv or image burn in or low blacks COSTCO is the way to go.

 

shaj go check that tv out

He lives in the middle east..Read you nuggets. Get the plasma, DLP blows. Tho for SD television, they both will suck.

[GSX]

That tv is nice, but you're paynig for the brand. Also, the contrast is not 7,000:1, it's more like 1,300:1(great for an lcd, but far from 7k)  7000 is something called dynamic contrast, while 1300 is static contrast. There is a big difference. Sony will list both, but they will market the higher number, and ppl just eat it up. Below is a quote from wikipedia on the subject.

"It is also common to market only the dynamic contrast ratio capability of a display (when it is better than its static contrast ratio), which should not be directly compared to the static contrast ratio. A plasma display with a static 5000:1 contrast ratio will show superior contrast to an LCD display with 5000:1 dynamic and 1000:1 static contrast ratio when the input signal contains full range of brightnesses from 0 to 100% simultaneously. However they will be on par when input signal ranges only from 0 to 20% brightness."

Get the plasma, burn-in is non existent in any decent plasma made within a year.

[The Juggler]

QUOTE(shaj @ Nov 7 2006, 07:27 PM)

Hey Juggler...thanks for the feedback...

I tend to play games only on weekends since I get home late from work on weekdays...

I probably don't exceed about 5 hrs of gaming over the weekend...maybe less...

I'd like to game whenever I have the time, but I'd mostly be watchin TV (SD) and DVD Movies. Also I tend to use the TV mainly in the dark.

Would Plasma be good enough for all that?

Yes, plasma would work for that. With that little gaming, you shouldn't suffer image burn-in.  Just be careful not to leave a static image on the screen for an extended period of time.  Keep in mind that SD tv does truly tend to look like crap on a HDTV.  You tend to see all the noise in the signal that you didn't with the older CRT TVs.  DVDs should look good.  Try to find a DVD player with progressive scan.

The TV that gus is pushing certainly isn't a bad TV (in fact as far as LCD TVs go, it is pretty good).  Don't go by the manufacturers claims of contrast ratio though.  There is no set standard measuring that.  Sonys 7000:1 could be equivalent to Mitsubishi's 4000:1 and Westinghouse's 12,000:1.

If you're really looking for something cool, you could wait for LASER TV.  But I think it will be several years before we see them as consumers.

[illidur]

i looked around quite a bit and i found that lcd are great now if you plan on spending 1,000 usd. i payed 1,200 and got a 26" sharp and its excellent quality for price.

i got an lcd because of the capability to use on pc/console. the reason i didn't get a plasma is because of lifetime, resolution and burn in. lcds have ~ 60,000 hrs of life and are thin.

but why would you want an hdtv for sd....

hope it helps =)