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RE: which tv?

garyhopkin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:49:49 GMT

great stuff

i was leaning towards the panasonic and just needed confirmation.....i had to spend 2 hours convincing my girlfriend that a 50" 720p samsung plasma i found for £730 might be fine for watching jeremey kyle(god i hate that bloke),but when watching hi def and playing games the smaller but better quality set was the way to go.

just confirmation that women truly believe size matters! :w00t:

RE: which tv?

Slipstreem — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:30:03 GMT

Sorry, Gary. Whenever you see me use CRT as a comparison to anything else, it's a complement to CRT technology. CRT is still unbeatable in terms of sheer picture quality and correctness of image reproduction. The closest you'll get to it is Plasma.

In short, all LCD displays are wrong by dint of how the liquid crystal functions and it's almost impossible for manufacturers to cheat their way around it in a way that isn't obvious to a keen observer. They can't produce true black and don't represent luminance information in a linear fashion.

On the other hand, Plasma is about as linear as it's possible to get and will always look superior to LCD in a side-by-side comparison. As they're both the same price and Plasma doesn't have to cheat to perform well, I'd go for the Plasma personally. :)

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

RE: which tv?

garyhopkin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:14:01 GMT

cheers slip

im not being sarcastic,but when u compared the plasma to a crt were you making a genuine comparison or saying that plasmas were no good?

im not really that genned up on screens and just about know 1080p is the best standard you can get,other than that the extent of my knowledge is finding sky sports....:P

RE: which tv?

Slipstreem — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:52:36 GMT

The Toshiba (as with almost all LCD TVs) is broken by design due to having a 'dynamic contrast cheating' design. The claimed contrast ratio of 25,000:1 is a clever lie. It's highly unlikely to be any more than 1500:1 in reality as that's about the best an LCD panel can deliver. You may be able to disable it in the on-screen menu somewhere and improve the picture quality dramatically as a result. If it doesn't bother you personally when viewing, then don't let that worry you. It bugs the hell out of me on almost every LCD TV I've ever seen, so I was very careful to specifically choose one that didn't have it.

The Panasonic is more likely to give a genuine figure for contrast ratio as Plasma pixels can be turned all the way off. If you like your pictures to look CRT-like in terms of overall image quality, then Plasma is definitely the way to go. :)

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

which tv?

garyhopkin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:40:04 GMT

Ok guys

im in the market for a new tv for living room (sky and media centre) and have narrowed it down to 2 and really cant decide..which would you go for:

[url=http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0495246484.1215890989@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadeeikhejfgcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&category_oid=-21226&sku=384730&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null]THIS[/url] toshiba lcd for 680 inc delivery,or [url=http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-th42pz80b-review-20080514109.htm]THIS[/url] panasonic plasma i can get for 680 from tescos (friends missus is staff).

is there a clear decison or are they much the same?

cheers