Help! what's best LCD or PLASMA?

sparklelite

Help can anyone give me some advice on televisions.What's best LCD or PLASMA? I'm looking for something around 40-42 inch.

Reluctant_spender

For that size Plasma has always been considered to be the better product but, and there is always one, LCD's are getting much better.

I would suggest that you find a good retailer and view them for yourself.

slowen

Haerd that plasma's are being phased out soon but don't know how true it is but am sure someone will tell you correctly

Reluctant_spender

Have a look here, AV Forums, for FAQ's in relation to Plasma teles

Little_John

Best advice would be to go to a proper shop and have a look yourself, my personal choce is Plasma there are loads of cheap sub £1000 ones avaialable but try and compair them next to a Panasonc and you will see a huge diference unfortunatly the panasonic wont cost £1000 mote like £1400

Noozan

I would personally opt for a plasma. At 42 inches, I would get the Pioneer (XDE) model.

jamesybravo

LCD aint as prone to screen burn though and in my opinion gives a clearer, crisper picture as long as you get one with a decent refresh rate and decent inputs etc

raymond

Forget the cheapies, for 42" you need to spend at least £1400 for plasma and a lot more for LCD.

cheghead

I work for a 'well known retailer' and I would forget both...
get a good CRT while you still can. Plasma and LCD are just not ready yet and are being forced on us by the media.

alanrowell

I've never seen a LCD screen that's as good as a Plasma. But CRT technology is still far better - except for the size problem.

Cardew

alanrowell wrote:

I've never seen a LCD screen that's as good as a Plasma. But CRT technology is still far better - except for the size problem.

That I agree with!

I went into both Comet and Currys today. They had banks of large HD TV's most of them running from a(poor) analog TV signal(we don't have digital TV Sir!) others on a poor signal from a DVD. Their pictures were dreadful!

Others running from a HD source were brilliant but it made comparisons between the sets impossible.