LCD vs PLASMA,which is better?

fwor

bosseyed wrote: »

I think most plasma have somthing like 7,000 viewing hours before needing to be re-gassed

How goes that "regassing" work then? Some bloke comes to your house with a foot pump and fills it up again?

Someone was telling me in the pub the other night that the liquid in LCD screens leaks out over time, and you have to get ~them~ topped up every five years as well...

baby_frogmella

bosseyed wrote: »

Forget about the idea that plasma lasts longer than LCD though, I think most plasma have somthing like 7,000 viewing hours before needing to be re-gassed, which assuming 5 hours TV a day (too much surely!) is still nearly 4 years of TV.
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That's right folks, plasma's have to be gassed regularly. I have to re-gas my 8G Pioneer Kuro 42" plasma approx every 6 months, a huge British Gas truck parks up outside my living room, the gas nozzle is fed through the window and into the belly of the telly
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kimberley111

Right went into television center can't remember what it was called the new LEDs are awesome but out of our price range :rotfl:
i liked the look of the Panasonic TX-50 S10 Plasma
1080p, 400HZ etc he said the 600HZ was really a 50 Hz just more of them to make up the 600 he said the 400Hz was a better Tele ?
((By the way its way way above my head :rotfl:))
Just had a quick look on price checker and it has Dixons down as best price £872.31 ??? Must be somewhere a lot better than that ??
but must be a Buy now pay later job :T

what does people think to this panasonic one the guy in the shop said it was the best 50" plasma he had & he had loads of differant makes & some dearer than this
Many thanks for the help
kim

kimberley111

what i should have said was i have a £1000 bonus coming in march so we want a buy now pay 6 months later etc

kwikbreaks

fwor wrote: »

Someone was telling me in the pub the other night that the liquid in LCD screens leaks out over time, and you have to get ~them~ topped up every five years as well...

You should have asked the barman for the same as he was drinking.

helping_hubby

kimberley111 wrote: »

Right went into television center can't remember what it was called the new LEDs are awesome but out of our price range :rotfl:
i liked the look of the Panasonic TX-50 S10 Plasma
1080p, 400HZ etc he said the 600HZ was really a 50 Hz just more of them to make up the 600 he said the 400Hz was a better Tele ?
((By the way its way way above my head :rotfl:))
Just had a quick look on price checker and it has Dixons down as best price £872.31 ??? Must be somewhere a lot better than that ??
but must be a Buy now pay later job :T

what does people think to this panasonic one the guy in the shop said it was the best 50" plasma he had & he had loads of differant makes & some dearer than this
Many thanks for the help
kim

I'm a big fan of Panasonic Plasmas and I did a hell of a lot of research before buying my TV. I've had mine a year now and no regrets. When I see other peoples LCDs I think they look awful in comparison, but that's the point - everyone sees TVs differently which is why you should go for the TV you like and think looks best. I mainly watch SD TV, so spent a lot of time in John Lewis turning all the channels over with the poor guy behind me turning them back to their nice HD channels! In my opinion for the same price range then LCDs didn't compare to the Plasma. But an LCD costing an extra £500 did...but I didn't have that sort of budget.

The filling up with gas is a myth. My particular plasma has a life of 100,000 hours, so will technically last 27 years if I had it on 10 hours everyday. I suspect I will have replaced it well before then.

aliEnRIK

bosseyed wrote: »

I'd choose LCD over Plasma - in my experience, LCD gives a better crisper picture with better black reproduction. They're also marginally cheaper to run as I believe they draw less power.

Forget about the idea that plasma lasts longer than LCD though, I think most plasma have somthing like 7,000 viewing hours before needing to be re-gassed, which assuming 5 hours TV a day (too much surely!) is still nearly 4 years of TV.

If you can afford, go for full 1080p capabilities. HD ready will be 720p which is HD but only just. Mind you, theres not a huge amount of stuff that actually runs at 1080p at the moment - lots of Blue Ray etc runs at 1080i.

Theres so much wrong there I dont know where to begin

Plasmas are WAY past having to be 're-gassed' by about 8 years or more

Plasmas have better blacks (Pioneers are renouned for having the best blacks and theyre all plasmas). The Pioneer A500 has been 'measured' to be the best tv ever made. Its still unbeaten today

The VAST majority of blurays are 1080P

Marty_J

fwor wrote: »

Someone was telling me in the pub the other night that the liquid in LCD screens leaks out over time, and you have to get ~them~ topped up every five years as well...

Not so long ago, I had to replace the lens coupling fluid in our old rear projection TV, which was quite a big job. It improved the picture enormously, but alas, it finally went off to TV heaven 4 or 5 months later.

kimberley111

what do you guys think of the price of that Panasonic TX - P50s10
£872 from Dixons does anyone know any cheaper ??

isofa

kimberley111 wrote: »

what do you guys think of the price of that Panasonic TX - P50s10
£872 from Dixons does anyone know any cheaper ??

Richer Sounds £869.95 and an infinitely better retailer.