Plasma Screen Question?

Col.Mastard

How long does a Plasma TV last?

As I heard the pixel cells, slowly start to expire?

BexTech

Plus most Plasmas had poor resolution too, most only 480 lines when PAL TV is 576 lines. (Worse than UK SD quality).

shown73

The wife and I lifted ours up onto the wall without too many probs, 42" plasma, with speakers attached. Used the mounting provided, drilled four holes, big ones admittedly, and that was it. A partition, plasterboard, wall would of course be a different kettle of fish! Yes, they are heavy, but the mountings are designed for it. Two people can manage easily.

Col.Mastard

I'm looking to get a 50" and wall mount it...

Can I do this on my own, as lifting heavy weights/loads, has never been a problem for me...

superscaper

Col.Mastard wrote: »

I'm looking to get a 50" and wall mount it...

Can I do this on my own, as lifting heavy weights/loads, has never been a problem for me...

Even with a 37" I could lift it easily enough but needed someone else to help place it, and that was only on a stand, never mind wall bracket. At 50" it will be way too cumbersome for one person to position it alright. And a 50" plasma WILL be heavy anyway. Is it really worth the risk of dropping it?

BexTech

alexjohnson wrote: »

Sorry, but you are wrong. Some plasmas have had lower resolutions. So have some LCD's. "Most" is incorrect.

Most Plasma's have lower resolutions, though there are getting more that have a decent resolution, but then only if you look for HD ready ones and then most ain't great.

magic_pants

BexTech wrote: »

Most Plasma's have lower resolutions, though there are getting more that have a decent resolution, but then only if you look for HD ready ones and then most ain't great.

I'm sorry but that is utter cobblers. Plasma panels deliver a fabulous picture when setup correctly and fed a decent HD feed. Believe me I know as I'm looking at a 42" screen now with a Sky HD feed and have been doing so for over a year now. My panel is nearly 18 months old and delivers a stunning picture with deep blacks and a super-sharp image. Modern plasmas far better than mine could NEVER be described as "most ain't great".

Whether LCD is better than plasma is a personal choice as they both have plusses and minuses but to disocunt either is just plain wrong. The MOST important thing is you make sure you get a proper demo in a proper AV retailer and not by some oik in Comet who doesn;' know his ar5e from his elbow as none of them do. Some research prior to buying reaps dividends!

BexTech

I am someone who takes TV / home cinema viewing seriously, but I'm waiting until a product comes onto the market I am happy with, and at the moment there are only 3 or 4 but the price isn't right yet.

I'm not saying LCD is better than plasma or vice versa, as at the moment, for the money I find neither are worth buying at the current prices to get the quality I am so used to.

I wouldn't dream of going to Dixons / Comet, as I enjoy home cinema an awful lot, it has to be as close to 100% perfect as it can be for me to be happy.

rash.m2k

Plasma use gas ('plasma') and pass a current through this gas to get a RED, GREEN, and BLUE colour. So each pixel has 3 SEPERATE pockets of plasma.

There are adv. and disadv to this:

1) Picture is crisp and has very good contrast/sharpness as each pixel colour is isolated from the others and individually lit.

2) BUT as a result of the plasma the pixels are quite large and so the TV's tend to be quite large, to give a decent resolution. (You don't see a 19" plasma do ya?). Obviously if you want a big TV this is good and they are quite cheap - compared to LCD's of the same size.

LCD's always have better resolution - thats why they are used for computers. A 52" TFT would have an INSANE resolution - probably 10 times bigger then 1080p and and enourmous price tag. Hence TFT's are generally small (most are 17" - 24" usually).

We see similar sized LCD's comming out as well. But a 52" LCD TV HDTV has res of 1920x1080. Which is really just 2x 19" TFT's.

But for TV a Plasma would be better if you've got the space. And a LCD TV if you haven't

Now the new LCD TV's are similar to plasmas that in a way the resolution is smaller.

For example my 19" TFT is 1280x1024 native. And my 26" LCD TV is 1366x768 (and pixels are bigger to fill the screen). SO almost same resolution, even though LCD TV is 7 inches bigger.

Thats basically the low down. The choice is yours ofcourse. But I would say if you've got the space PLASMA. If not then LCD.

Feel free to add stuff of you own.

Col.Mastard

What's the difference between plasma's & LCD's (In a Nutshell)

Many Thanks

superscaper

Col.Mastard wrote: »

What's the difference between plasma's & LCD's (In a Nutshell)

Many Thanks

Do you mean technologically or just visually from an end user point of view?