| jake_the_fake1 said: looks like your eyes have the same sensitivity as mine, you should of gone for a Plasma TV like I have. The 100Hz and all that crap is bullshit, it's simply a work around for the limitations of LCD technology, but it makes things move and feel fake, and in some cases causes artifacting on the image, however, it's suitable for the majority of the market which is why it's standard on LCD now days. The other work around is to simply buy a panel with a refresh rate of 2ms, but their hard to find and usually more expensive, the most common panels are 8ms, which is why it affects sensitive eyes. I my self went with a Plasma because when I was tv shopping I always noticed 2 things, 1) LCD colours and blacks were crap incomparison to plasma, and 2) I always saw the image stutter on LCD which no one could see except me, the Plasma sets I saw never had this issue with my eyes, and at the end of the day I went for my Panasonic plasma. I know people will say plasma burns in, but these days it's no longer an issue as it was once, the thing is no technology is perfect. Plasma does have it's own problem, it's phosphor decay lag is one of them, in other words when an image say is panning really fast from black to white then in between where the 2 colours meet their is this green tinge, but only when the image is paning fast and only when the image has an excessive amount of black and white images, but even under these conditions it's not that noticeable.... to be honest I'd rather the flaws that plasma have than the stutter my eyes see with LCDS and no the 100hz as In said makes things smooth what it feels like the image has been speed up something like .5 and just looks unrealistic and fake, well to my eyes.... for the reason mentioned above I hold plasma technology as the pinnacle of TV tech currently around when it comes to price, size, picture quality, and inherent tech flaws...but this is just my opinion. |
Why I didn't go for Plasma:
1) We have the most expensive electrcity in the world here in South Africa and due to another government F*CK up it could increase by 400% over the next 2 years. Plasmas suck a lot more power.
2) I have a SERIOUS problem with buying anything that has a half life. My parents still use their 10y/o Sony Trinitron flatscreen and it's still great. You're plasma will be finished one day...
I know Plasma holds some very good advantages, but the above two points are just too much for me.
BTW, my LCD has 2ms response time and 200Hz, so it's really smoooth. The difference between mine and anything cheaper is obvious to me now.
But I have to agree with you, Plasmas are better for most people who game or watch sports...
EDIT: I would say LED's are the pinnacle. Wouldn't you agree?
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