souixan on 10 December 2007
| GooseGaws said: Plasmas have better response times, wider viewing angles, better color reproduction, and most importantly, better black levels. There is a slight risk of burn-in, but only if a static image is left on-screen for weeks at a time. Also, the screen can reflect glare under some circumstances. EDIT: Plasmas function best in an environment where the light can be reduced during use. If the room is consistently bright during use, LCD may be a better choice. |
A good choice to reduce glare also is to buy CFL soft white, lightbulbs I use them in my room and they're much more forgiving with plasma and LCD alike. As far as black levels on LCD's they've gotten a LOT better in the past few years. A good samsung or sony LCD can manage 93%+ of the NTSC colors up untill a year ago it was more like 78% and viewing angles on most -good- lcd's is 178 degrees which is about what any plasma would really offer you. Years ago LCD's had like 80 degree viewing angles but it's not a problem anymore. One of the main factors is gonna be the pixel pitch, the bigger the pitch the further the pixels are from eachother(it's only mm's) but Vizios have a much higher pixel pitch(not good) than samsung or sony which will affect viewing if you sit either close or far away however at the optimal range for the TV there should be little difference(except certain things may seem a bit more jagged) In TV size, remember bigger is not always better. When buying a TV think about the size of your room and average viewing range. If the average viewing range is 4-8' than you want a 32"-37" screen. It will definatly be optimal to choose this way. If you get a TV that's too large for the range your normally view at it may not look as good as it could.
