Cobretti2 said:
jake_the_fake1 said:
Stay away from LED, despite what people tell you they are not good for movie's or games. I'd recommend getting a plasma from Panasonic, not only are Plasma sets cheaper than LED @ 46", they also have way better input lag, better blacks and better colour. If you wanna wait and have a bit of money to burn, then wait for OLED which is coming out this year.
Also, the whole burn in issue of the past is no longer true, Plasma sets this day and age won't burn in unless you have a static image for over 2 weeks, this is true if you buy a decent brand like Panasonic, Samsung, and LG. If you buy an el cheapo then you getting shite.
Just letting you know in Australia, what you will find will be edge lit LED TV, Edge lit TV's allow the TV's to be very thin, cuz thin TV's are all the rage but of course comprises were made to get them to be as thin as they are. The only brand I know to have back lit full array LED are Samsung low end TVs, the EH series (ES series are their premium edge lit TV's) The only premium back lit LED Samsung had was in 2009.
I'll clarify 3 points.
1. The 200hz bullshit you see on LED TV's are nothing more than image processing technique to increase the source frame rate, this unfortunately causes weird effects like making things appear to be 1.5x times faster, created haloing effects around moving characters. The key thing is that this 200hz option does not make the panel of the TV work any faster. some of the best TV's are still rated at about 6.5 millisecond response time.
2. Plasma TVs rated at 600hz sub field motion is indeed true, the way the plasma screen works, the pixels have to be refreshed constantly, and in this case it refreshes 600 times a second it's how the tech works which is why there is no option to turn off or on like the LED. Because of this these TV's have very low input lag, and very fast response to fast moving images. I was reading somewhere that Samsung's best plasmas had a response time of 0.1 milliseconds, big difference form LED.
3. Because of the above 2 points, Plasma TV's are by far the best option for 3D movie's and games.
At the end it's your choice what you buy, but personally I'd buy the best TV I can afford at the time that can provide me with the best picture quality with the lowest input lag. Keep in mind TV's are investment as usually they will be around for 5-10 years, so it makes sense to buy the best you can.
I personally have a 2008 Panasonic Plasma, funny enough it's image is still ahead of what even the best LED's can produce, my TV gets superseded only by other Plasmas but then again i've had my TV for about nearing 5 years. I may make the Jump to OLED once the first or second generation panels come out. OLED is the bastard child of Plasma and LED tech, in other words the best picture quality with the lowest input lag form Plasma with the thinness and low power consumption of LED.
welp that's my 2 cents on the matter :) |
well my aim is to get OLED eventually, however atm it looks like a 55inch will cost $10K-$15K lol. Then there is also the whole ULTRAHD tvs, will the OLEDS be 4k?
So in the interim i thought id get a decent cheap TV as the last time I baught a TV was when 26inch was considered standard size haha.
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There will be 4K OLED TV's, but it'll take at least 2-4 years before we start seeing them. Keep in mind that OLED TV's aren't cheap to make so when they come out this year from both Samsung and LG (Sony/Panasonic OLEDS are questionable) they will be sold as premium products only, just LEDs were in 2009.
From what I know, the first Samsung OLEDS will be the series 9, they usually sell for like 10k Australian, the 2012 UA75ES9000 sold for the much as well. It'll take a couple of years for the prices to come down, It took LEDs about 3 years before the tech was available on even the lowest end TV's for a decent price.
So I predict the following:-
-This Year OLEDS will launch as premium 1080p TV sets, with 4K LEDS being slowly available.
-Depending market penetration of OLED and 4K we'll either start seeing 4K OLEDS in about 2-3 years time. At which stage OLED 1080p pannels should be cheap enough that even the lowest end sets may feature this tech.
The problem is that technology will keep progressing, my suggestion is either get a good Plasma set now, enjoy it for about 5 years, by then 4K OLEDS will be affordable plus 4K content will be more availble making the JUMP even easier, or jump in and get your self a 1st gen OLED this year. So no need to put up with a shitty quality panel.
