BlueFalcon said:
You should get a Plasma then. It's better for both of those uses. Everyone I know who switched to Plasma for their PS360 consoles is never going back to LED/LCD. Every single one of those people thought that LED>Plasma until they stopped buying into the myths and started doing their research after I told them. The IQ is superior in nearly every regard on a Plasma for console games. It's pretty simple why - more accurate colors, deeper blacks, higher real world constract ratio, faster response time and higher viewing angles. BluRays? There isn't even a contest there because deeper blacks is crucial for movies. The only caveat is if you are going to put the TV in a very brightly-lit room, where LED would work better. Otherwise, Plasma > LED in IQ for games, sports or movies. 120-240Hz LED is going to be absolutely worthless for console games as console games on PS360 don't render beyond 60 fps, while most run at 20-30 fps. Even if you could get 75-80 fps, it would be screen tearing galore without VSync. For console games, pixel response time matters way more because your console can't push 120fps like a PC can. Response time is the time taken for a pixel to change value and back again (effectively in an LCD/LED display, how quickly the pixels shift to allow different amounts of light to pass through). In simple terms, the lower this number, the better as it means the pixels will shift quicker. Therefore, displaying fast-paced motion (like games) will have less visual artefacts than a display with a higher pixel response time (which basically means any plasma > any LED for pixel response time). Since Plasma is a gas, the pixel response time is nearly instantaneous (0.002ms), much closer to a CRT style gaming experience. Most LED/LCDs have a response time of 6-8ms, with newer ones might be coming in at 2-3ms (but even these #s are often just marketing by LED/LCD makers). This is where a plasma crushes the LED. No motion blur on a plasma like a CRT, no 'screen door'/pixel moving effect and no pixel bleeding/poor backlighting uniformity that many LED/LCDs have. Plasma is actual ideal for console gaming. Bonus: Plasmas even cost less for similar sizes. If your budget is only $400 for a 40 inch 1080P TV, try to stretch it to $600 and you can get expontentially higher quality TV.
Panasonic TC-P50U50
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-tc-p50u50/4505-6482_7-35149658.html |
Hey how about this one?
