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Seece on 07 December 2009

If I was in America and had $700, I'd bite!



 

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Seece on 07 December 2009
coolbeans said:
Seece said:
If I was in America and had $700, I'd bite!

In your case it'd be 150 euro lol

I don't use Euro's!!!!



 

Rob6021 on 07 December 2009

That tv's 720p :/ If you ever want blu ray you'd have to get one that's 1080p to get the full resolution, also next gen consoles will probably be 1080p on most games. When you're getting an expensive TV you DONT want one you have to replace in 4 years.



 

disolitude on 07 December 2009
Ail said:
disolitude said:
Ail said:
disolitude said:
Ail said:

LCD do have a huge advantage in how they behave with light incoming on the screen.
Lets say you have a window facing your TV, with an old SD TV you would get a lot of reflection on your TV, with LCD you can actually watch the TV without having to close every single blind in the house...

 

Basically LCD has won the battle over plasma so this is kind of an inventory clearance deal..

Complete exaggeration.

1. Plasmas screen is made out of glass so it does reflect a bit more light, but no blinds need to be closed for people to see the screen normally. Besides, most manufacturers coat their screens with an anti-glare coating.

2. Plasma is still being manufactured by countless manufacturers. Just cause Sony doesn't make it, its not dead technology. Samsung, Panasonic and LG still support plasma.

3. Both LCD and Plasma are obsolete if you consider OLED TV's coming in the future.

 

Samsung has very little interest in prolonging plasma however, due to its dominance in the LCD market...

Anyway 3 years ago you could not find an LCD screen above 40" for any affordable price...

Higher screens were all plasma.

 

Just walk into a Best Buy now and check which technology dominates the 40-52", it's LCD, not Plasma ( ratio of LCD to plasma on display in my Best Buy for those sizes is like 80-20).

 


thats not true. the 42+ market is usually 50/50...especially over 50 inch where Plasma still sells more (due to lower price)

The problem with plasma is that they can't make sub 32 inch TVs at a profitable margins. You will rarely even see a 32 inch plasma these days. Its all 40 and up...

Best Buy.com...

 

40-49" : 8 plasma, 53 LCDs

50-59" : 22 plasma . 22 LCDs..


Point taken.



disolitude on 07 December 2009
Rob6021 said:
That tv's 720p :/ If you ever want blu ray you'd have to get one that's 1080p to get the full resolution, also next gen consoles will probably be 1080p on most games. When you're getting an expensive TV you DONT want one you have to replace in 4 years.

the difference between 1080p and 720p on a 42 inch screen in noticable but very minimal.



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Ail on 07 December 2009
disolitude said:
Ail said:
disolitude said:
Ail said:
disolitude said:
Ail said:

LCD do have a huge advantage in how they behave with light incoming on the screen.
Lets say you have a window facing your TV, with an old SD TV you would get a lot of reflection on your TV, with LCD you can actually watch the TV without having to close every single blind in the house...

 

Basically LCD has won the battle over plasma so this is kind of an inventory clearance deal..

Complete exaggeration.

1. Plasmas screen is made out of glass so it does reflect a bit more light, but no blinds need to be closed for people to see the screen normally. Besides, most manufacturers coat their screens with an anti-glare coating.

2. Plasma is still being manufactured by countless manufacturers. Just cause Sony doesn't make it, its not dead technology. Samsung, Panasonic and LG still support plasma.

3. Both LCD and Plasma are obsolete if you consider OLED TV's coming in the future.

 

Samsung has very little interest in prolonging plasma however, due to its dominance in the LCD market...

Anyway 3 years ago you could not find an LCD screen above 40" for any affordable price...

Higher screens were all plasma.

 

Just walk into a Best Buy now and check which technology dominates the 40-52", it's LCD, not Plasma ( ratio of LCD to plasma on display in my Best Buy for those sizes is like 80-20).

 


thats not true. the 42+ market is usually 50/50...especially over 50 inch where Plasma still sells more (due to lower price)

The problem with plasma is that they can't make sub 32 inch TVs at a profitable margins. You will rarely even see a 32 inch plasma these days. Its all 40 and up...

Best Buy.com...

 

40-49" : 8 plasma, 53 LCDs

50-59" : 22 plasma . 22 LCDs..


Point taken.

Honestly I thought like you but 6 months ago my 42" LCD died and I went to replace it at the local Best Buy and I was actually quite shocked at how few Plasma TV were available in that size ( especially considering that when I got my 42 inch LCD 1080p 3 years ago it was the only LCD available in 1080p and that size....)



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Ail on 07 December 2009
disolitude said:
Rob6021 said:
That tv's 720p :/ If you ever want blu ray you'd have to get one that's 1080p to get the full resolution, also next gen consoles will probably be 1080p on most games. When you're getting an expensive TV you DONT want one you have to replace in 4 years.

the difference between 1080p and 720p on a 42 inch screen in noticable but very minimal.

That might be true but I think some uninformed buyers might overlook that and then go on getting expensive HD channels and Blu Ray players for a TV that actually doesn't benefit so much from those...

The 720p might explain the low price anyway, I would think at this point most TV makers are focusing on 1080p TVs..



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

superchunk on 07 December 2009
disolitude said:
Rob6021 said:
That tv's 720p :/ If you ever want blu ray you'd have to get one that's 1080p to get the full resolution, also next gen consoles will probably be 1080p on most games. When you're getting an expensive TV you DONT want one you have to replace in 4 years.

the difference between 1080p and 720p on a 42 inch screen in noticable but very minimal.

Plus, in the end its only a $350 TV and I don't consider that expensive.



elticker on 07 December 2009
Rob6021 said:
That tv's 720p :/ If you ever want blu ray you'd have to get one that's 1080p to get the full resolution, also next gen consoles will probably be 1080p on most games. When you're getting an expensive TV you DONT want one you have to replace in 4 years.

if you are saying plasma have to be replaced every 4 years then you are one of the uninformed people cause plaSMA=100000 HOURS AND LCD=60000 HOURS THATS THE LAST i heard. plasma has more realistic images and no it doesn't have the glass burning or whatever you call it.



 

 

Seece on 07 December 2009
coolbeans said:
Seece said:
coolbeans said:
Seece said:
If I was in America and had $700, I'd bite!

In your case it'd be 150 euro lol

I don't use Euro's!!!!

Oh sorry about that.  I just figured you were in England for some reason :P

I am in England!