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Feylic on 01 February 2010
Raistline said:

Do not get plasma if you plan to play games with a static HUD for hours at a time.
Plasma's still have not gotten past the burn-in issue. They have improved, but not gotten rid of it.
and you want the 100/120hz version. Otherwise when 3-D comes out, you will have to buy a new one.

Burn in will only be an issue if you pause your game and leave the tv on for a week or maybe more. And it may even still wash out when you watch other stuff afterwards.



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Slimebeast on 01 February 2010
disolitude said:
Slimebeast said:
disolitude said:
May as well wait for 3D TVs...

None of the 120/240 hz LCDs are 3D read and the 2 Samsung plasmas which are 3D ready don't come in 1080p.

If you don't care about 3D and are on a tight budget, then no matter what you choose 50/60hz LCD or 120/240 HZ lcd or Plasma...you will have a TV that is prolly the best TV in your house. Don't let anyone convince you that you need to spend 2000 bucks on a 240 hz TV or you won't get a quality product.

How can they not be 3-D ready when they in fact are 120Hz?

lol...as I said last time, Its cause the current TVs only have 120/240 hz refresh pannel. They don't allow for actual 120/240 signal input.  You need both.

Remember my analogy of bannana in the bum 120 times per second... :)

Oh yeah... What signal input they allow then? And PC monitors, they usually allow better signal input Hz, right?



Feylic on 01 February 2010
dirkd2323 said:
I have a 46 inch Lg scarlett series 1080p, 240 htz for my main tv, in my bedroom I have a 42 inch Lg 1080p 60 htz, to be honest its all over hyped , there is not much difference at all between these 2 tvs, My cousin has a 42inch panasonic plazma 600 htz, we put side by side and did comparisons at very high speed images, also waterfalls, sports , slow mo, lots of things, we were blown away ,there was no difference with my LG LCD tv and His 600htz plazma, no difference at all, he actually wanted my TV instead of his , pretty funny, all the htz crap and speed, is over hype to get more money from you.

Depends on what you are watching, and what you are looking for. There are pretty big differences between the tv's, but motion blur/frame rate aren't noticable if you are watching movies, or cable coming in at 30/60 frames per second.  Also, the plasma doesn't run at 600hz, it runs at 60hz.



suoturska on 01 February 2010
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
You don't want a 100Hz tv for gaming. Motion interpolation reduces motion blur but it also adds input lag, making it undesirable for gaming. So you'd just have it disabled anyway.

If you intend to watch lots of sports on it, get a 100Hz one. If you don't it'd just be a waste of money.

Oh, and motion blur is an LCD issue, plasmas don't suffer from it. In fact a plasma will beat even a 100Hz LCD when it comes to motion handling.

Well of course a Plasma will beat an LCD at motion handling but they are not suitable for gaming. The burn in issue that Plasmas still have make them a bigger problem than any small amount of input lag that a 100Hz LCD will have.

Plasmas haven't had any burn-in issues for ages. Image retention, sure, but burn-in is a thing of the past.



uber on 01 February 2010

if you can, i would get a vizio if i were you. they are more affordable than the major brands and are excellent. i just got a 42" 240Hz 1080p LCD tv for under 700. i watched some bluray's yesterday and it's the best picture i've ever seen.



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weaveworld on 01 February 2010

Myself is looking for a 37inch too. Currently after searching and reading about it the best for buck in 37 inch department would be the Philips 37PFL5604H.
Maybe you can find one in Germany, over here its 509 from a webshop.
Its 50hz though.
Hard to find good info on what is good enough for HD gaming though.



Vetteman94 on 01 February 2010
suoturska said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
You don't want a 100Hz tv for gaming. Motion interpolation reduces motion blur but it also adds input lag, making it undesirable for gaming. So you'd just have it disabled anyway.

If you intend to watch lots of sports on it, get a 100Hz one. If you don't it'd just be a waste of money.

Oh, and motion blur is an LCD issue, plasmas don't suffer from it. In fact a plasma will beat even a 100Hz LCD when it comes to motion handling.

Well of course a Plasma will beat an LCD at motion handling but they are not suitable for gaming. The burn in issue that Plasmas still have make them a bigger problem than any small amount of input lag that a 100Hz LCD will have.

Plasmas haven't had any burn-in issues for ages. Image retention, sure, but burn-in is a thing of the past.


Same issue, different name.  And no its not a thing of the past, it does still happen.  And in some cases there are ways of reversing it, but that isnt always the case



Feylic on 01 February 2010
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
You don't want a 100Hz tv for gaming. Motion interpolation reduces motion blur but it also adds input lag, making it undesirable for gaming. So you'd just have it disabled anyway.

If you intend to watch lots of sports on it, get a 100Hz one. If you don't it'd just be a waste of money.

Oh, and motion blur is an LCD issue, plasmas don't suffer from it. In fact a plasma will beat even a 100Hz LCD when it comes to motion handling.

Well of course a Plasma will beat an LCD at motion handling but they are not suitable for gaming. The burn in issue that Plasmas still have make them a bigger problem than any small amount of input lag that a 100Hz LCD will have.

Plasmas haven't had any burn-in issues for ages. Image retention, sure, but burn-in is a thing of the past.


Same issue, different name.  And no its not a thing of the past, it does still happen.  And in some cases there are ways of reversing it, but that isnt always the case

It is not the same issue. Burn can be permanent. Image retention is not permanent. Either way, any permanent effect that can occur to a plasma screen will not occur under normal use, including gaming for hours at a time.



Raistline on 02 February 2010
Feylic said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
You don't want a 100Hz tv for gaming. Motion interpolation reduces motion blur but it also adds input lag, making it undesirable for gaming. So you'd just have it disabled anyway.

If you intend to watch lots of sports on it, get a 100Hz one. If you don't it'd just be a waste of money.

Oh, and motion blur is an LCD issue, plasmas don't suffer from it. In fact a plasma will beat even a 100Hz LCD when it comes to motion handling.

Well of course a Plasma will beat an LCD at motion handling but they are not suitable for gaming. The burn in issue that Plasmas still have make them a bigger problem than any small amount of input lag that a 100Hz LCD will have.

Plasmas haven't had any burn-in issues for ages. Image retention, sure, but burn-in is a thing of the past.


Same issue, different name.  And no its not a thing of the past, it does still happen.  And in some cases there are ways of reversing it, but that isnt always the case

It is not the same issue. Burn can be permanent. Image retention is not permanent. Either way, any permanent effect that can occur to a plasma screen will not occur under normal use, including gaming for hours at a time.

If the majority of the TV's life is used to play a game that has the same static HUB or watching a sports programs that havce the exact same layout, you will get burn in over time with a plasma. In fact, even some badly made LCD's can get the same, but it takes much longer for an LCD. Have you ever seen a plasma at a bar that has never left the sports channels. After a lenght of time when it goes to commercial, you can still see the bar across the top or bottom where the scores were once displayed.

I have a Plasma at work that is used for displaying important information that has the same format, When you change the input, you can still the the after image.

Burn in has been reduced, but not eliminated with new plasma TV's. It has been and will always be a problem with and will always be a problem with the technology. Despite what your local "Best Buy TV expert" tells you.



weaveworld on 02 February 2010
Raistline said:
Feylic said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
Vetteman94 said:
suoturska said:
You don't want a 100Hz tv for gaming. Motion interpolation reduces motion blur but it also adds input lag, making it undesirable for gaming. So you'd just have it disabled anyway.

If you intend to watch lots of sports on it, get a 100Hz one. If you don't it'd just be a waste of money.

Oh, and motion blur is an LCD issue, plasmas don't suffer from it. In fact a plasma will beat even a 100Hz LCD when it comes to motion handling.

Well of course a Plasma will beat an LCD at motion handling but they are not suitable for gaming. The burn in issue that Plasmas still have make them a bigger problem than any small amount of input lag that a 100Hz LCD will have.

Plasmas haven't had any burn-in issues for ages. Image retention, sure, but burn-in is a thing of the past.


Same issue, different name.  And no its not a thing of the past, it does still happen.  And in some cases there are ways of reversing it, but that isnt always the case

It is not the same issue. Burn can be permanent. Image retention is not permanent. Either way, any permanent effect that can occur to a plasma screen will not occur under normal use, including gaming for hours at a time.

If the majority of the TV's life is used to play a game that has the same static HUB or watching a sports programs that havce the exact same layout, you will get burn in over time with a plasma. In fact, even some badly made LCD's can get the same, but it takes much longer for an LCD. Have you ever seen a plasma at a bar that has never left the sports channels. After a lenght of time when it goes to commercial, you can still see the bar across the top or bottom where the scores were once displayed.

I have a Plasma at work that is used for displaying important information that has the same format, When you change the input, you can still the the after image.

Burn in has been reduced, but not eliminated with new plasma TV's. It has been and will always be a problem with and will always be a problem with the technology. Despite what your local "Best Buy TV expert" tells you.

So don't buy a plasma if you're planning to use it only for playing Pacman for the next 30.000 hours?