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In Reply to: If you're our shopping for LCD, DLP, Plasma... posted by default on May 5, 2005 at 20:54:46:
I am glad you are happy with your 42” Sony projection LCD TV.I would like to make a few points.
Comparing a current model premium LCD TV (your Sony) with early generation cheap plasma (gateway) is pointless.
Also, comparing any low-end TV, of any design, to that of a high-end TV, of any design, is pointless. It is irrefutable that if you place a high-end 42” plasma beside an entry-level 42” RP-LCD TV the plasma will win hands down. The converse is also true.
It is also imperative for any rational comparison of technologies to compare TV’s of the SAME size & the SAME generation. Comparing a 42” TV against a 52” TV for the purpose of claiming one technology is better than the other is fundamentally flawed.
It is very true that early model plasma TV’s did run quite warm and did suffer burn-in. Cheaper entry model plasma TV’s still do, though not as much as previously.
I have a 42” & 50” current generation plasma TV’s. They run very much cooler than earlier models and I don’t believe suffer from burn-in. The plasma I had previous to these two was top-of-the- line when I purchased it about 3 years ago. It did not suffer burn-in but did run much warmer than either of my current two.
I have no doubt that your current model Sony RP – LCD TV is/was far superior to your previous TV’s, as it should be.
The point of my post is that if you compare your premium RP - LCD Sony TV with a premium plasma TV you may very well have a different opinion. I do agree with you though that the Sony RP-LCD TV is good value.
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I've used a 42" Panasonic 480p plasma for ~ 4 years now, at least 8 hours/day every day...probably more than that.I had the set professionally tuned: it was shipped way "hot" from the factory. Had I left my plasma with the factory settings I'm sure it would show some burn by now. What kind of idiot buys a high-end display and then doesn't bother to get it professionally set-up?
These sets currently sell for $1700 new in box.
I still haven't seen anything better, sure, the super-large-screen displays look better in 1080i because you need the up-scaling for such a large display, but the picture is not better, and in fact, it's mostly a lot worse. If you are sitting 10 to 16 feet away, a 42" 480p plasma is as good as it gets. Sure, the 50" plasmas in 720p are nice--if your source is perfect--which it rarely is if you soruce from cable or most "regular" TV feeds. If all I watched was DVDs or off-the-air digital 1080i live feeds (the Olympics were great!!!!) then I'd get a bigger plasma. But from where I sit, about 12-13 feet away, 42" is perfect!
There is no burn-in evident on my set, and the colors are as halicinatingly rich and intense as they were when new.
The Plasma Fatal Flaw: I admit, plasmas do not do the subtle definitions in deep grays/blacks...not like a CRT, but neither does anything else. CRT rules when it comes to Film Noir.
You gotta take care of your set: get it professionally tuned for a few hundred bucks, and you will enjoy it more, AND ...it will last a lifetime. You get what you pay for, so pay for the pro tuning.
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