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In Reply to: Just bought our first wide-screen LCD TV--and we hate it posted by bigi on September 1, 2005 at 02:46:04:
Congrats..but return it & get a Plasma screen.. (Panasonic or Pioneer) I prefer Panasonic's 'signature' but Pionners are also excellent...LCD screens still have sometime to catch up, but Plasmas are excellent nowadays.Cheers
AP
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Pretty much every magazine recommends LCD over plasma.But if you're right, which of the problems we're experiencing would be cured by plasma? I assume, for one, the "fish-eye" effect on wide screen would remain.
Cheers,Ivan
"What's neo-realism?" "No money."
DLP in those same mags. I'm looking at LcOS or D ila (sp) currently.
"If it ain't music, it might as well be a barkin' dog"
... a new technology waits - ready to leap onto the stage...OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology promises to address the short-comings of both LCD and PDP (Plasma Display Panels), via:
a. OLED is "self-luminous" - no backlighting needed (as for LCD)
b. Low voltage/current requirements - low heat dissipation (vs PDP)
c. Faster response time = better for movies (vs LCD & PDP)
d. OLED is the thinnest panel technology known - ideal for TV panels
e. OLED is also the lightest panel technology known
f. OLED has a viewing angle equal to or better than LCD & PDP
g. OLED technology will outlast both LCD & PDP technologies
h. OLED colour resolution better than both LCD & PDP displaysOLED technology has already found its way into digicams and these cameras are much easier to use in high ambient lighting situations than their LCD alternatives.
I seem to remember a note from the 2005 CES review that either Samsung or LG were almost ready to demonstrate prototype OLED TV monitors.
Overall, this technology would appear to be superior in virtually all respects to both LCD and PDP, AND is not that far off commercial availability.... As to affordability, we'll just have to wait and see....
Should anyone still go out and buy either LCD or PDP technology?
Why not? Their days might be numbered, but - apart from CRT displays - they're all we've got for now...
On balance, the best PDP's (Panasonic & Pioneer) outperform the best LCD's. At the middle range its about even and at the entry-level, LCD offers better price/performance...
Me? I'm quite happy with CRT for now - I'll wait for OLED...
I hear ya. It's hard to give up my 36" WEGA when much of what I see isn't that much better. Like you, I'm waiting for that "Wow" in all aspects that shows up and is affordable. Otherwise, DiLa is among the best I've seen.
"If it ain't music, it might as well be a barkin' dog"
Wait for LCoS...seriously. Lots of them on the market by first quarter 06. They are just coming out now (Sony and LG, LG being less expensive). JVC is not as good a PQ imo. They smoke everything you put them next to.
have a "native resolution" at which they operate best. The same is true with LCD computer monitors. If your LCD is like my Samsung DLP, you'll never fully appreciate it until you view HD sources where they look incredible. Slightly lower resolution DVD signals are somewhat close.Indeed normal broadcasts look grainy by comparison and for some, I would rather view my old 35" Proscan.
As for the fisheye effect, that is avoidable. Most wide screen TVs have settings that control the aspect ratio. It is forcing a 4x3 image to fill the 16x9 space that causes that effect. Just let the signal run untouched.
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