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RE: Thinking of getting a Plasma TV

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In Reply to: RE: Thinking of getting a Plasma TV posted by Ross on October 03, 2009 at 13:19:26

The new LED backlit LCD units to mye eyes look better than the plasma units, which even in 1080p look grainy close up. Plasma has blacker blacks than the non-LED florescents, because the florescent bulbs lighting the traditional LCD screens always stay on at some level, making black a shade of dark gray. LED technology solves this by turning off the LED bulbs entirely under the black parts of the picture.

I think LED technology will eventually render obsolete both traditional LCD and plasma when prices come down, but the latter two are still a lot cheaper. A big box retailer has a 46 inch Samsung LED LCD for about $2000 this week, twice as much as non-LED LCD or plasma in that size.

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RE: Thinking of getting a Plasma TV - Tom Brennan 12:34:05 10/04/09 (0)
The LED LCD TVs that have the best blacks are the local dimming types such as the Samsung 950 series. LED back lit TVs that aren't local dimming don't always have better blacks than florescent back lit LCDs.

IME the degradation of LCD picture from side angles is vastly overstated. Watching my Samsung 850 from the side the "sideness" of the view becomes a problem long before any dimming of the picture does.

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