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Buy the display with the better image.

Posted by Harmonia (A) on July 29, 2009 at 13:42:52

In Reply to: Plasma run hotter then lcd's ? posted by Rick on July 28, 2009 at 05:43:33:

My take:

LCDs don't have the shadow detail or deep blacks that plasma does, although they often look a bit brighter in "torch" mode in showrooms at BB or Fryes. I also don't care for the motion lag with LCDs. Those factors alone would do it for me.

The heat just isn't an issue for most plasmas - modern displays will go well over 100,000 hurs to "half original brightness", which is probably far longer than you would use the set in real life. Also, Panasonic and Samsung are firmly committed to plasma production.

I've worked in a room full of Panny plasmas and they didn't raise the room temp at all.

They are a bunch of myths out about plasmas, so take short plasma life with a grain of salt. It doesn't seem to be true for the vast majority of users.

I watch a lot of film based material, which looks much more natural and "film-like" on plasma displays. LCD is fine for most video sourced material, and they've come a long long way in the past few years. But the plasmas look better to my eyes and lack the shortcomings I perceive with LCD. However, your eyes may different from mine, so you may prefer the LCDs.

Whichever technology you choose, don't let plasmas running warmer be the deciding factor - it's insignificant in the long run.

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