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RE: Thinking of getting a Plasma TV

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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