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I’m trying to decide between getting the Samsung 40 inch LCD LN40b530 and the Panasonic 42 inch Plasma TC-P42S1. Both are in my price range and are 1080p. Some people say plasmas are better for gaming because of the darker colors and others say LCD’s are better because you don’t have to worry about burn-in. Which do you all think is better?
I dunno man, I’m looking to get a new TV for my bedroom soon too. I’ve found a 40″ Sony Bravia which would look great on my bedroom wall. That’s LCD.
I think it comes down to personal preference.
If I could afford it I would rather go for the newer LED teles. My advice would be see if you can get one of them within your price range.Twitter.com/scatigno1
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you dont have to worry about burn in as much on newer plasma’s. I think it depends on the models and what you use them for.
A cheap plasma will perform better than a cheap LCD but once you get to mid range the LCD will be better. Also LCD’s use about half the energy plasma’s do so over time you wil spend alot more with the plazma via your power bill.
LCD = crisper sharper picture
Plasma = blurrier/softer, deeper blacks (better for movies)Botttom line. LCD for games and Plasma for movies.
Edit: added info…
Regardless of what you end up getting try to make sure they have a no image processing mode for when you play 1080p games. That way what you see is exactly what is supposed to be seen. When TV’s add image processing to signals it causes lag. For example the dynamic contrast, or added sharpness, or movie mode, any added image enhancements causes lag so a good HDTV will ahve a mode that allows you to just display AS IS. For Samsungs its called “Just Scan”.
The Samsung I’m looking at has a “game mode” that sharpens the pictures and speeds up the image processing response. I’m leaning in that direction because I saw it at best buy and the picture was super crispy. My only worry is that its only 60hz (60fps) and I heard that blur could be an issue when watching sports on it. Plasma’s supposedly have no blur because they have no lag. All the customer reviews say this TV operates like a 120hz even though its not and based on what I saw I would agree.
If your into sports then 120hz is good for that though. Currently 120hz its mostly there to sell tv’s. I say this because because the 120hz technology is not good enough yet. That’s what i have read recently anyway. 120hz for gaming will add lag from that extra processing and only if the TV does 5:5 pulldown will movies look much smoother with it. If your going to get a 120hz Tv make sure you see it in action first. Some are good and some not so good. I know someone that bought one and doesnt ever use the mode. lol
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168925
Next year 240hz is coming out…. and guess what its a marketing gimmick…
Quote:For most people, including me and Mr. Katzmaier, it’s very difficult to see the impact that “faster” LCD sets have on picture quality. We spent some time in our AV lab watching various source material from 120Hz TVs and 240Hz models and it’s really hard to detect any difference (it’s hard to detect any difference between 120Hz and 60Hz models, too). To be clear, I’m referring here to motion-blur reduction because of faster refresh rates, not to dejudder processing, which smooths out motion and makes film-based material shot at 24fps look more video-like. When dejudder is engaged, you can easily spot its impact on the picture. (It’s also worth mentioning that the dejudder processing on the 240Hz TVs we tested so far wasn’t any better–or worse–than than the dejudder on 120Hz TVs).
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