Good morning everyone,

I have a favor to ask you all, can please help me to make decision? I can't decide whether to buy LCD or plasma (46"-50"). Most of the time will be used to watch astro and sometimes dvd, not me using buying for parents nia. If plasma will there be any burn in image especially the astro logo? Average usage is 8-10 hours daily nia...

Budget is 4-5k and I am deciding between Sony or Samsung.

since no one answer, i'd prefer LCD than plasma.
LCD technology has been improved and good enough as compared to plasmas, longer lifetime and save cost.

This post has been edited by radovantz: Mar 5 2010, 04:13 PM

for your case, i would recommend LCD not becos its better than Plasma but you need to be careful using Plasma and i'm gonna be bold to assume ur parents arent exactly into HT and i'm not sure if you can get them to understand how to prevent IR or burn in...

btw, since your apps only for Astro & DVD...any HD TV also can do...Sony is expensive..samsung should be more affordable...so, i'd go with Samsung.

I bought one for my parents too, LCD that is.
Do take some time to look at the remote control. The easier to use it, the better for the parents.

What ever brand you'll be buying, please spend extra for the extended waranty.
I have friends with failed LCD with less that 3 years.

Thanks for the reply guys. Looks like lcd is the way to go.

Does samsung provide 5 years warranty? I know sony has the extended warranty but price abit on the high side.

New lcd series from sony can get bdp 360 if top up few hundred bucks, maybe good choice though

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Added on March 5, 2010, 6:52 pmAlamak, only 3 years already kaput? Care to share what brand?

This post has been edited by butter finger: Mar 5 2010, 06:54 PM

Pay a bit extra but your mind will be free and you can sleep peaceful zzzzz.....
Besides samsung LG also quite good Q and affordable...

i bet almost all CRT tv exceeds 8 years of life span

agree..buy LCD better for yr parents....
for them i think quality picture for normal astro not a big problem...

my parents arr....janji ada gambar ada suara...ok la anaknda...

For me, I would choose Sharp’s LE700 series which would be better for old people with aging eye sight, with its bright back-lite LED array.

yeah, sharp has more natural color. But the LED is out of your budget maybe. And I dont think LED is good for older eyes, too bright maybe.

I thought LED is on the bright side? Will strain the eyes badly since watching from day till night. Anyway me eat salary peasant couldn't afford, haha.

Agree agree, janji screen besor

go for LCD if your parents don't want higher electricity cost. But you need to bring them to see the TV and compare. Some people like plasma while others like LCD. Different people different taste.

Aim for big size LCD but small price range

personally I have a friend using Sony, but if you read in this forum the problem occurs to almost all brand..
LCD is still new, maybe there's still a lot of room to improve the quality.

true

for sure!!! 10 years is piece of cake

I am a Senior & I choose a Plasma 42".

In my opinion Plasma PQ for Astro is good & the colour is also natural.

I did not choose LCD because I feel the PQ for Astro is not so good as compare to Plasma. Also the colour is not natural, kind of artificial. Picture too sharp for my eyes, kind of like "cutting" my eyes. My eyes are not as good as when young. Touch wood they are ok with some floaters & slight cataract.

By the way I am not worry at all about IR/Burn-In for Plasma.

Thanks

LCD and Plasma which 1 more power consumption ?

Plasma


Thanks

Plasma will give you more consumption.SO you must limited watching it

No problem lah! My children is paying the bills.

Thanks