QUOTE(Optiplex330 @ Nov 15 2010, 01:17 PM)
Well, I hasn't bought mine yet and like I said, I didn't know the difference between Plasma/LCD/LED. So what I did was, I pulled a chair and sat there watching. Initially the LCD attracts me with those stationary image of apples etc but when it comes to watching movies, something was not quite right and I actually prefer my old CRT instead! Then I turned to Plasma and did not take my eyes off it for solid 15 minutes and when I immediately turn back to LCD/LED, it actually hurts my eyes with their intense glare and that was when I know LCD/LED is definitely not for me. Who cares about old technology or extinct technology etc or whatever the salesman said because at the end of the day, it's whatever makes me enjoy watching more. Isn't that the whole point of watching movies?
Another thing I felt was, I sometime felt the sharper LED image have more digital artifact or have a less "organic" look to them. It's similar to listening to digital CD music vs analog LP with the former being more 'digital' or artificial.
So I know for sure, when I buy a flat panel TV for watching movies, it's Plasma for certain. Others can buy whatever they want for whatever reasons. Non of my business.
I had the same experience until I learn more about plasma vs LCDs
1) Plasma looks bad in showrooms because showrooms are at least 5X brighter than our homes. Nowadays plasma tries to compensate it by torch mode but practically in our house, you will realise LCDs are too bright but tuning the backlight lower will disturb the contrast. SO you need to keep some lights on for LCD viewing
2) Plasma are reflective because it helps in contrast. Again in the showrooms it will look bad. Manufacturers are trying to mitigate the glare by applying AR (anti-reflection) solutions. You will also see that LED LCD have better contrast but if you look properly most of them are using reflective glass for that purpose.
3) Plasma colors are usually less vibrant out of the box. But they are actually more realistic. But Samsung has been able to persuade consumers that bright colors are great, which actually suits a lot of people.
4) Plasmas nowadays hardly get Burn in... Image retention (IR) possibly. If you break in your plasma for the first 150 hours or so and activate the anti-IR mode eg orbiter then you are ok. Still I would NOT recommend people use it as HTPC or gaming where there is a lot of fixed images.
These are the 4 main issues about plasmas. Power is not so much an issue nowadays as rule of thumb CCFL LCD uses 1/2 of plasma while LED LCD uses 1/2 of CCFL LCD. But 3 years ago 50" plasma easily uses 600W (peak) but nowadays around 300W. % difference similar now and 3 years ago but absolute difference is minor now.
There are CCFL LCD and LED LCD, defined by their backlighting. And LED LCD is further split into edge lit and direct array.
1) LCDs are great for still picture. They are extremely sharp, but ironically sharpness causes blur in motion. That is why we always reduce sharpness for viewing movies or video.
2) LCD colors are more vibrant out of the box. The stronger backlight also helps as the eyes are more sensitive to luma (brightness) than chroma (color)
3) Main advantage of LED vs CCFL backlighting is i) local dimming so that you can perceive better blacks. ii) strobing to reduce motion blur due to sample and hold effect.
4) To further reduce motion blur, frame insertion is introduced. There are the black frame insertion method (BFI) which purpose is similar to strobing, and frame interpolation to create a "video look" or commonly known as "soap opera effect"
In short if you are keen on NATIVE 24p movie and has a light controlled environment, then plasma is better choice. In a bright environment with some static images like HTPC or gaming then LCD is better. But LED LCD is catching up in terms of motion viewing but inherently LCD need higher framerate input at least 50/60Hz to reduce motion blur.
This post has been edited by specuvestor: Nov 15 2010, 07:38 PM 
Nov 15 2010, 03:47 PM
). If it's more than RM6k then I'm in trouble already 
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