That's what I hear people say... ironically you are attracted by the LCD brightness in the stores but when you reach home you tune down the brightness

Something doesn't click here yet people don't understand why or bother to find out

This post has been edited by specuvestor: Dec 21 2010, 12:21 PM

If you watch movie or video rather than PC content, which I assume old people do, then plasma is better for their eyes as it is naturally softer and not as glaring, with better motion easier on those aged eyes

Problem is stores usually have bright lights that washes out the plasma but yes, you should bring them there to have a feel

Why they need bright lights in stores? Same reason why vegetable stores or any retail stores attract customers with bright focused lightings. The human eye is more sensitive to luma, like moths attracted to light

This post has been edited by specuvestor: Dec 21 2010, 12:43 PM

TRUE. Rule of thumb is CCFL LCD is 1/2 of Plasma power consumption, LED LCD is 1/2 of CCFL LCD. But 1/2 now is not the same as 1/2 5 years ago when plasma uses 600W.

Having said that, 50" plasma is now about 300W with power consumption varies depending on content while LCD generally is constant.

On average people calculate u save around US$25-40 a year on electricity bill, but I think probably less.

Our eyes look at RELATIVE and is not so good on absolutes. Turning down contrast (which controls brightness levels) with no change in the brightness setting (which controls dark levels) will give less pop to the picture. And our ability to see relative is only about 1000 ANSI contrast I read, but adjusted by ambient light conditions. So higher ANSI contrast is still better unless u have a perfectly dark room. Our eyes are not that fantastic as marketing materials want you to believe eg infinite contrast

That's why LCD looks good with high brightness even though black levels are not as good. The high contrast (and of course "vibrant" colors) makes it look good.

Same reason why there is a black border around TVs or projector screens so your eyes anchor on the black borders and things look darker RELATIVELY in the TV screen. A bad idea to go "borderless" IMHO.

This post has been edited by specuvestor: Dec 21 2010, 01:59 PM

yup... u buy a Porsche for speed but sure u can run it at 50km/hr

In any case do tune it down because they are too glaring IMHO