Hello, trying to make a home theater, for movies, video games, and LOST. Plasma or LCD?? buying Sat.?

Question

Looking at HP plasma 42" or Panasonic LCD 37", but like the viewing of the Vizio and Maxent. Any suggestions would be great.

Answer 1

Get the one with the best picture that you like and features that you want, along with the best warranty. Perhaps bring a good reference DVD to the store that you are going to make the purchase from, and see which monitor gives you the most smiles for your dollar.

Get a good sounding speaker system with a decent subwoofer as well, and it will make the home theater experience much more enjoyable.


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Answer 2

depends on the size/arrangement/and lighting of your room-if your room is quite a light room-then lcd are always worth considering as they incorperate a backlight so they produce brighter images-the downside is that at the moment no lcd over 37" has quite the same picture quality of the bigger plasmas-but acceptable nonetheless. if you want a larger screen and your room is on the darker side then its plasma all the way-you can get plasmas for home use up to 65" with a surprisingly good picture. (some commercial models go up to a whopping 80"!!!)-the downside here is (well i did give lcd a downside so its only fair!!)-that generally the bigger the screen the more definition is lost (though usually by no great extent) there is also the problem of burn-in that plasmas suffer from-though the latest models have been equipped with anti-image sticking methods and this goes some way to alleviating this annoying problem. and no plasmas do not need "re-gassing" every few years.

Answer 3

Personally I prefer LCD for their consistent lifetime peformance, no burn-in, and overall superior image. I also consider them to be a lot tougher than Plasma, although that shouldn't matter in a home theatre. As long as you don't need over 46" LCD is the way to go. I am going to buy the 42" LCD with built-in DVR myself

Answer 4

Plasma can still be subject to burn-in, especially if the screen is not calibrated perfectly.

With movie watching (presumably OAR) and games, I would avoid it.

Flat panel LCD is the way to go. Buy from a place with a decent replacement policy, in the event of stuck pixels.

Answer 5

Depends on the lighting situation in the room, there are systems that react quite well to low light situations, while other require a minimal light to perform properly. LCD usually works better with minimal lighting, and plasma screens react better to very low light situations. Make sure you position seating 8 to twelve feet from the screen center line of your viewing screen for optimum viewing pleasure. You may also consider projection systems if working in low light, but you must have a large enough room to make sure your viewing is far enough from screen to optimize viewing.

Answer 6

LCD is the best, plus no burning of the screen