best buy ? Plasma or LCD. Pros Cons??

Answer 1

please dont go to best buy to pick out a great tv. cause BB doesnt have great tv's. go to a private shop that sells pioneer elite, and a Mitubishi diamond. the diamond is the best picture on the market, IMO. what have you got to loose, shop around.

Answer 2

This is the deal my man. Overall plasma tv's have the better picture. Black portions of the sets look really black, colors are very very deep. Fast moving objects are smooth as they cross the screen. Screen burn in is such a non issue now that I laugh when customers bring it up. It is a reversable process even if you purposely leave a static image up.
LCD's are bright and will show a bit more detail on average. ABSOLUTELY NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH SAYS THAT THEY WILL LAST LONGER THAN PLASMA TV'S. Both are great however if you go LCD, go Sony or Samsung only.. Best pics hands down.
If you go plasma LG, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Samsung make good sets. Adjust the picture at the store yourself, and trust your eyes not a salespersons. Get back at me if you need more info.

Answer 3

In the old days of digital television, a year or two ago, choices were simple. If the screen measured less than 37 inches diagonally, it would be a liquid crystal display panel. From about 37 to 50 inches, it would probably be a plasma panel. And larger sizes would be rear- or front-projection sets.

But as flat panels have grown, categories have blurred. For 60-inch, or 152- centimeter, screens, plasmas starting about $3,000 are an alternative to projection models starting about $2,000. A bigger rivalry exists between LCD and plasma panels of about 40 inches, where prices are virtually identical. For example, the most popular plasma from LG Electronics, the 42-inch 42PC3D, sells for $2,000; and its 42-inch LCD, the 42LC2D, sells for $2,100. (Model numbers and availability may differ slightly in Europe and Asia.)

So which television type is better: LCD or plasma?

The first step in answering that is to get past antiquated stereotypes. Plasma, for instance, is still haunted by burn-in - the tendency to retain marks from images displayed on the screen for too long.

But for modern plasmas, burn-in usually disappears after a few hours of displaying other content. In fact, plasmas are sturdier overall than they used to be. Many new screens are expected to last 60,000 hours before losing half their brightness - the standard measure of a screen's lifetime. Modern LCDs are also rated for 60,000 hours. That is more than 23 years of watching TV seven hours a day, every day.

One stereotype does hold: LCDs are brighter than plasma panels and can better compete with strong ambient light. And LCD screens do not reflect room light, as most plasmas do (though manufacturers are beginning to fix that problem). So sellers recommend LCDs for viewing in brightly lit rooms.

But LCDs are too bright for many settings. You could take away 25 percent of the light on an LCD panel and still have a blindingly bright picture.

More important than brightness, is the contrast ratio - the range between the brightest and darkest tones the screen can produce.

After contrast, color saturation and accuracy are the next most important quality factors. Though plasma panels used to beat LCDs on these measures, the technologies are now about equal.


Plasma, in comparison, looks the same from any angle. So it is good for big screens viewed by crowds - say, in a sports bar. But even most LCDs show top-quality images within about a 30- degree arc. That would be the width of the couch for most people.

The fourth criterion is resolution - the number of pixels that make up an image. In 42-inch sets, most plasmas and LCDs provide 768 screen lines, from top to bottom. But plasmas have 1,024 pixels per line, while LCDs have 1,280 or even 1,366 pixels. That makes 42-inch LCDs better for the high detail in video games. But for movies or sports, plasma's better contrast ratio outweighs its resolution deficit.

Answer 4

Plasma -

Cons - heavier, consume more power, burn in effect, picture quality may be affected by higher altitute, not available at small size

Pro - better black than LCD, no ghost issue like LCD, large plasma (above 42") cheaper

LCD -
Pro - lighter, comsume less energy, better resolution, available in smaller size, better color rendering

Cons - Ghost issue (but improving as those 3ms response time panel are out), black level not as good as plasma, slightly more expensive for big size (above 40") screen


I will go for LCD.

Answer 5

Recently researched the two and wound up buying an LCD. Plasma sets are highly reflective. You will see any light(s) in the room reflected on your screen. LCD monitors are similar to a computer screen and will not reflect light. This was my main criteria when I needed to choose between the two.

Answer 6

Plasma

Pros:
- cheaper than LCD in larger sizes
- brighter and better contrast ratios (blacker blacks, whiter whites)

Cons:
- prone to screen burn-in
- limited lifetime--will dim after many years of typical use
- runs fairly hot

LCD:
Pros:
- comes in sizes smaller than 42"
- not prone to screen burn-in
- can last longer than plasma (with perhaps some lamp replacements along the way).

Cons:
- more expensive in larger sizes
- cheaper/older models suffer from poorer response time, resulting in artifacts on screen
- poorer contrast ratio

Personally, if you're not really stuck on getting a flat panel, you should consider getting a DLP instead. DLP's got its own sets of pros (comparatively cheaper in bigger screen sizes, good models have bright, clean images) and cons (not flat, some people see a weird "rainbow" effect when images are in motion), but overall, I feel they're a better choice.

Answer 7

I bought a LCD two days ago, much cheaper 1/3-1/2, last longer 10yrs, 5yrs. try consummer reports they really bad mouth plasma, or did when first looked.