Large Screen TV's what's best and why? Plasma, LCD or Projection.?

Question

I'd like price and quality comparisons. Thx!

Answer 1

LCD is less expensive than Plasma for the same size and it has a longer life. Also, you can sit to the side of an LCD and you can still see a clear picture, where with plasma you can't. Projection TV's have been around for decades and they aren't that great. As for quality, the best picture is on a Plasma, but sit slightly at an angle and you can't see a clear picture.

We recently paid $1300 for a 37" LCD and the mounting bracket for the wall at Sam's Club. We found the same size plasma all over town for $2000+. The brand we got is a Vizio and the guy at Sam's said people bring back the other brands every day, but he has never seen this brand returned.

This is just my opinion. We shopped all over town for 2 or 3 months before we bought the one we got.

Answer 2

DLP are projection TVs. They cannot burn in. LCD come as flat-panel or projection TVs. They cannot burn in either. Plasmas are only available as flat-panel TV, they could have a burn-in problem. All the new versions of these sets have equivalent expected life and reliablility. Early plasmas were a problem, but not any more. Projector bulbs do require replacement after 2,000 to 4,000 hours of on-time. The pictures on these sets are all very good. but there are differences. Much will be a matter of personal preference. Go to the store and look at all of them. Pay attention to the resolution offered. DLP and LCDs are available in 1080p, the highest HDTV standard. Most plasmas are still in the 1024x768 resoluiton (1080p is 1920x1080).

You have to be wary of the "rainbow effect" in DLP displays: before buying a DLP TV, look at a picture with bright areas and scan your eyes across the screen. If you see a trail of colors, you can see the "rainbow" and you may want to avoid this type of set.

From what I have seen and read, the best picture available today is the Sony SXRD projector. Go look at it and use it as a standard for comparison.

Answer 3

I work for a major retailer as a Service Technican, and am exposed to a little bit of everything.

Although projection TV's are ok-the bulbs need replaced approximately every 2 years at an average of $200 each, along with having a yearly cleaning. These units are pretty much a thing of the past.

Plasmas just aren't worth the money spent. They seem to have a fairly short life span with a lot of service issues, plus the manufacturer can be very particular what they cover.

I recommend the DLP it is the best deal for the money both in cost , service reliability, and picture quality.

You need to be careful with any of these if using a gaming system such as PSP, or xbox, etc they can burn the image into the screen.

Also I would stay away from the cheap CRAP at places like Wal-Mart that stuff is not only cheap in price but in quality also. Stick with a name brand such as Toshiba, or Hitatchi, (Not RCA, Phillips, or LG)

Hope this helps

Answer 4

Sorry, yet i might desire to make a correction to the previous answer. DLP and Projection TVs require easy bulb adjustments; LCDs and Plasma don't matter on a bulb for his or her image. Plasma TVs matter on a finite quantity of gas for its image; 7-10 years later the gas may well be used up and all you will see is a sparkling reveal. LCDs get its image with the help of utilising many transistors on good of liquid crystal crammed cells. DLPS are greater fee-effective of all 3, however the DLP bulb can fee a good few hundred greenbacks. authentic LCDs are the main costly of the three. i might wait next twelve months while LCDs, Plasma, and DLPs are produced in greater beneficial quantities, and get a liquid crystal reveal.

Answer 5

Plasma has great detail and quality but it cost plenty and if a tv logo or something burns the screen your screwed. projection is the best way to go i think bulbs last about 2 years and cost $ 200 bucks but its portible and as for lcd it is good but again the burn in factor

Answer 6

Plamas
Pro: best looking and picture quality period, most plug u geek would love, good picture about all angles, offer alot big screen size, most now come with HD tuner, best brand to pick would be panasonic second is samsung due to their great picture and reasoable price. avoid phillip and sony expesive and not as good in quality.
cons: most expesive out of 3, very hard to find one under 42 inch, is burable after about 10 to 20 years o life cycle. depend u use. not as much brand as LCD or prejection.

LCD
pro: most variety of size from pc to big screen, reasonble good price comapre to plasma, don;; had burdable problem after period of use, most type of brand offer, screen, almos as good in picture in some angle view comapre to plasma.
cons: some angle had problem view not as bright as plamas, can be more expesiv than plamas for in bigger size screen, not as good picture quality as plasma.

Prejection:
Pro: cheapest cost for big screen, has the highest resoltion for the money, much bigge area cover screen than plasma. very portable and light, use less power than both plasma and lcd.
highly use for office and company great for presetation. idea for very big screen theather alike experice. eye would get far less harm view in projection than plasma and lcd, and last best space saver.

Cons: The light bult repalce ain't cheap, can be messy to set up time to time, require lots of plug otherword alot of line, need tuner etc.. picture quaity obvious can not comapre to lcd or plasma, would had vivid picture due to reflection of prejector. some projeto can had some niose when runnign can be annoying. require a big wall to cover up the screen.

Answer 7

I've found DLP to be my personal favorite....
A lot of it depends on the size, how far away it will be, does it need to be compact, cheap, etc.

See my source listing for a guide