Can someone explain the difference in TV types? HD, plasma, etc.??

Question

My old TV just died. I need to buy a new one. I'm clueless about the TVs on the market now. I know I want a flat screen TV, but I don't know the difference between a HD, plasma, or regular TV. Can someone explain the differences in TVs on the market now? What would you suggest buying? Cost *is* a factor. I don't want the cheapest on the market, but I don't want to spend a fortune, either.

Answer 1

I would go for LG, Samsung or Sharp LCDs. 1080P models will run you a little more because that is the highest resolution out now. If you want to save a little and still get a good picture look for the 720p/1080i models. 1080p, 720P & 1080i is basically the amount of lines being displayed on the TV. The more lines the better the quality.

If you want to save a lot of $$ try getting a refurb. I got a great deal on a 46" Sharp from secondact.com. Also if you buy at a retail store you will pay more than if you shop online. Stay away from the ones that look to good to be true, like when the prices for new ones are $1000 less than the competition. I had a bad experience with the ones from Online that are based out of NY or NJ.

Interlaced (i) videos are composed of fields containing half the resolution of a complete image as where progressive (p) videos are composed of frames that contains the complete image, and both are displayed (refreshed) at 50/60 times per second (depending on the TV).

FYI -

LCD has vastly evolved from 7 inch notebook screen to 108 inches 16.7m color panel. Nowadays, LCD is overtaking Plasma and CRT market by storm with ever increasing numbers in sales; even though, its quality is inferior. The major advantages of LCDs are that it’s more reliable (screen only), more tolerant to temperature, longer life (screen only), low power, don’t suffer image degradation over long period of time (but some do); lighter then PDP/CRT, easy to transport and easily wall mountable. LCD isn’t a perfect technology but it is improving each generation, by saying that lets move onto the disadvantages of LCD. LCD has very slight problem with viewing angles, response time, dynamic range (accept for the new HDR-LCD) and color, but most manufactures fixed/reduced the issues by using high quality LCD screen such as S-PVA, ASV and IPS-Alpha.
There are four types of LCD HDTV resolutions currently available; 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, 1366 x 768 and 1920 x 1080.
Finally you must ask a member of staff in the store to see if the extended guarantee/warranty covers “dead pixels”

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Plasma Display Panels - (PDP)
Plasma offers excellent response time, color, contrast and brightness. When purchasing PDP, beware of the screen resolutions, because not all of them are true HD. When purchasing PDP, make sure it has minimum resolution of 1024 x 720.

Some PDPs do have odd resolutions like, 1024 x 720, 1024 x 768, 1024 x 1024 and 1024 x 1080. You’ll notice that none of those resolutions are widescreen even though nearly all PDP screens are in widescreen format. This is because manufactures can’t decrease the pixel pitch to accommodate 1280 x 720/1366 x 768 (true HD) under 50”, so instead of using square pixel, they moved to rectangular.

Unlike LCD, PDP screen quality is very crucial; currently the best PDPs are produced by LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung and Hitachi. So try to buy one of those brands when it comes to PDP.

Answer 2

Difference In Tv Types

Answer 3

I found this link particularly helpful when buying my HDTV. It takes into account your budget, room size, needs, and picture quality, and explains the difference between the types of TVs:

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5108580-1.html

If you want a personal recommendation on a specific model, this is what I ended up with, and I'm honestly quite happy with my purchase:

http://amazon.com/gp/product/B000O321IW/ref=s9_asin_title_1/002-7332864-4290456?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0RFQ9G5YHJT751YXH61M&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240801&pf_rd_i=507846

Answer 4

If you have small children don't get a plasma my friend did and within a few weeks kid drew on it as its like canvas £1000+ TV ruined

Answer 5

if you want the best quality, get a flat screen 1080p

Answer 6

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