Plasma...HD...LED...LCD...LED-LCD...?????????

[billt]

Our 61" Sony Rear Projection is going on 10 years old this year. I'm trying to get educated about these new models, and it's very confusing. When it goes, I don't want to have to go buy blindly in a bums rush. Plasma's were all the rage a few years back, now I'm seeing them really discounted compared to the newer LED and LCD models. Sony even has LED-LCD. Mine is not wide screen like the new ones. Who has what, and what do you like? I'm just wondering what the advantages and disadvantages are with each. For example I heard Plasma's don't last as long???  Bill T.

[ericire12]

Boy, the money never ends with you

IMO LCD is the way to go. I have a 46'' Sony Bravia LCD and am very happy with it. Samsung also makes a great product. You are right about Plasmas..... they will also start to burn the picture into the screen if you watch the same channel long enough. They are also not as energy efficient as LCDs (Save mother earth and all) Do your research and learn what all the Tech jargon means so that you can actually compare apples to apples (resolution, Hz, Contrast Ratio, etc). Here is a good read on the basics that will get you up to speed:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Electronics+Promotions/HDTV-Basics/pcmcat197600050000.c?id=pcmcat197600050000

See also:
www.google.com

[billt]

Boy, the money never ends with you

I'm not going to be buying for a while, hopefully. I just want to be prepared. I've got the same concerns with my 13 year old A/C system and refrigerator.     Bill T.

[billt]

What is DLP??   Bill T.

[ericire12]

I'm not going to be buying for a while, hopefully. I just want to be prepared. I've got the same concerns with my 13 year old A/C system and refrigerator.     Bill T.

Then just wait as long as you can. Prices of LED-LCDs are dropping fast and they look liek they are much better then regular LCDs... right now they are still about twice the price.

What is DLP??   Bill T.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=what+is+dlp&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=467c3568f2eec009

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[twyacht]

I have a Vizio 52" Plasma, great picture but they need air, they get warm, most of the ventilation is circ fans on the back, not the best deal for a wall hang option.

I also have a 42" LCD Toshiba, much cooler operating temp, better suited for a wall hang application.

Most of the new sets will already be HD equipped, the pixels and frequencies are mostly hype, unless you really want to count the nose hairs of Michael Bane on the Outdoor Channel.

Don't get sucked into an HDMI cable as the S-Video, or Component cables come with the TV's. You really won't be able to tell.

P.S. if you get one with a USB port, (most do now), you can interface your computer right to your TV via aux. inputs.

Than you can read how much we "hate" you on the big screen.....

Than you'll get sucked into Blu-Ray, and so on, and so on, and,.......wait,.....this is billt?

Just go get another rifle,....

DLP, is the "latest, greatest" projection screens....Prices will steadily fall over time, just wait until the blowout sales this fall, after all the economy is "recovering" so well and all,....

[ericire12]

Don't get sucked into an HDMI cable as the S-Video, or Component cables come with the TV's. You really won't be able to tell.

HDMI cables do make a difference especially with gaming. Just dont pay store price:
http://www.saysuncle.com/2010/04/12/hdmi-cables/

[JC5123]

HDMI cables do make a difference especially with gaming. Just dont pay store price:
http://www.saysuncle.com/2010/04/12/hdmi-cables/

I do agree there. When I first got my PS3, I hooked it up to an LCD with the normal AV cables. Later I got an HDMI so I could watch high def Blu-Ray on it. I did notice a difference in clarity.

[ericire12]

BTW.... Watching The Masters in 1080 this year was almost a religious experience 

[Timothy]

BTW.... Watching The Masters in 1080 this year was almost a religious experience 

It looked fine on my 20 year old RCA too!  Besides, it was free!

Technology is rapidly beginning to advance beyond my ability to give a shit!  Pretty soon, they'll be giving them away, I'll buy one and then they'll come up with some other doodad that I won't bother to buy until they're coming up with another better doodad and then that doodad will be replaced by a new fangled thingy that will eat the old doodad for breakfast and poop out a newer, better, cooler doodads younger cousin.

Do you see a pattern here?

Save your money, buy another rifle!