Bit late to the debate, nice try though.
60" Plasma for 1kish
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Bit late to the debate, nice try though.
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what an idiot.....these latest LEDs are probably the worst technology you could ever buy, they are Krap, nobody that knows anything about tvs would ever buy a LED
Plus the Sharp had dreadful backlight bleeding....( grey smudges in each corner) in fact nearly all LEDs do.
Thats one of the main reasons I replaced mine.. aesthetic and feature-wise it was fine of course, but the black levels and LED bleed were major gripes with it.
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Oh Mal.
oops sorry, i went a bit too far there
but the tech definitely isn't as good, plus it doesn't take that much research to find out either, because i was once after the Sharp 60'' and it mentions all of these faults in the reviews, you cant miss it.
realising this, it's very strange how unpopular plasmas are, it's almost unbelievable.....because at Currys they hate them, old tech !!!!!!!
there wont be anything to replace plasmas until OLED come out.....4k? no, because they're either plasma like now or LED.... that's LED with the same faults as now.
there is an arguement that sais if Panny plasmas keep improving, then you wont want OLED in 3 years time.... because the plasma will be as good.
mind you, i bet OLED will still look bad on low resolution SD like my plasma does.... especially the BBC news, i cant blame the tv, only the transmission but i expect OLED will look bad too.
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Because of this thread, I opted for plasma as well. Having seen LCD or LED (I still get them confused), they all seem to have that "soap opera" effect going on, where the TV tries to put everything in focus even in the background (no depth of field). I know this can be adjusted or even disabled on some sets, but it still doesn't seem to look as natural as a CRT, DLP, or plasma.
I chose the LG 60PA6500 because of the price. It doesn't have any bells and whistles like 3D or SmartTV stuff, but I use my PS3 as a media server anyway and have no use for 3D in a home theatre. The picture quality blows away my 65" DLP and I am quite happy. I know it consumes a little more power, but that shouldn't be a big deal. I got it for the equivalent of £634.50 here in the US.
I'll try to remember to update this post as I play with it more, to give the positives and negatives about it.
I chose the LG 60PA6500 because of the price. It doesn't have any bells and whistles like 3D or SmartTV stuff, but I use my PS3 as a media server anyway and have no use for 3D in a home theatre. The picture quality blows away my 65" DLP and I am quite happy. I know it consumes a little more power, but that shouldn't be a big deal. I got it for the equivalent of £634.50 here in the US.
I'll try to remember to update this post as I play with it more, to give the positives and negatives about it.
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got a 42 Panasonic couple of year ago as the pioneer plasma at the time had just gone out of production, price went sky high. Dunno the score atm but OLED's incoming so if your not damn hot for one **** the idea off till 2160 OLED is nearly the norm. ;D, cash money.
Sounds like a great price SourChipmunk! All the 3d and app store stuff I dont use anyway really..
The only bad points I found so far on my LG are the really shiny mirror like screen, which is more reflective than my Samsung was. But as I mainly watch movies in the evening its not an issue,
The other problem is the fact that I need a service remote to change the country (I am locked into MEA counties only and wanted to change it to UK to use the iPlayer app over DNS). With the Samsung there is a code to enter on the normal remote.
Also the remote is a cheap plastic compared with my quality samsung one, but I can live with it.
On the plus side, the picture is much more consistent and no LED edge bleed is a major plus over my Samsung 7 series. I dont find the need to keep adjusting the settings every time I load a movie.
It connects much faster to my network media sources, whereas my Samsung always fails on the first 2 or 3 tries which is highly annoying. I can stream all formats to it so far without any delay or compatibility issues.
The mouse pointing remote thing is a gimmick I wont be using, as is the pen touch drawing thing, as I anticipate some severe image burn risk from it.
The only bad points I found so far on my LG are the really shiny mirror like screen, which is more reflective than my Samsung was. But as I mainly watch movies in the evening its not an issue,
The other problem is the fact that I need a service remote to change the country (I am locked into MEA counties only and wanted to change it to UK to use the iPlayer app over DNS). With the Samsung there is a code to enter on the normal remote.
Also the remote is a cheap plastic compared with my quality samsung one, but I can live with it.
On the plus side, the picture is much more consistent and no LED edge bleed is a major plus over my Samsung 7 series. I dont find the need to keep adjusting the settings every time I load a movie.
It connects much faster to my network media sources, whereas my Samsung always fails on the first 2 or 3 tries which is highly annoying. I can stream all formats to it so far without any delay or compatibility issues.
The mouse pointing remote thing is a gimmick I wont be using, as is the pen touch drawing thing, as I anticipate some severe image burn risk from it.