Better to get lcd or plasma?

Purgatory said:
Plasma's now are not power hungry another myth like they need re-gasing in my opinion.... Where are you getting this information from CNET.. ? Really use more sites and don't trust everything you read on such sites like CNET, half their reviews are a bad joke, use sites like AVforums or AVSforums. All new plasma NeoPDP screens have reduced power compared to old plasma technology.. Also plasma screens use power as required to create the image, LCD has to use the same power at all times, unless it's the LED type that can turn zones on and off.

Check this out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrU4pKuBWm0


2 to 3 times more power is an insame figure... and i'm 100% sure you are reading very outdated information or they are using insane settings that no normal person would or could watch without going blind, calibrate both screens then test power use with varied types of content, you will be very surprised at the end (I did this with my brothers Samsung backlit LED 46" and my Panasonic plasma 50" G20, we were both shocked when we stuck the power meter on both sets, try it for yourself). People spreading bad information put many people off buying a screen that they liked because they thought it cost 2 or 3 times more to run and reality is sometimes its cheaper to have a plasma depending on the content you watch on it. My kid brother is one of these people that fell for the lines of Plasma eats a lot more electricity.. Guess what his next TV update is ? Plasma ....... He tried gaming on my plasma and he's hooked even with a great screen he has..
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Im sorry this is just plain wrong I quoted the power draw for a 2011 Samsung ue55D8000 (101W), which I have verified to be accurate with a power draw meter and a comparable modern Plasma modern TXP55VT30B (222W).
Its over DOUBLE the power draw and the guy above was happy that after calibration his TV (Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX5090) drew "only" 270W (although this TV is a little bit older, but note that it is also a SMALLER TV) so my point stands:- that they can around THREE times the power compared to a LED backlight LCD. I have no doubt that they have got better with power consumption but then so have LCD's (with LED backlights). You guys have been quite rightly pointing out the misconceptions re plasmas but you need to do your research and accept that they do have down sides....

And seriously linking some random clip from youtube with no mention of the models being used and settings!!! You moan about my link but yours is a joke and you then suggest I research on AV Forum which is not always going to be the best place to properly research these things as the contributors are just members of the public, like this forum, who have no testing methodology and who generally wont have access to lots of the newest kit to do any meaningful side by side comparision.

You may not like CNET reviews but they have a (stated) test methodology and are not likely to have as much bias in their reviews as someone who personally owns a particular TV that they are talking about (like the people on AV Forums)

http://reviews.cnet.com/green-tech/tv-consumption-chart/

If you click to place the TV's in order of power consuption you will notice that the Plasma definetly dominate the higher cost stakes. Also note that you can click at the bottom to view how they obtain these results. Feel free to link me something to prove your point but find a source that states how they obtained the figures they are demonstrating (ie states methodology)
 
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I just don't get why people are so cheap about the power on TV's. Come on guys, are you really sat there watching them that much to rack up a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE electric bill.
 
It's interesting to read the discussion going but i really just wanted to know the best to get in each budget, i don't know how much i might spend but ideally under £500, i thought at lower budgets lcd might be the better choice but if plasma still has the edge i will go for it, so what models are worth looking at?
 
here are a few for you
http://www.richersounds.com/product/plasma-tv/lg/50pv350/lg-50pv350
http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/lg/47ld920/lg-47ld920
http://www.richersounds.com/product/plasma-tv/panasonic/viera-txp42g30/pana-txp42g30

it costs a bit more but i would go for the last one

but you should go a watch all three yourself and see which one you like the best,but try and watch them in a darkend enviroment like your house would be and not in the brightness of a shop,try a store that has its own cinema room
 
I actually prefer looking at the latest gen LED LCD, I find them a pleasure to watch where as I find plasma looks blurry, washed out and boring

I have a friend who has just upgraded a top of the range 65" plasma to a 55" Sony 3D LCD and says the shrink in size is more than made for in his viewing pleasure...

It's a personal thing, obviously the plasma lovers here have plasmas, I love LED LCD at the moment, hence own one :)

Each to their own :D

edit: one thing for sure, plasma is a very old tech way of producing a image.... it's something that will fade away long before LED LCD panels do. There is better tech on the way (OLED etc), but nothing anything like plasma based tech, it's dead as a dodo and a bit of a dinosaur in my book
 
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Flukester said:
I have a friend who has just upgraded a top of the range 65" plasma to a 55" Sony 3D LCD and says the shrink in size is more than made for in his viewing pleasure...
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is that down to it being an lcd or 3d? did he try a 3d plasma as well?

edit: one thing for sure, plasma is a very old tech way of producing a image.... it's something that will fade away long before LED LCD panels do. There is better tech on the way (OLED etc), but nothing anything like plasma based tech, it's dead as a dodo and a bit of a dinosaur in my book
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oled needs to because vastly cheaper to produce in large sizes before it worries plasma.
 
OP: Asking people whether LCD/Plasma is better is an endless discussion. The best thing you can do to decide which one you prefer is to go into a shop and compare them both yourself.
 
you are always going to get the plasma fanboys and the led/lcd fanboys(im a plasma man if you havnt guessed already)
Both can look very very good when set up correctly and both can look very very bad when not set up correctly!
your best off going down and making your own choice for which ever one looks best to your eyes(but try to go to a shop that has a cinema room set up)
 
Yes the price difference for power if any will be not even noticed and for the better picture quality I would rather pay a bit more in power.

woppy101

I agree with everything you said, also to add i'm not a fanboy of either technology, just my eyes tell me which is better for me and if I get all techy my tech knowledge tells me Plasma is still ahead of LCD for moving images.


I love both LCD/LED and plasma they both have a place in my life... But as I keep repeating for home theatre the Plasma is king in a well setup room.
 
I've got a Pioneer Kuro plasma and am yet to see anything better in the flesh....... they were so good they stopped making them ! Weird......
 
After quite a lengthy search I finally decided on this TV http://www.johnlewis.com/Shopping/Product.aspx?Type=SKU&Id=231290051

You can pick them up on Amazon for around £600 but I decided to purchase from Johnlewis because they are a respectable retailer plus they are currently giving away free 5 year guarantees and a free Blue Ray player which I would have had to buy anyway.

I know at 40" it's probably a bit small to most you guys however I've just spent the last ten years staring at a 30" Sony CRT so I think I'll be pretty blown away when it arrives :)

Unfortunately it's a brand new model so there aren't many reviews around for it yet but of the ones I have found I've not seen anything bad written about it so far.

Another bonus is that it's a 3D TV so I should be pretty much future proofed for the next 5 years or so now.

The issue of Plasma TV's using huge amounts of energy compared to LCD and the newer LED TV's seems to be propagated by Which magazine/website, I've spent a lot of time reading through their TV pages over the last couple of days and they are making a huge point about it.
 
shireknight said:
The issue of Plasma TV's using huge amounts of energy compared to LCD and the newer LED TV's seems to be propagated by Which magazine/website, I've spent a lot of time reading through their TV pages over the last couple of days and they are making a huge point about it.
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After signing up to Which, I was very disappointed at the level of their reviews for electronic stuff.

HDTVtest gives the kind of detail I like from a review.
 
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