Iwant to buy a new TV. What is best, plasma or LCD?

Question

Iwant to buy a new TV. What is best, plasma or LCD?

Answer 1

It really depends on your situation.   Ignore the guy that said lcds have a longer life.  He has no idea what he is talking about.

Plasma

Pros-

1) Deep rich colors

2) 480 Hz processing on newer models makes fast moving images such as sports and action movies flow very smoothly. This is 4 times faster than the best lcd.

3) panel life of about 60000 hours.

4) Can be wall-mounted.

Cons-

1) Some older model plasmas were prone to burn in and image retention. Due to updates in technology such as pixel orbiters and screen wipes this is not as big of an issue as it used to be.

2) Glass Panel can create significant glare in a room with a lot of light.

LCD

Pros-

1) Virtually no glare issues

2) Displays are very bright

3) Do not suffer from burn in.

4) Can be wall mounted

5) 60000 panel life

Cons-

1) Slower processing than plasma (120 hz on higher end models)

2) Are more expensive at larger sizes than plasma

3) poor black levels (black will often look more gray than black.)

Answer 2

lcd if you watching with the windows open

plasma if you close the curtains to watch

lcd for brighter images (cartoons/sports)

plasma for darker images (lord of the rings)

lcd - longer life

plasma - shorter life

apparently plasma suffered from burn in (its been a less concern for newer models) where images you ghost (set in) if you watched 4:3 moies on a 16:9 tv

projecter if you rich

there are lots of articles on this issue (Google it)