LCD or OLED? - The TV Thread

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Plasma or LCD?

I'm one click away from ordering this T.V. (The wife is telling me to pull the trigger so all systems are go.) lol

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Does anyone have any experience with this T.V.? I'm going to be making a gaming office in my basement and I will not have to worry about light. I will also be fairly close to the T.V. so 42 is about perfect.

My worries are that I'm going to get burn in and that the black levels are going to turn grey on me.

Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.

Go for it man. I have the G20 and I have 700+ hours on it (bought it with 187 hours on it) and I haven't noticed the black levels rising yet. I've read quite a bit on this and the black levels should not rise too terribly with the 2010 sets.

[nemesis04]

Re: Plasma or LCD?

I'm one click away from ordering this T.V. (The wife is telling me to pull the trigger so all systems are go.) lol

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Does anyone have any experience with this T.V.? I'm going to be making a gaming office in my basement and I will not have to worry about light. I will also be fairly close to the T.V. so 42 is about perfect.

My worries are that I'm going to get burn in and that the black levels are going to turn grey on me.

Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.

I have the 50" version of this TV and the picture has been pretty impressive. Mine is only a week old so I do not have any long term impressions yet. I have only owned Panasonic plasmas as this is my third Panny and they have been very reliable!

[Fiddy]

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I have the 50" version of this TV and the picture has been pretty impressive. Mine is only a week old so I do not have any long term impressions yet. I have only owned Panasonic plasmas as this is my third Panny and they have been very reliable!

3rd Panny Plasma in how many years? do you move them room to room when you get a new one? if so, hows the quality on the others at the moment?

[nemesis04]

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3rd Panny Plasma in how many years? do you move them room to room when you get a new one? if so, hows the quality on the others at the moment?

I purchased the other two in 2007 on a black Friday deal, they are 42". They are still in use and get moved around with each new tv addition.

I have a panasonic 32" LCD that I gamed on and moved it up to the master bedroom and mounted on the wall. The 42" plasma that was in the living room is now in the game room. The new 50" is now in the living room. The other 42" is in a guest room. They are in excellent condition and the picture still looks as good as when I first got them. No reason for me to switch brands at this point, they have been good to me.

[WildFan22]

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Thanks for the advice guys.

Did you buy the avatar 3d kit w/glasses for $250?

[nemesis04]

Re: Plasma or LCD?

Thanks for the advice guys.

Did you buy the avatar 3d kit w/glasses for $250?

I got mine worked into the deal when I got the tv. Avatar is unbelievable on the tv!

[mjb2124]

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Avatar is unbelievable on the tv!

I'm annoyed that I can't get Avatar due to the exclusivity with Panasonic. I've actually contemplated paying the $150 or whatever it's selling at on ebay to get a copy of it. Then I come back to my senses.

I'd hate to see 3D get too deep into exclusive titles. I hope this doesn't continue down the road.

[WildFan22]

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So $799 and $256 for the glasses and Avatar is worth it? Hopefully you guys can walk me through the first breaking in period because I will be pretty nervous about the burn in factor.

[Fiddy]

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I purchased the other two in 2007 on a black Friday deal, they are 42". They are still in use and get moved around with each new tv addition.

I have a panasonic 32" LCD that I gamed on and moved it up to the master bedroom and mounted on the wall. The 42" plasma that was in the living room is now in the game room. The new 50" is now in the living room. The other 42" is in a guest room. They are in excellent condition and the picture still looks as good as when I first got them. No reason for me to switch brands at this point, they have been good to me.

good to hear.. thanks for the info.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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So $799 and $256 for the glasses and Avatar is worth it? Hopefully you guys can walk me through the first breaking in period because I will be pretty nervous about the burn in factor.

Burn-in is almost a non concern. You'd have to be pretty negligent for burn in to happen. What you may see is some temporary image retention, especially on just out the box plasmas. You simply do a color wash and it goes away.

"Breaking in" nowadays just means lowering the contrast (50 or so) and making sure your screen is completely filled by the picture. And not leaving static images in place for long periods of time. Some people run color slides to speed up the break in period.

Some would argue that you don't even need to break in plasmas now.

[nemesis04]

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I'm annoyed that I can't get Avatar due to the exclusivity with Panasonic. I've actually contemplated paying the $150 or whatever it's selling at on ebay to get a copy of it. Then I come back to my senses.

I'd hate to see 3D get too deep into exclusive titles. I hope this doesn't continue down the road.

Yeah, I really do not understand the whole exclusivity route with regards to movies. Does not hold the same weight as doing an exclusive game for example on a specific console, etc.

[WildFan22]

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I put How to Train Your Dragon on for the kids in Blu-ray and I was blown away. That jumped to the top of my list for best picture quality on a home system so far. I checked into buying it in 3-D and saw that it's a samsung exclusive.

The 3-D copy sells for $90-$140 without glasses on ebay! How does this exclusivity deal help sell T.V.s?

[Flightwhite24]

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Burn-in is almost a non concern. You'd have to be pretty negligent for burn in to happen. What you may see is some temporary image retention, especially on just out the box plasmas. You simply do a color wash and it goes away.

"Breaking in" nowadays just means lowering the contrast (50 or so) and making sure your screen is completely filled by the picture. And not leaving static images in place for long periods of time. Some people run color slides to speed up the break in period.

Some would argue that you don't even need to break in plasmas now.

What is Color Wash? How do I find it? I'm not having any issues but was just wondering.

[CaptainZombie]

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What is Color Wash? How do I find it? I'm not having any issues but was just wondering.

Flight, which plasma ans model did you buy? Plus everything that I have read, you do not want to use the anti-image retention scrolling bar too much either. What I was reading and have been told is that its good to use once a week or every few weeks, unless you have really bad image retention that will not go away. You do not want to abuse this feature as it can do some harm to your set.

[Flightwhite24]

Re: Plasma or LCD?

Flight, which plasma ans model did you buy? Plus everything that I have read, you do not want to use the anti-image retention scrolling bar too much either. What I was reading and have been told is that its good to use once a week or every few weeks, unless you have really bad image retention that will not go away. You do not want to abuse this feature as it can do some harm to your set.

LG50PK250 Plasma