LCD or OLED? - The TV Thread

[RoyalBoyle78]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Still Love my 3 year old LG Plasma, but come tax season I think I moving the LG to the bedroom and getting a new LG to take its place.

I'm a sucker for LG.

[sparks.ricky]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Nothing beats the Panasonic V10. Absolutely the best tv ever purchase and looks better ever day it seams. So I could never be more happy.

I'm saying this to speak its distruction into existance. Lol time for a new tv.

[Stormyhog]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Still Love my 3 year old LG Plasma, but come tax season I think I moving the LG to the bedroom and getting a new LG to take its place.

I'm a sucker for LG.

LG's have been very good to me. I had a 32" lcd for about 6 years before it went and replaced it recently with a LG 42" lcd. My mom also has a LG 32" lcd in her room. Movies and games both look great on them. It all comes down to what you like and for me LG has been a great buy.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

FYI: If you're looking for better sound with doing the whole 5.1 or 7.1 setup (on the CHEAP) on of these Panasonic soundbar + sub combos. The wired is anywhere from $68-92 depending on your BB location.

Cheapest I've seen the sound bar + wireless sub is $109

http://slickdeals.net/f/6145162-YMMV-Panasonic-2-1-Ch-Home-Theater-Soundbar-System-with-Subwoofer-84-Best-Buy-Clearance

I went wired for $68 open box--excellent condition

Passed on wireless b/c review say the blue tooth connectivity is not that good and it has optical inputs vs. the wired that has HDMI inputs.

[LowerWolf]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

LG's have been very good to me. I had a 32" lcd for about 6 years before it went and replaced it recently with a LG 42" lcd. My mom also has a LG 32" lcd in her room. Movies and games both look great on them. It all comes down to what you like and for me LG has been a great buy.

I was always a Panasonic guy, but my brother worked at LG and hooked me up with a sweet discount on a 42" LCD a few years ago. I've since added a 26" LG LCD. Both are great TVs.

[daflyboys]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Do you guys think there's that vast of a difference between the 720p and 1080p LED's??

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Do you guys think there's that vast of a difference between the 720p and 1080p LED's??

IMO, depends on 2 key things. Screen size and use. I wouldn't pay a whole lot more for 1080P on a 32 inch screen or smaller UNLESS it was being used a computer monitor. In that case, 1080P is very important.

The general rule of thumb is that once you get past 37 inches or so you should always go 1080P (they are just as cheap as 720P sets now)

You can sit closer to the screen on a 1080P set without seeing individual pixels.

[daflyboys]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Good advice, thanks. This may make me pull the trigger on an LG 32" LED for $250 that's a 720p.

[eskimos44]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Best Buy has a helluva deal on a 60" Sony LED...any good? I have an older plasma, thinking about jumping on this..on sale only today and tomorrow.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/60%22+Class+-+LED+-+1080p+-+120Hz+-+Smart+-+HDTV/6780096.p?id=1218807630202&skuId=6780096&st=6780096&cp=1&lp=1

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Best Buy has a helluva deal on a 60" Sony LED...any good? I have an older plasma, thinking about jumping on this..on sale only today and tomorrow.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/60%22+Cl...0096&cp=1&lp=1

Not a bad TV for that price. Just so you know this is a 2012 Sony Model. For that price, It's a no brainer

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Getting a Samsung PN60F8500 in the family room. Would've loved the 64" from the same model, but a 60" will just look better in here in general (the wall just isn't that big, even though it's in the middle of the room). Changing from a 2005 Panasonic 50" PDP.

We'll be getting a bracket-mounted stand with it as well, but we want one that can get pretty flush with the wall. It's tough that we can't seem to do it because of the outlet we use, though. We need a pretty flat plug with our power strip to make it happen, I guess.

[Stormyhog]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

What is the general thought on dynamic contrast and dynamic color? I have been going back and forth on it. The settings are low, medium, high & off for dynamic contrast. Dynamic color is low, high & off. Does it tend to add to much noise when on? I hear some say to turn that stuff off and just tinker with the regular contrast and color. Thanks.

[Blzer]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

My viewpoint on it has been re-calibrated (no pun intended) based on the purists' perspective, but that's what I go by now.

Here's my general opinion on it:

If we're talking about a Blu-ray, I'm trying to get as close to the director's intent as possible, and I want to let the uncompressed/minimally compressed disc speak for itself. I will only turn on processing that enhance the picture without adding any unwanted artifacts or being detrimental to the picture in any way. I'm also looking for little inconsistencies. On a television, these options are few and far between, or nonexistent.

Dynamic contrast crushes blacks, above all else. Dynamic contrast screws with the intended colors in the film. There's just not much else to say about those two things. Options such as Edge-Enhancement, DNIe, MPEG Noise Reduction, etc. are all going to mess with your picture. They may look cleaner, but that really just depends on what your original settings were like. One thing for sure... they are looking less like the film originally did and beautifully can.

The only processor I'll ever use is the DarbeeVision Darblet, because it does not change a single thing that any calibration meter can read, and when tweaked right can bring out incredulous, unknown detail in your picture without adding any artifacts. Other than that, I turn everything else OFF.

Setting things up for video games or cable will be a bit different. Games have no requisite for how it "should look" based on what we know of before we get it in our hands, and TV is so compressed already that many of the plaguing issues will be there whether or not we turn on extra processes. So go hog-wild with the features here, as long as it starts to look more pleasing to you.

The only problem with doing this for gaming is that turning on processes causes more input lag, so it's one of those sacrifices you'll have to make. If you don't watch Blu-rays at all, you could just set your PS3 range to Full and enjoy the "deep color" look (although you'll lose shadow detail all around), buy a Darblet and enjoy! I think you'll be plenty satisfied that way.

From a video purist's perspective though, the less you add the more you'll do to your picture, thus they probably should be left off to bring out the most you possibly can (with the proper calibration, that is).

[Stormyhog]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

My viewpoint on it has been re-calibrated (no pun intended) based on the purists' perspective, but that's what I go by now.

Here's my general opinion on it:

If we're talking about a Blu-ray, I'm trying to get as close to the director's intent as possible, and I want to let the uncompressed/minimally compressed disc speak for itself. I will only turn on processing that enhance the picture without adding any unwanted artifacts or being detrimental to the picture in any way. I'm also looking for little inconsistencies. On a television, these options are few and far between, or nonexistent.

Dynamic contrast crushes blacks, above all else. Dynamic contrast screws with the intended colors in the film. There's just not much else to say about those two things. Options such as Edge-Enhancement, DNIe, MPEG Noise Reduction, etc. are all going to mess with your picture. They may look cleaner, but that really just depends on what your original settings were like. One thing for sure... they are looking less like the film originally did and beautifully can.

The only processor I'll ever use is the DarbeeVision Darblet, because it does not change a single thing that any calibration meter can read, and when tweaked right can bring out incredulous, unknown detail in your picture without adding any artifacts. Other than that, I turn everything else OFF.

Setting things up for video games or cable will be a bit different. Games have no requisite for how it "should look" based on what we know of before we get it in our hands, and TV is so compressed already that many of the plaguing issues will be there whether or not we turn on extra processes. So go hog-wild with the features here, as long as it starts to look more pleasing to you.

The only problem with doing this for gaming is that turning on processes causes more input lag, so it's one of those sacrifices you'll have to make. If you don't watch Blu-rays at all, you could just set your PS3 range to Full and enjoy the "deep color" look (although you'll lose shadow detail all around), buy a Darblet and enjoy! I think you'll be plenty satisfied that way.

From a video purist's perspective though, the less you add the more you'll do to your picture, thus they probably should be left off to bring out the most you possibly can (with the proper calibration, that is).

Thanks for your thoughts blzer very helpful. I have all the processing features off as well. It doesn't look bad with dynamic contrast and color on but to me it saturates the picture compared to off. Skin tones look more natural as well. Dynamic contrast seems to add to much white to the picture overall. As for gaming I always use game mode as the processing features are all off by default. The standard setting works the best for me on my tv with a few tweaks mainly brightness.

[authentic]

Re: Plasma or LCD? - The TV Thread

Getting a Samsung PN60F8500 in the family room. Would've loved the 64" from the same model, but a 60" will just look better in here in general (the wall just isn't that big, even though it's in the middle of the room). Changing from a 2005 Panasonic 50" PDP.

We'll be getting a bracket-mounted stand with it as well, but we want one that can get pretty flush with the wall. It's tough that we can't seem to do it because of the outlet we use, though. We need a pretty flat plug with our power strip to make it happen, I guess.

They're nice TV's. Overall, for the price this year, the Samsung 8500 plasma's are a solid deal. I would say they're right on par with the VT60 Panasonic. The ZT60 still has it beat, but at the price that's at, you might as well go 4k.

I just ordered my home theater room for my house as well this morning, the main parts are the 65" Sony 4k along with MartinLogan Motion 40 floorstandings, along with the other speakers and extra stuff. Whole thing should be in next week and I'm pretty excited to finally get this thing in my house. For how much I paid for the whole thing, I couldn't pass it up.