quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
It the sound a broken plasma TV makes when you drop it on someone.
Im all for an educated opinion on something, but my goodness the amount of sheer crap surrounding the whole LCD/Plasma TV thing when I went shopping around for them was literally, layers of abject technical crap and then buried under even more layers of advertising crap. To the point, go to the store and see what works best next to one another was really the only valid comparison I could literally see. |
Yeah, the lcd/led/plasma debate might have more unfiltered BS than just about anything in electronics. Hell, HDTVs, as a whole, are full of more smoke & mirrors than I can even address. The first time I saw a Samsung TV boasting a "4,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio," I literally laughed.
In a perfect world, looking at two sets side-by-side is the best way to judge them. The problem is, salespeople & manufacturers jack with settings, source material is sub-par, lighting conditions vary across a large store, and what looks best at quick glance might not be what looks best for extended viewing at home. The guys who evaluate picture quality (not TV quality) are the ones with the worthwhile info.
I typed up a whole run-down of the differences, but realized it was futile and would be met with 'here's an article that says LEDs actually do [x] better' responses or [even more] tl;dr.
c0r version: Plasmas are better and cheaper. Ignore all numbers, acronyms, reviewers who discuss pedestals or remotes, and salespeople.
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