Grenadeh
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Aug 31, 2011, 3:31 AM
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LG Plasma vs. LED-LCD
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I present to you a challenge, good forum goers.
I have my heart set on an LG 47LE8500. This is a very nice set for the price, ~1400 right now at NewEgg. It is full array LED with localized dimming, 9 mil dynamic ratio, 240 hz, all the internet crap, and very importantly to me, 1 ms response time. I'm not sure why it is so hard to find a TV that doesn't have a garbage response time except for this model - all the TVs i have seen are 4 or even 8 ms.
However, I cannot afford this TV yet and I've resigned to purchasing it next tax season, because it won't be a grievous loss to my wallet with that tax return coming back. I am not purchasing this TV yet and nothing will change my mind from doing so unless they release a model next year around the same price that is significantly better - in that case I will suck it up and wait.
Right now I am looking to get maybe a 42 inch or bigger, and I have looked at more TVs than a seasoned TV repair technician. I have stumbled across a 50" LG plasma that has what I deem decent specs. 3,000,000:1 ratio, 600 hz, etc. In comparison to my short-lived LG 46LD550 LCD tv, with it's 100,000:1, that is a giant increase, for less money than the old tv, and bigger screen.
I am also looking at many of LG's newer LED models and the main thing I am looking for with this purchase is a price-to-feature sacrifice. I have no qualms with paying 900 dollars for a 73" Mitsubishi DLP set for the living room - but in my own room I would like something I actually care about.
I have read many articles over the years comparing LCD to Plasma and to newer LED lit LCD tvs, and I could go either way.
Does anyone have any pros and cons for each one that I can read (I have read a lot of comparisons but it's been a little while and would like to hear additional input)
I am somewhat brand loyal to LG, though I could do with better warranties, and better customer service - the only two LG products I've ever owned, I've ended up breaking, but I liked them for a good long while before I broke them - one entirely on accident, one is still functional but it's quality degraded over time so I'm going to call that "me breaking it" (a Rumor).
The only things I refuse to buy are Seiki, Viera, RCA, probably Toshiba, and Panasonic - I may consider Vizio as I routinely watch one at my GF's and it's acceptable.
I am not overly concerned with sound quality - I plan on getting a system eventually as I hate non-at-least-5.1 and I struggle with it on my computer monitor only because it's less clutter to deal with.
My main concerns are glare, viewing angles, decent blacks, good signal via HDMI from my Radeon, a decent amount of HDMI for at least an Xbox and a Cable box, and set life. As I said i plan on buying a replacement in about 6 months anyway, but I'm looking to buy this set in the next 3ish months.
The only available spot in my room to put the TV places it within a reasonable angle from the window, where sunlight will definitely hit it even through the blinds - though I likely will never have time to watch it while the earth faces that way. Unless I rearrange my entire room, which I could do, and move my giant desk (and thus TV - I refuse to run an HDMI cable across the room in the event I want to play crap from my pc) to the opposite wall
(This post was edited by Grenadeh on Aug 31, 2011, 3:55 AM)
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