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Plasma, LCD or LED TVs?

Pros and cons?

My son plays videos games and I like to watch BLU Ray discs so I need the 1080p with the high refresh rate.

I have a large family room so I need to get a 60+ inch TV and a smaller one for my son, maybe 32 or 40 inch TV.

Any recommendations? thanks in advance for your replies.

I am looking at the Panasonic 65 Plasma and maybe the LC or Insignia 32 or 37 inch LED/LCD with 120hz.

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Keep in mind that LED TVs are LCD TVs with an LED backlight. That right there makes LED better than LCD, but increases the cost of LED. Plasma does tend to be better than both LED and LCD at motion, but it also tends to cost more. Personally, I would go LED.

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Plasma cost more to purchase? The 65 inch tv is asking $1,999,000.

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Plasma cost more to purchase? The 65 inch tv is asking $1,999,000.

Sorry, you're right. LED costs the most.

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Heard that LCD's are going to be relatively inexpensive this holiday season with demand down on them. If it's just for the kid to play video games I would grab an LCD for that and upgrade on the family room tv.

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Plasma for the big screen (faster, better quality, brighter, wider angle of view, even better on every aspect than LED), and LCD for your kid (cheaper).

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Hey Something I can answer!!!

Get a plasma for the 60in and a LCD/LED(Depending on how much you love him) for your son. I find 20-23in is perfect for playing video games and I got my for about $300 last year. Me and my Dad also used his Costco Executive card/cash back and got a Panasonic 50in 1080p from costco for 950$.

The problem with using plasma for video games is that the games can wear out and burn images into the plasma, as far as I know this doesnt happen on LCD tv's. General rule of thumb for TVs is BigScreen not much Video Games get plasma. Anything else LCD.
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Plasma has limited life, I'd avoid them. LED produces the best picture, but they are quite expensive now for larger screens. LCD has a good picture, can be wall hung and is less than LED, but still not as cheap as Plasma.

If you want a large screen and don't need to hang it on a wall I'd consider LCD projection. Mitsubishi makes some large screens (up to 84") at a relatively low price. The lamps have a life of about 1 - 2 years and cost $120 to replace, but otherwise they will last forever. I have had a JVC 61" LCD projection that is on almost 8 hours a day and it's over 6 years old now, I've replaced the bulb twice but the picture still looks great.

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I have had my 50" plasma now for four years+. Still plays and looks as good now as it did new. Perhaps even better, because a lot of media content is higher quality nowadays. Had two repairs over that time. One was under warranty and the other I was able to fix myself as it only involved changing out two little capacitors. I am not a video game player, so do not know how that part would work out. Even if I only used it to watch the Masters, it would be worth it!

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I got a 50 inch plasma last year Panasonic and couldn't be happier. I got the 720 and to me it looks amazing. It has deep rich colors, no issue with glare, and blue ray looks perfect. I have it in a pretty lit room with a bay window that gets heavy sun in the AM. I personally think the Plasma kills the LCD in picture quality. I got it mainly BC of the price and how much TV I could get at the price point I was looking at.

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When I bought mine I figured I was going to have it a while so I splurged and got a Sony Bravia 46" 1080 LCD. No knock on 720, but I can tell the difference in resolution between 720 and 1080 and to me it's worth the higher price. When I bought my set, the price of plasma was taking a nosedive. They can be bought cheaper than LCD or LED sets and when you compare them in terms of picture quality the reason for the price difference is pretty obvious...at least it is to me.

There is another HDTV type you might want to consider-DLP, which is made by Mitsubishi. I've seen a few of them and the picture definition and clarity is better than LED, in my opinion. The prices are also quite good. I saw a 65" set for sale that was priced less than $200 more for what I paid for my Sony, but it was too large to work well in my house and the store didn't have a smaller one in stock. I also didn't know enough about the technology at the time and Mistu has manufactured its more than its fair share of lemons over the years so I stuck to the tried and true.
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The problem with using plasma for video games is that the games can wear out and burn images into the plasma, as far as I know this doesnt happen on LCD tv's. General rule of thumb for TVs is BigScreen not much Video Games get plasma. Anything else LCD.

Burn in is no longer a problem on plasma tv's.

OP, if the tv is going in a bright room with a lot of natural light get an LCD, as the glass screen of the plasma causes glare. If it is in a darker room or a room that can be darkened, get the plasma. For a 32" tv you won't need 1080p.
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Plasma give best picture and best framerate. Burn in is, as stated above, not a problem anymore. They will live as long as you need them to.

If you are buying a LCD, get a LED-LCD.

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I am considering a front projection from Panasonic, a PT AE4000 with a Focupix 120'' screen for about $2,500 vs a the price of a Plasma Pansonic 65" TV that runs about $2,000.

I have a large family room that is 23 feet wide and 30 feet long with a adjoining kitchen, 9 foot ceiling with two large window approximately 72" x 59" that I will black out.

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ks8829 trust me, you would rather have a plasma, LCD, or LED than a projector. Once you go through the hours on the projector lamp you will have to buy a new one which probably cost about 350-500 bucks. So after every 2000-2500 hours you will have to spend 350-500 bucks for a new lamp. Even then the lamps could still blow at 1000 hours, you just never now. I am a audio visual tech and I run into this stuff all the time, departments want projectors but when it comes time to change a lamp/maintenance they panic because of the cost to upkeep it...

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I would reccomend getting one tv for movies and one for your son. You can pick up a 32" LCD for pretty short money these days. I have found that it is tough to play certain games on the big boys - I have a 37" LCD and 50" plasma, and I rely on the LCD exclusively for Call of Duty. With a TV above a certain size, you tend to get "tunnel vision" on the center of the TV.

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