Durbn4duke

wish i could!!

Bill'sWS6

They are now on Gen #3 Plasma systems, Avg hrs of use is about 30,000 - 50,000. I would still go with the LCD since there is not a problem with burn in and the viewing angles seem to be better on the LCD.

Another thing to look at is getting an LCD projector. These are not to bad these days price wise. There are two types of projectors, LCD and DLP. You will pay much more for DLP than the LCD and not gain much picture wise. The nice thing about the projector is you can go real big picture wise. I have mine set at 92" but mine goes to 300" if I want to. They are easy to move if you want to take it some place. Look at the new Sony Home Theater unit which puts out 6000:1 contrast ratio and has great picture quality.

http://www.gosale.com/show_product.p...ront-projector
Good Luck.

superjerry

This is my opinion, others should do research before stating their "facts"

-Plasma screens have about an equivalent half life to LCD's, 60,000 hours.
-Plasma's have better black levels, tested to about 1500:1; LCD's tested to about 1000:1
-LCD's "look" better in brighter lighting.
-Plasma screens used to burn in fairly quickly, now they have a ghosting effect at about an hour and can be "washed" easily to get rid of that. True burn in times are about ten continuous hours. If your watching TV for ten continuous hours, GET A JOB!!!!!!!
-Prices on equivalent sizes are damn near the same
-LCD's can upconvert to 1080p, this year plasma's will too.

Sorry for jumping your post, but here is a bump.

MENEGRANDE

is this tv sold????

Durbn4duke

Sold

Airtight

Too bad, I was learning a lot from this thread. Forgive my ignorance, but what happens to regular TV's when everything goes digital?

F1GT

What about LCD Projection TVs? I saw a Sony 50"E50A10 for $2184, 42" is $1899. It has no PiP and one HDMI input. The guy at Circuit City pointed at a NEW Panasonic Plasma 42" and thinks its the one to get for around 2 grand. This one has PiP( which I don't really care for) and 2 HDMI inputs. I am purchasing one for the living room and the Panasonic seems nice as I can actually hang it on the wall with a $200 brkt. which will give more space. But I can live with a TV stand($350) with a Sony LCD projection TV that is 16" deep.

JakeRobb

There will be converter boxes which take the digital signal and convert it to analog. It's a relatively safe bet that VCRs with this functionality built-in will become available shortly after everything goes digital.

Dave89IROC

likely before, all others will get really cheap leading up to it

sitdownshutupholdon

You may want to check out this site. http://www.pcconnection.com I bought a refurbed 42" Visio HD plasma there about a year and a half ago for $1300 shipped to my door. Yeah it was a refurb but I went with it at the time because for the price of an ED plasma I got a HD plasma. The picture looked amazing when I got it and it still does. I've got Dish network with the HD package and I setup the television to display in 1080i, it also does 720p. Not sure if that site still has the Vizio's. They were a brand that were only sold through Sam's club and BJ's originally.

Also, someone mentioned something about over the air broadcasts changing to HD eventually. OTA broadcasts are the free stations you get if you have the right antennae connected to your tv and you live within range of the towers. Usually it's the major networks, like abc, nbc, cbs. If you subscribe to a cable or satellite provider you will get those channels anyways, although they may or may not be in High def. So, I don't think that should scare someone away from an ed tv if they did some research and decided that suited their needs.

hsyr

Everyone on here bashing plasma is only doing so because they could only afford a LCD

ironexecutioner

It is a myth that plasma sets will die in 2 years, that is incorrect. They have a life expectancy of around 60000 hours. Thats 27 years based on 6 hours a day. It is true they are very expensive to repair, if repair is possible at all. This is the case with all flat panel televisions (LCD and Plasma). ZPAUL2Fresh8's post is pretty much entirely wrong. He, like many others, is well versed in myth. I work with these sets day in and day out, and the customers who purchase them and have for 3+ years now. If you have any questions that you want an unbiased EDUCATED answer to, shoot me a pm.

JakeRobb

Thank you for bringing up a six-month-old thread to restate something that was already said.