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Plasma any day of the week. That being said it depends on what you're using it for, PC Gaming or console gaming? I wouldn't use a plasma display for PC Gaming since that's likely not all that you will be doing on it. Burn in is basically a non issue with 'living room' content (read: games and video.) If ever you browse the internet for more than an hour at a time though then you really would not want to do that on a plasma.
The other thing to note is that the smallest 1080p plasma that you can get is 42" so you would not be able to replace your 32" directly.
You probably should have stopped there. Burn-in is really a non-issue. I have a cheap LG plasma; extremely, ridiculously prone to image retention, and it would take some remarkably stupid behavior to cause burn-in on this or any plasma. I have, on several occasions, left high-contrast images on the screen for 8+ hours. The IR can be bad on mine, but burn-in is not a realistic concern.Burn in is basically a non issue...
I disagree. I have never used my Panasonic plasma as a PC monitor and yet I can see in certain areas of the screen pixels are more "worn out" than the rest. Mainly where subtitles and TV logos are located. I can even discern letters of one of those logos if I get close enough. Burn in is a realistic concern for PC usage.You probably should have stopped there. Burn-in is really a non-issue. I have a cheap LG plasma; extremely, ridiculously prone to image retention, and it would take some remarkably stupid behavior to cause burn-in on this or any plasma. I have, on several occasions, left high-contrast images on the screen for 8+ hours. The IR can be bad on mine, but burn-in is not a realistic concern.
As for using a plasma for browsing the internet, I think ABL and IR would be more legitimate concerns that burn-in.
Plasma. I use a Panasonic TCP42-S1 for occasional HPTC use and mostly XBox 360 gaming and it's very close to a CRT for response time without motion blur. You get some phosphor trails depending on the scene; but it's not unpleasant. If you have a choice and don't need LCD for the other reasons (efficiency; weight; power), go plasma.
CRT/PDP phosphor trails I have seen are only with black backgrounds and a very bright moving object (like a mouse pointer) and the trail is like a few mm if you try really hard
LCDs on the other hand seem to have this refresh lag which makes things like action scenes turn into a kind of blur. Very obvious when you're looking at LCDs and PDPs side by side in a store or so (I did so with a chase scene in I, Robot, the LCDs were pitiful).
The problem isn't "motion blur" nor response times, the problem is "holding" the image, versus not "holding" it. For LCDs it is held for 16.67 ms for each frame on a 60 Hz panel, while a CRT holds it approximately for the time constant of the phosfor (if it can be put like that.. it's like an optical filter with a delay). Black frame insertion as some LCD TVs do, greatly reduces the holding effect apparent on LCDs.LCD motion blur causes a lot more loss of details on moving objects. Ive compared playing PS3 games on my 2ms TN panel vs. Plasma (both hooked via HDMI) and was surprised how much detail was lost during motion on the LCD. (I haven't tried a 120hz LCD yet tho).
The problem isn't "motion blur" nor response times, the problem is "holding" the image, versus not "holding" it. For LCDs it is held for 16.67 ms for each frame on a 60 Hz panel, while a CRT holds it approximately for the time constant of the phosfor (if it can be put like that.. it's like an optical filter with a delay). Black frame insertion as some LCD TVs do, greatly reduces the holding effect apparent on LCDs.
If it causes a loss of detail, blame TN overdrive.
As Elledan also indirectly hinted at, 24p material looks even worse - especially if the LCD panel did not support 24 Hz, but uses 3-2 pulldown.
If you can, go with LED.
LED is usually just a normal LCD using LED lighting instead of CCFL...and most LED tvs are edge lit as well...so IMO other than thin-ness CCFL LCDs look better than LED-edge lit TVs.
But Plasma FTW, mid-range I don't think there is much difference between LG/Samsung/Panasonic, but for high end stuff, panasonic plasmas are hard to beat.
If you compare mid range LCD vs mid range plasma the LCD would win, because its cheaper to produce and will offer more quallity for the same price, but high end plasma vs high end LCD the plasma is clear winner.
If anything, I feel the opposite is true. I think the plasmas that you can buy for $500 - $1,200 are generally superior to LCDs in that price range. But if you can afford them, local dimming LCDs are very compelling. The high-end is basically Panasonic VT plasmas vs local dimming LCDs, and for 2D image quality, local dimming LCDs are tough to beat. But with cheaper TVs, plasmas offer great value. Image quality (specifically black level) is still very poor on cheap LCDs.If you compare mid range LCD vs mid range plasma the LCD would win, because its cheaper to produce and will offer more quallity for the same price, but high end plasma vs high end LCD the plasma is clear winner.
Burn-ins and retention happens only when displaying static image for very long time, wont happen with gaming.
If you compare mid range LCD vs mid range plasma the LCD would win, because its cheaper to produce and will offer more quallity for the same price, but high end plasma vs high end LCD the plasma is clear winner.
Last year the low end LCD's (samsung 550 and Son)y ex400were better than any of the low end plasmas in terms of black levels and color. Most people sit to far away (10+feet and think COD on consoles looks good) to see ghosting.
The horrible washout effect many plasmas have due to the screen coating in a normal day time enviroment (blacks become solid grey) should be considered, unless one like constantly being in a darkened room they can look terrible. Fortunately Samsung and now some Pannys use Glossy screens.
Last year the low end LCD's (samsung 550 and Sony ex400) were better than any of the low end plasmas in terms of black levels and color. Most people sit to far away (10+feet and think COD on consoles looks good) to see ghosting.
The horrible washout effect many plasmas have due to the screen coating in a normal day time enviroment (blacks become solid grey) should be considered, unless one like constantly being in a darkened room they can look terrible. Fortunately Samsung and now some Pannys use Glossy screens.
HUDs are transparent since the very old games already, there were very few rare situations where HUDs or some other UI elements were burned into screen.Because no one ever plays games on their TVs that have static elements, like HUDs and life meters and such, for extended periods of time....