LCD vs Plasma

[JaR6d]

Need some information on the two.
Everywhere i look on the net has different oppinions, so i thought I'd come to PSB
TV would be used for movies, 2nd pooter screen (media center style), and consol gaming.
Looking at getting 42"+ depending on price.

So, whats good and whats bad about each?

[taint]

Fast moving action, (quality) Plasma is usually better, but on the lower end stuff they are much of a muchness.

[JaR6d]

Heard that the plasmas have a problem with burning in images but LCD's dont. Is this right?

[taint]

Yeah the plasmas do get burn in, I haven't seen that on LCD's before. Are you planning on leaving a static image on the screen for a while? I don't think the new screens are as bad for screen burn.

I have 2 LCD's at home, I think they produce better colours personally but can't fault any of the family's plasma TV's either

[JaR6d]

I'm thinkning that HUD's and what not on most consol games might burn in if played for long enough.

I think the newer plasmas have burn in reductions, but id rather not risk it...

[Stoneville]

If you want to use the search function you may find a thread that I started at the beginning of the year, in regards to this question, some decent answers in there as well

[JaR6d]

i tried Stoney, but can only search for plasma

Ill have a look see on your topics now.

[Boxx]

If you want to use it for gaming and a pc monitor, don't even consider plasma.
It's that simple.
Plasma will get image burn, LCD will not.

[Fastgirl]

Ive been told that image burn will only occur IF the image is paused for more than 24 hours..thus burning the image in.

[quattro750]

we have a panasonic viera 42" and it's great for movies and HD sport. seems fine for motogp ps2 but beyond that?? it has auto shut down to avoid image burning but i try not to "test it out". i found the lcd screens too bright.

fwiw
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[Psyched]

A friend worked for Sony as an install guy doing audio visual installations. He told me to avoid Plasma as it is 40 year old technology, whereas LCD is much younger and produces a better quality picture.
So IMHO LCD FTW.

[Ryven]

I don't know about current generation plasmas, but the ones people I know have owned are nothing like suitable for a second PC screen given the burn in happened rather quickly, and doesn't look nice on your expensive toy. Happy with my LCD, though if it's an option I understand you get better picture quality out of projectors at the moment.

[Fastgirl]

Yeah....I would go LCD...in fact Im about to go buy one soon.

[Hewie]

I have one of each ... the plasma wins hands down.

[Brougham]

the image burn issue is an old one. all new plasmas have auto shutdown to prevent that - the image must be stationary for over 24 hours to get any sort of burn on the screen. the old ones used to be a few hours (the 7 logo during the olympics did it to a lot of plasmas, but that's 7 yrs ago now).

but as said before:
mainly tv and movies = plasma
mainly gaming & PC usage = LCD