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-   Australia (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/)
-   -   LCD Vs Plasma (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/lcd-vs-plasma-659556/)

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:28 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by kporte (Post 8425175)
Dean, you slagged off LG earlier on. I remember reading that LG make the majority of the screens for the market and that many brands carry an LG screen. This may be incorrect as I am only going by memory! Weren't they also the company that pioneered OLCD?
Most of the LCD panels are manufactured by Samsung. LG are crap, Wouldn't touch them with a 10' barge pole.

Brands like Pioneer, Sony, Panasonic manufacture their own screens.

OLCD? Don't you mean OLED? Samsung and Sony have both been developing the technology.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 10:31 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by freebo (Post 8425187)
If they're as good as my 8G Kuro (never mind a 9G), then I for one will be buying a 50" one.
The 50" is the smallest one. Apparently, for 3D telly, you need a really BIG screen because you lose the effect with smaller screens. Also, apparently, for 3D you need to sit close to the TV so that the picture extends to the edge of your peripheral vision.

moneypenny20 Mar 16th 2010 11:06 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425153)

Pity they look crap, panasonic always drop the ball with design. Titanium finish for the V20 and metallic brown for the VT20. Why can't they just have a nice, classy, gloss piano black finish like the Pioneers.
Some people may not consider gloss piano black finish to be classy. My Viera looks very classy to me. I presumably have no class :confused:

asprilla Mar 16th 2010 11:10 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425327)
The 50" is the smallest one. Apparently, for 3D telly, you need a really BIG screen because you lose the effect with smaller screens. Also, apparently, for 3D you need to sit close to the TV so that the picture extends to the edge of your peripheral vision.
read an article this morning saying that Sky will be rolling out 15,000 3DTVs across pubs in the UK.

They did a trial not too long ago, think it was the Arsenal v Man utd match. I don't think that the TV they used was particularly large, but even if it was, most viewers were a considerable distance from the screen...

The feedback from this trial session must have been fairly positive if this rollout is to proceed... implying perhaps that you don't need to be sitting close to a giant screen to get the benefits.

(no doubt it will be far better if you are close to a big screen).

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:11 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8425397)
Some people may not consider gloss piano black finish to be classy. My Viera looks very classy to me. I presumably have no class :confused:
If watching a TV the frame needs to be as dark as possible so as not to distract from the picture. A silver frame is a big no-no.

Highly polished black; very nice. All other colours are fashion fads for tellys.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:15 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 8425405)
read an article this morning saying that Sky will be rolling out 15,000 3DTVs across pubs in the UK.

They did a trial not too long ago, think it was the Arsenal v Man utd match. I don't think that the TV they used was particularly large, but even if it was, most viewers were a considerable distance from the screen...

The feedback from this trial session must have been fairly positive if this rollout is to proceed... implying perhaps that you don't need to be sitting close to a giant screen to get the benefits.

(no doubt it will be far better if you are close to a big screen).
Will it be BYO 3D glasses?

In all honesty, who on earth will wear 3D glasses down the pub? :eek:

Amazulu Mar 16th 2010 11:29 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
In post #2 I stated that Plasma/LCD choice comes down to personal choice only - and 50 odd posts on the subject show this to be true.

I think there is no difference between the very latest plasma and LCD TVs - and a stroll through JB Hifi after work yesterday confirms this.

Go with what you like - all the rest is bullshit.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:35 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8425446)
In post #2 I stated that Plasma/LCD choice comes down to personal choice only - and 50 odd posts on the subject show this to be true.

I think there is no difference between the very latest plasma and LCD TVs - and a stroll through JB Hifi after work yesterday confirms this.

Go with what you like - all the rest is bullshit.
You're obviously not a videophile so for you, you are right, there is no difference. It's all about which one will look best in the lounge room.

You have to realise that most of the TV's in JB HIFI are not set up and displayed properly. The people that work there don't know what they are doing or how to set the TVs up. If you have a properly set up Pioneer plasma and watched it side by side with any other top of the range TV, the difference in picture quality is remarkable.

If you can't tell the difference then you are probably better off with some cheap shit.

moneypenny20 Mar 16th 2010 11:40 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425463)
You're obviously not a videophile so for you, you are right, there is no difference. It's all about which one will look best in the lounge room.

You have to realise that most of the TV's in JB HIFI are not set up and displayed properly. The people that work there don't know what they are doing or how to set the TVs up. If you have a properly set up Pioneer plasma and watched it side by side with any other top of the range TV, the difference in picture quality is remarkable.

If you can't tell the difference then you are probably better off with some cheap shit.
Don't know if you're aware but you are coming across as really patronising today. Not a great quality to be honest. Especially when you probably have useful info which is probably getting ignored.

Deancm Mar 16th 2010 11:46 am
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8425473)
Don't know if you're aware but you are coming across as really patronising today. Not a great quality to be honest. Especially when you probably have useful info which is probably getting ignored.
Not my intention to come across as patronising.

Having just re-read Amazulu's post and my response to it, I don't think it was patronising at all.

Amazulu Mar 16th 2010 12:09 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425489)
Not my intention to come across as patronising.

Having just re-read Amazulu's post and my response to it, I don't think it was patronising at all.
I reckon it was patroning but don't really care.

The last line of my post that you quoted is all that needs to be known on this topic.

Vash the Stampede Mar 16th 2010 1:23 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425415)
Will it be BYO 3D glasses?

In all honesty, who on earth will wear 3D glasses down the pub? :eek:
People who want to see the pub in 3d?

:D ;)

GarryP Mar 16th 2010 2:45 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425415)
Will it be BYO 3D glasses?

In all honesty, who on earth will wear 3D glasses down the pub? :eek:
http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/02/01/sky_3d_football.jpg

Let's be honest, they don't look any more like dicks than someone wearing sunglasses in a bar.

15,000 TVs, and many more glasses, means its going to be a wide scale rollout.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03...y_buys_3d_tvs/

DeadVim Mar 16th 2010 3:02 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 8425753)
http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/02/01/sky_3d_football.jpg

Let's be honest, they don't look any more like dicks than someone wearing sunglasses in a bar.

15,000 TVs, and many more glasses, means its going to be a wide scale rollout.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03...y_buys_3d_tvs/
You'd need the glasses to ward off that bloke's Whiskey Tan.

That's what Alex Ferguson will look like in the future ...

DeadVim Mar 16th 2010 3:03 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8425463)
You're obviously not a videophile so for you, you are right, there is no difference. It's all about which one will look best in the lounge room.

You have to realise that most of the TV's in JB HIFI are not set up and displayed properly. The people that work there don't know what they are doing or how to set the TVs up. If you have a properly set up Pioneer plasma and watched it side by side with any other top of the range TV, the difference in picture quality is remarkable.

If you can't tell the difference then you are probably better off with some cheap shit.
Don't tell me, you are one of the suckers that spent over $15 for a HDMI cable? :D


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