I meant you guys compare the LED TVs with the V20 especially when you are buying the 50 incher, and decide before you pull the trigger for the later.
To the extent of my knowledge, at 100K I think your best bet is LED TV* for the following: Plasma VS LED TV*
- Picture quality is more or less similar in both
- Need not worry about burn in or Image retention
- Poor display of the former in daytime
- Almost consumes double the power, especially V20, over 400W is a lot these days for an equipment that runs for more time than any other electrical equipment
- Looks silly, but V20 weighs more
- You will end up seeing green and white pixels on the former in the nights
- You need to spend time for initial break in
- V20 build quality is poor; For my eyes, V20 is little awkward. This is the only TV I have seen with 4 piece front bezel; you will notice joints at the corners from close distance. All the back cover is made with metal while most of the manufacturers are using a good quality plastic.
- You may end up having a 2mm more gap on the LHS between the bezel and panel.
The only disadvantage I see with LED TVs is its poor viewing angle, but we cannot really enjoy watching any TV at or over 45 degrees.
Well mate i disagree with your first point, you can't compare picture quality of Plasma to LCD. Plasma displays PQ is still better than LCD any day.And the latest generation of TV's are still purely LCD's with LED on the sides of the screen and not pure LED TV's.
Poor display at day time again is dependent on the environment you have set up the equipment in. If lighting is low it does not make any difference on PQ be it night or day.
Pixels at nights, where did this come from, i have never seen any green and white pixels on the plasma sets at night.
Burn in and image retention is something which has been over exaggerated at times. Just like when you buy a new car for the first 1000 kms you need to run the engine in to get good life, mileage and performance from the engine. Same way in a plasma you need to run the set for the first 100 hours in low settings to ensure proper calibration of pixels.
Also IR is a thing of the past even my 2007 plasma model comes with pixel shift which runs in the background and turns the pixel on and off to ensure no IR will happen. All the latest models do have similar features which are in the software of the tv itself and work in the background.
If you are talking about a particular Panasonic model that may have defects then its a different story, but not all the statements you have made are applicable to all the models of plasmas that are out there.
Also i felt you forgot about motion blur which is still present in LCD's , viewing angles you have already mentioned so that is a known issue with LCD's.
The power ratings mentioned dunno where you got that from but plasma power consumptions are dependent on the display settings and most of the current plasmas have energy saver modes. So again the consumption would be different for each set depending on the environment and setup.
I feel that just because the masses have not used the plasmas and have not experienced the technology lot of false information and negativity comes out against these sets. But the time is changing and even here in the forum the plasma users are growing day by day.
With technology advancing and getting cheaper, plasma sales have picked up and anyone who has used one or is using one knows the actual pros and cons of the technology.
In the end i will say what i have always said, do not buy the TV on what people will say in the forum. Take the decision base on the :
1) Environment where you want to use the product
2)Test it out, run your own disks for demo then buy what pleases the eye
3) Look at your budget and what is within your budget.
4) Never demo the lcd and plasma together why ? simple LCD looks great in brightly lit areas where there is lot of light. For Plasma's the PQ is best when viewed in low light or darker environment. So to demo the plasma ask the dealer to switch the lights off and change the mode to movie from dynamic.
After going through the above take your call in buying whatever that suits your eye irrespective of plasma or LCD.
As in the end you should buy what pleases your eye.
Cheers ...
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