|| Plasma Or LED || Which Is Better !!

[Nishabfss]

Look plasma only make sense ST50 series onwards. Trust me XT & UT both got deterioted picture performance even with a light on in room.

Watch out for that...

Second : If you like sharpness in pic quality, dnt go for plasma. LED outshine Plasma hands down.

Thirdly: IR is serious. ST50 witha logo for 5 minutes gets IR. Not sure if Permanent IR i.e Burn in happens or not...If you got a mom or wife with limited info about handelling Plasma, be careful...

For a casual user and first time adapter, unless budget is a constraint go for LED...

Go for XT 50 and not UT50. FHD or HD ready does not make a difference at 42 Inches.

I compared with BDs and PS3 games and found no difference on 42' model.

50 Inch and above only you would see any difference.

Also note PANA is pathetic in customer service. Not only me others have faced issues with them.

I have sony PS3, Phone, TV and never faced a issue with CC during repairs or services. CC for LG washine Machine worked like a charm as well...

 

[asliarun]

I've posted this a couple of times before but I'm surprised no one considers power consumption in terms of how long it will run on an inverter. Some led models consume as low as 40 watts and some plasma models consume several hundred watts. That would make a huge difference when there is a long power cut.

 

[just4kix]

I've posted this a couple of times before but I'm surprised no one considers power consumption in terms of how long it will run on an inverter. Some led models consume as low as 40 watts and some plasma models consume several hundred watts. That would make a huge difference when there is a long power cut.

Once my TV was running on inverter for over an hour. There was no trip.

 

[shanmune]

I have a suggestion on using TVs with inverters, but that is very much my personal opinion without any solid practical proof. So I am just passing on my thoughts here. This may be slightly out of track, but still I wanted to share my thoughts/theory.

If I own a flat panel TV, I would prefer to switch off my TV when the inverter kicks in at the time of a power failure. The reason is that I believe the power generated by the inverters are of not good quality. That is - Though most of the inverters claim to provide sinusoidal voltage waveforms, they are actually not pure sinusoidal. Theoretically, it is almost impossible to provide a pure sinusoidal waveforms from a battery. Mechanical power generators can provide a better power than the inverters.

Having said that, impure sinusoidal waveforms can cause lots of harmonics (currents of higher frequencies > 50 Hz) getting injected into the circuits. Though there may be a power filter in the SMPS power supply system of a TV, it may not suppress all the harmonics. As a result, these harmonics can potentially creep into the panel drive circuitry. You know that the panel drive circuits drive each pixel on the panel at some voltage level and these harmonics might interfere with that panel drive.

So the power supply unit of any TV is very important to drive the panel drive circuits and considering how sensitive the panels are, I will prefer to switch off the TV. You might say that even the external power supply is not perfect, but still I believe the harmonic issue is lot better compared to an inverter. I am sure few of you might disagree with me, but as I said before, whatever I said is a theory and does not have any solid practical proof. Even otherwise if you have different thoughts, please correct me.

 

[Indizen]

I need a 50 inch plasma TV for around 60000,
Panasonic has one model in the X series and LG has 2 models.
Which one should I buy?

 

[just4kix]

I have a suggestion on using TVs with inverters, but that is very much my personal opinion without any solid practical proof. So I am just passing on my thoughts here. This may be slightly out of track, but still I wanted to share my thoughts/theory.

If I own a flat panel TV, I would prefer to switch off my TV when the inverter kicks in at the time of a power failure. The reason is that I believe the power generated by the inverters are of not good quality. That is - Though most of the inverters claim to provide sinusoidal voltage waveforms, they are actually not pure sinusoidal. Theoretically, it is almost impossible to provide a pure sinusoidal waveforms from a battery. Mechanical power generators can provide a better power than the inverters.

Having said that, impure sinusoidal waveforms can cause lots of harmonics (currents of higher frequencies > 50 Hz) getting injected into the circuits. Though there may be a power filter in the SMPS power supply system of a TV, it may not suppress all the harmonics. As a result, these harmonics can potentially creep into the panel drive circuitry. You know that the panel drive circuits drive each pixel on the panel at some voltage level and these harmonics might interfere with that panel drive.

So the power supply unit of any TV is very important to drive the panel drive circuits and considering how sensitive the panels are, I will prefer to switch off the TV. You might say that even the external power supply is not perfect, but still I believe the harmonic issue is lot better compared to an inverter. I am sure few of you might disagree with me, but as I said before, whatever I said is a theory and does not have any solid practical proof. Even otherwise if you have different thoughts, please correct me.

What you say may be right. I did not realize that power was off and house was running on inverter power. I switched off the TV after an hour or so when I realized that. But that was more to conserve the inverter battery than anything else.

 

[echo77]

Please read "Crest Factor" in this pdf for further information on waveforms: http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SADE-5TNQYL_R0_EN.pdf

 

[asliarun]

Once my TV was running on inverter for over an hour. There was no trip.

Hi Just4kix,

I was making a slightly different point. I was talking more about how long different model TVs will run on an inverter. Isn't it a significant advantage to have a TV that will run for 7 hrs vs 2 hrs on your inverter?

For example, I remember that in Pune, there used to be a scheduled power outage every Thursday for 4 hours. In summertime, the power cuts were often worse. In fact, many or most cities have significantly worse power cuts, scheduled and unscheduled. Exception perhaps goes to certain parts of Mumbai.

To paraphrase Agent Smith from The Matrix - what use is a TV if you cannot even see?

Shanmune, you might be right, but what does one do when faced with routine power cuts? TV is the main source of entertainment, and if it is not so, why are people spending so much money on a TV to begin with? Or to put it another way, instead of spending 70k on a high end TV, isn't one better off spending 50k on a TV and 30k on a high quality inverter that will be safe for the TV?

 

[shanmune]

Hi Just4kix,

I was making a slightly different point. I was talking more about how long different model TVs will run on an inverter. Isn't it a significant advantage to have a TV that will run for 7 hrs vs 2 hrs on your inverter?

For example, I remember that in Pune, there used to be a scheduled power outage every Thursday for 4 hours. In summertime, the power cuts were often worse. In fact, many or most cities have significantly worse power cuts, scheduled and unscheduled. Exception perhaps goes to certain parts of Mumbai.

To paraphrase Agent Smith from The Matrix - what use is a TV if you cannot even see?

Shanmune, you might be right, but what does one do when faced with routine power cuts? TV is the main source of entertainment, and if it is not so, why are people spending so much money on a TV to begin with? Or to put it another way, instead of spending 70k on a high end TV, isn't one better off spending 50k on a TV and 30k on a high quality inverter that will be safe for the TV?

Frankly speaking, I do not have any answer for your questions. I completely agree with you. That is what the condition of our country is in today where you get good product, but you might not have a good operating environment. One example I can give is - Couple of years back, I got a new car hoping that I would keep it as clean as possible, but since I live in India, it went the opposite way. Within a week, some guys made scratches and dents on my car and I was so disappointed on why I bought the car. I even thought of not taking my car within the city, but then I moved on with the reality. This is the problem in India and nothing we can do. Like we need to become more tolerable to all the problems (corruption, bad roads, bad civic sense even among urban people, bad road driving, frequent power outages, etc) and live with the reality. Any way, I am not bashing about India, but then I only wanted to highlight the reality.

 

[Dirac]

To paraphrase Agent Smith from The Matrix - what use is a TV if you cannot even see?

A bit of an exagerration I feel!
So, should somebody avoid plasma because it cannot run more than 7 hours on inverter?
Will anybody cut his feet because the shoe is small?:lol:

 

[chintan]

I need a 50 inch plasma TV for around 60000,
Panasonic has one model in the X series and LG has 2 models.
Which one should I buy?

50" X 50 Is Around 50500..