I'm sick and tired of my 32" Sony Trinitron (darn thing just won't die...15 years old). I am ready to jump on the flat panel bandwagon and am really torn about the LCD vs Plasma issue.
My room does have some light coming in but it's from a window that is covered by a flat roof over the back porch...and on top of that 95% of my TV watching is at night...so I'm not worried about reflected light being an issue.
I'm looking at the Samsung PN58A550. We really feel 58" is as small as we want to go which definitely lends itself to plasma to save some $$$. (Do they make many LCDs over 52"...only see two 65" at Bestbuy.com)
My real concern about all this is that I'm going to put in a Windows Media PC in the living room and the plasma will be used as the monitor. Now I won't be using the plasma for a computer all that often...maybe a few hours a week at the most. But when I'm using it I don't want to be worrying for those few hours that I'm damaging the TV. There are some obvious things I'll do like setting a screen saver at 10 minutes or so. But what if I'm using a program (any program...but take Google Earth as an example) for an hour or more...while I may be zooming around the world for most of the screen...the top bar will stay a consistent image (as it would using any program typically). That is where I'm worried about image retention/burn in.
I know this use to be more of a problem (as posts here from 2005 state) but it's my understanding that plasmas have gotten better about this.
I know this is a debatable subject but I'd love to hear from anyone using a plasma with a computer and hear how its working out for them.
Thanks
My room does have some light coming in but it's from a window that is covered by a flat roof over the back porch...and on top of that 95% of my TV watching is at night...so I'm not worried about reflected light being an issue.
I'm looking at the Samsung PN58A550. We really feel 58" is as small as we want to go which definitely lends itself to plasma to save some $$$. (Do they make many LCDs over 52"...only see two 65" at Bestbuy.com)
My real concern about all this is that I'm going to put in a Windows Media PC in the living room and the plasma will be used as the monitor. Now I won't be using the plasma for a computer all that often...maybe a few hours a week at the most. But when I'm using it I don't want to be worrying for those few hours that I'm damaging the TV. There are some obvious things I'll do like setting a screen saver at 10 minutes or so. But what if I'm using a program (any program...but take Google Earth as an example) for an hour or more...while I may be zooming around the world for most of the screen...the top bar will stay a consistent image (as it would using any program typically). That is where I'm worried about image retention/burn in.
I know this use to be more of a problem (as posts here from 2005 state) but it's my understanding that plasmas have gotten better about this.
I know this is a debatable subject but I'd love to hear from anyone using a plasma with a computer and hear how its working out for them.
Thanks
