Which TV? (1 Viewer)

[tegguy]

Ok guys I am having a tough choice. I need help. Which tv would you go with?

52" KBR6 for 1500
50" Panasonic (TH-50PZ800U) for 1000

Will be used in a bed room for everything: Movies, gaming, possibly blu ray

 

[Gregg Loewen]

hi
I think you mean the XBR6 (Sony). ??
LCD vs plasma are very different animals.
LCDs tend to do better in rooms with less lighting control as they are brighter and historically dont have as good of black level as plasmas do.
If in a bedroom, i would think it would be used for evening / night viewing so most likely a plasma would do well and cause less eye strain.

YMMV,
Gregg

 

[Rolando]

In your opinion Gregg, if he intends to do a lot of gaming would recommend the LCd over the plasma due to possible burn in? or if watching a lot of SD content not stretched?

 

[Gregg Loewen]

tough choice....lack of burn in vs motion lag / judder.

 

[amacsteeze]

The new panasonics have a specific gaming mode that reduces the chance of burn-in substantially do they not?

 

[Rolando]

reduces is good but I won't feel comfortable until I hear an announcement for eliminates risk of burn in.
Video games is not a big deal but watching 4:3 material is still un-avoidable so that is a big burn in worry for me.

 

[Brent Hutto]

Buy a decent plasma TV (Panasonic, Pioneer, etc.), hook it up, watch whatever you like on it. The whole burn-in thing is totally an Internet myth. Yes you can permanently burn out pixels on a plasma television but not by playing video games for a few hours here or there and certainly not by watching 4:3 format TV programs. I don't know why people feel the need to propagate this stuff.

It may have been an issue with some very early plasma displays and it is no doubt possible to cause burn-in by displaying aircraft departures or playing a demo loop 24/7 in torch mode. But it just isn't something that happens to people using a television as a television in a normal home environment. All those reports are friend-of-a-friend-saw-it-once sort of stuff.