RRUGG
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Advantages and disadvantages of each??? Thanks
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Here's a real good article from CNET. You can also Google "Plasma vs LCD" and find additional articles. We're also in the "evaluation and discovery" phase of buying a HD TV. Good luck, it can be confusing out there.
Plasma vs. LCD
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I thought that plasma had a problem at high altitudes.
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sch911
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Are you asking for RV use?
If so LCD is the real winner. Ignoring the picture quality advantages and disadvantages Plasma's are made up of a large piece of glass, and while some folks do have them in their RV's they are way heavy, and are far more fragile than LCD's. Go with an LCD for the road.....
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any plasma tv is really heavy from the sheet of glass it has. that there purposes a problem in mounting in an rv, or at least in ours.
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The last time i looked at them, the LCD was better in terms of looking at it from a side angle. The requirement to be almost directly in front of the screen was more true for the plasma.
Perhaps the plasma technology has improved since I last looked at them.
Assuming this is true, the a screen mounted in the front of a MH or TT would work about as well for both LCD and plasma. Mounted on a side wall then the LCD might be better.
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Wayne, I think you've got it backwards....LCD is more positional sensitive than Plasma. At any rate, the Plasma (57" Panasonic) I have in the house is pretty heavy, but what a beautiful picture! LCD would be the way to go in a mobile rig....IMHO.
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lynndiwagon wrote:Wayne, I think you've got it backwards....LCD is more positional sensitive than Plasma. At any rate, the Plasma (57" Panasonic) I have in the house is pretty heavy, but what a beautiful picture! LCD would be the way to go in a mobile rig....IMHO.
Nope, Wayne has it right. Plasmas are extremely position sensitive because of the reflective glass on the front of them.
I would think that a Plasma would be a no-no in an rv due to the bumps and shocks of going down the road. One good ride on I-10 in Louisiana and I could see 60" of the solid glass on a plasma breaking.
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LCD's usually use less energy than plasmas.
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From Consumer Reports Magazine:
Decide which flat-panel technology you prefer
LCD
Choose if you want a thin, lightweight TV that comes in a range of sizes.
Common screen sizes 23 to 45 inches.
Pros Slim LCDs are the lightest type of TV. Even sets with 40-inch-plus screens weigh only 50 pounds or so, half as much as a 42-inch plasma TV. The best LCDs have excellent picture quality. Native screen resolution tends to be higher than for a similar-sized plasma set, which allows for finer detail. An antireflective surface makes an LCD TV a good choice for bright settings. Data for several major brands raise no repair concerns for the first year or two of use, but long-term reliability is not known.
Cons Most LCD TVs still haven’t caught up with plasmas for viewing angle, color accuracy, and the ability to display the deepest blacks, although the best LCD sets have made strides on all those fronts. Some sets have difficulty displaying the gradations of subtle shading smoothly.
What’s next Expect to see more LCD sets with a resolution of 1080p next year. Also watch for LCD sets with LED, rather than fluorescent, backlights. LED backlights offer the potential for more consistent picture quality over the life of the set and more accurate colors.
PLASMA
Choose if you want a thin TV with a 42-inch or larger screen.
Common screen sizes 42 to 50 inches; more 55- to 65-inch models arriving.
Pros Plasma TVs can do better than LCD TVs at displaying vibrant, accurate colors and can render almost as deep a black as a picture-tube TV. The best are capable of excellent picture quality. There’s no limit to the viewing angle, so you can watch the set from anywhere in a room without degrading quality. Plasma TVs are thin, but relatively heavy--a 42-inch set weighs about 100 pounds.
Cons The shiny surface of a plasma TV screen can create annoying reflections, and static images displayed for a long period of time--such as video games or stock tickers--can burn in. However, more models have antireflective coatings and features to minimize burn-in. Plasma TVs tend to display more of the screen-door effect (visible pixel structure) than LCD sets. Some sets have difficulty displaying the gradations of subtle shading smoothly. Data for several major brands raise no repair concerns for the first year or two of use, though long-term reliability is still not known, as with LCD sets.
What’s next We expect to see the first 1080p plasma TVs arrive during 2007. It’s likely that plasma TV makers will introduce more 50-inch and larger sets now that LCD models have entered the 40-inch-plus market.
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