Plasma vs LCD for gaming : Plasma wins.

After testing on numerous displays, plasma is the clear winner. I own 3 lcd's and 1 plasma. I always steered clear from plasmas, From what I heard about "burn-in". I was ignorant. Needless to say today's plasmas are SO resistant. I have played Halo for 5 hours a day for 3 months and have experienced NOTHING. It's honestly a thing of the past. Not to mention plasmas always beat LCD's in picture quality. My lcd's are so drap in comparison. The color difference is night and day. When you take it home and first see it , your jaws will drop. Trust me.

Basically playing on a plasma is like playing on your old CRT.

Plasma

Pros

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-very low input lag (I cannot stress enough the difference from an lcd, FPS games really makes a difference people.)

-richer colors, much higher native contrast

-very deep blacks (ever play Resident Evil 5 on a plasma? Now you can see when your playing a dark level!)

-smooth motion (2000x faster than lcd)

-cheaper than LCDs.

-the tv tech for 3D television

-No viewing angle

Cons

-Image retention ( but you would have to leave it on the screen for days and days to burn-in. Burn in is the past.)

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LCD (LED is LCD, just using different bulbs)

Pros

-Better if you have a room that directs sunlight directly on your tv

-Never have to worry about burn in

Cons

-high input lag in today's LCDS. (the 120hz and 240hzs tv's are HORRIBLE when it comes to input lag. They havve to do so much processing to make up for the motion blur.

-Motion blur. Yes 120hz and 240hz tv's rid of it a great deal, but the input lag just ruins any chance of playing games without blur. Your stuck with the motion blur on games.

-Colors are not as good as plasma. (some sets look nice, but any phosper based tech delivers so much more colors.

-Viewing angles (turning gray when you go to the side.)

Good LCD tvs will feature input lag calibration, and I don't know where you got your motion stat (2000 times faster????) but LCDs are pretty fast. Yes, plasmas DO feature more contrast, deeper blacks, and improved viewing angle, but IMHO, the difference is negligible. I do like the deeper blacks, that's nice, but contrast ratios are adequate for all but the cheapest sets, and who wants to view a TV from 85 degrees from center anyway?

I love my 1080p, 8ms response time LCD set.

Oh and have you seen what the new LEDS look like?? SEXY!!!! I wants.

Good LCD tvs will feature input lag calibration, and I don't know where you got your motion stat (2000 times faster????) but LCDs are pretty fast. Yes, plasmas DO feature more contrast, deeper blacks, and improved viewing angle, but IMHO, the difference is negligible. I do like the deeper blacks, that's nice, but contrast ratios are adequate for all but the cheapest sets, and who wants to view a TV from 85 degrees from center anyway?

I love my 1080p, 8ms response time LCD set.

Oh and have you seen what the new LEDS look like?? SEXY!!!! I wants.

my_mortal_coil

Dont forget LCD's are Cheaper , Use less Power and Last aLot Longer- and there has been talk of Phasing Out Plasma for those reasons.

EDIT: New York Times "Article"

There are plasmas out there with just as much input lag as a typical LCD. Samsung plasmas are know for this. You old CRT still beats plasma in response time and black levels and colour accuracy if that is what your worried about.

Dont forget LCD's are Cheaper , Use less Power and Last aLot Longer- and there has been talk of Phasing Out Plasma for those reasons.

EDIT: New York Times "Article"

Xsan3

no matter what type of tv were talking about
(lcd or plasma) there are certain thinkgs you have to look at. if you have an LCD 1080p that "refreshes" at 120hz, v.s. a 720p plasma that "refreshes" at 600hz, the plasmas gonna win hands down. they also say though that the best day of a plasmas life is the day you turn it on, afterwards it starts to dimminish, you wont notice it at forst, but over time you will...as with anything i guess. Anyway its not so cut and dry, you have to look at size of the tv v.s. size of the room, type of tv, brand, 720p or 1080p, whats the refresh rate. there are many aspects to deciding which tv is best

I also own 2 LCD's, and as a rule of thumb steered away from plasma tv's.

Well, i found a great deal on a 42" Panasonic from Best Buy and decided to go for it. Wow. PLASMA FTW all day long. All i can say really.

BTW i have a Samsung and Sony LCD, and they do look nice. Plasma though...KILLS IT.

I also own 2 LCD's, and as a rule of thumb steered away from plasma tv's.

Well, i found a great deal on a 42" Panasonic from Best Buy and decided to go for it. Wow. PLASMA FTW all day long. All i can say really.

BTW i have a Samsung and Sony LCD, and they do look nice. Plasma though...KILLS IT.

hawk549

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I also own 2 LCD's, and as a rule of thumb steered away from plasma tv's.

Well, i found a great deal on a 42" Panasonic from Best Buy and decided to go for it. Wow. PLASMA FTW all day long. All i can say really.

BTW i have a Samsung and Sony LCD, and they do look nice. Plasma though...KILLS IT.

LJSEXAY

But we can agree that there is a difference right?

Anyway, the biggest rule of thumb is too never go by the displays you see in stores.

In my experience, the plasma's colors all pop beautifully. The LCD display looks good, but i always felt the colors were a tad stale and washed. On the plamsa, they are vibrant and rich. Also, the contrast is amazing....the deeper blacks stand out with such detail.

[QUOTE="LJSEXAY"][QUOTE="hawk549"]

I also own 2 LCD's, and as a rule of thumb steered away from plasma tv's.

Well, i found a great deal on a 42" Panasonic from Best Buy and decided to go for it. Wow. PLASMA FTW all day long. All i can say really.

BTW i have a Samsung and Sony LCD, and they do look nice. Plasma though...KILLS IT.

hawk549

But we can agree that there is a difference right?

Anyway, the biggest rule of thumb is too never go by the displays you see in stores.

In my experience, the plasma's colors all pop beautifully. The LCD display looks good, but i always felt the colors were a tad stale and washed. On the plamsa, they are vibrant and rich. Also, the contrast is amazing....the deeper blacks stand out with such detail.

[QUOTE="hawk549"]

[QUOTE="LJSEXAY"] Eh...I've seen them side by side is stores and it's not a drastic difference.LJSEXAY

But we can agree that there is a difference right?

Anyway, the biggest rule of thumb is too never go by the displays you see in stores.

In my experience, the plasma's colors all pop beautifully. The LCD display looks good, but i always felt the colors were a tad stale and washed. On the plamsa, they are vibrant and rich. Also, the contrast is amazing....the deeper blacks stand out with such detail.

well, yea like anything a quality model FTW over a cheaper model.

What about OLED?dramaybaz

only one on the market is from sony its 11 intches and costs 2499.99

DLP> All, we get to laugh at everyone with their "Awesome flat panels" while we have 65/73/82'' TVs :lol: Never owned an LCD, but let me give you the cons of a plasma HOT! Heat up a room very well, great if you live in a cold weather city Electricity, they can suck up to 500Watts Buzz, noticeable buzzing sound coming from the TV Whites are not that great, so you can never get an "LCD Pop" type of picture, but you can have a more natural picture and better blacks. Image retention is bogus and doesn't even happen anymore, not sure why TC brought it up. Also Pro-Tip: Don't compare TVs in stores....X360PS3AMD05

dlp is cool but no one sells them anymore. plus you need to replace the lamp on them. even the led lamps only last 20,000 hours a new plasma will last 100,000

Yeah I think plasma's are better also.

HOT! Heat up a room very well.X360PS3AMD05

Maybe true with older gen Plasma, but mine never gets above warm. I mean like barely warm.

My LCD has deep blacks, I was playing Condemned once and in that part in the beginning where that one detectives light goes out I couldn't see a thing.

Plasma TV wins, LCD computer screen wins.

My LCD has deep blacks, I was playing Condemned once and in that part in the beginning where that one detectives light goes out I couldn't see a thing.

metroidprime55

Thats just it.

When i saw the same thing on my plasma, i could see the all of the details that were otherwise totally gone.