Another set of Myths and false propoganda by dealers to get higher margins for themselves...
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largely because I allowed myself to get convinced by the dealer
1. plasma consumes more power and is a bit fatter
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-ST- Depends on what you watch. LCD consumes more for full black picture, whereas Plasma consumes more for full white. Overall for general viewing there is not much difference between the two.
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2. lcd is cooler on the eye (my impression)
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-ST- Exactly opposite. The high brightness of LCDs cause more eye strain.
Can;t blame you, as I myself thought that way after spending hours on LCD laptop. But when researching on this topic further (for my kids eyes sake) I realized how wrong I was!
There have been quantitative studies done which prove Plasmas are much less strain on eyes than LCD.
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3. I simply liked the lcd a lot ( this is purely personal because it looks damn good and very stylish!)
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-ST- They look good in showroom (very bright environment), but compare it at home and the difference is evident. In low brightness, at night, while watching dark scenes the details completely get washed out. (the backlight behind the LCD is always ON). Style and picture quality are two different things. Then there are plasmas which would take pants of LCD's in terms of style.
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4. then everyone said plasma screens are going out of the market over the next year or two - and one buys an expensive tv about once in 5 -7 years unless one is a zillionaire which im not
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-ST- That may be true as Plasma TVs are more expensive to produce than LCDs and that is why it makes more business sense for companies to produce and PUSH LCD by givving fatter margins to the dealer. But at the end it is the Plasma which offers the better picture quality
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5. now also after your enlightening post, I went last night and watched a golf DVD and enjoyed it - also watching IPL is great fun
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-ST- Possibly true. But really speaking you don;t really realize what you are missing, till you experience the better stuff
Disclaimer - I do not own either LCD or Plasma... still with good old fat CRT