LCD - any motion blur free?

[cassidy]

Originally Posted by Alan CD

Hi
I'm carefully staying very clear of pros and cons of plasma/LCD for reasons you are now fully aware of. The only thing I will touch on is image retention, apparently LCD screens can also suffer from this (so I've read, but I have my doubts).

Regards
Alan

Hope you dont think, I have it in for you But image retention does happen with LCD's I know from first hand experience as my Samsung 27" model suffered terribly. Now it was used for TV and PC and a lot of gaming and it was the gaming that caused it for me.

It first occured when the TV was 18 months old and GH2 caused the words ROCK to remain on the screen for about 3 hrs after the game was switched off and since the first occurance it started to happen with lots of games with HUD's and the like.

I'm not pro-con LCD/Plasma in the slightest but I go with the recommendation for the Sony 40" KDL 40V4000. Got one myself last week and IMO its a wonderful piece of kit, and I cant notice the slightest bit of now I've turned off the advanced picture settings options that I can never remember.

[Nielo TM]

LCDs also suffer from IR and 'burn-ins'. But it's not as common.



Anyway, OP, as I've said before, you are asking a bit much for the budget atm.


There are only two options: The Sony 40V4000 and TH-42PX80B.


On the other hand, you could wait for the newer 2009 models.



PS: Take a high-motion progressive source with you to a store and test it. The dead or alive 4 HD 60p trailer is a good choice. But I think you may need to convert that to AVC/H.264, so that it can be played on standard BD players. Also, make sure to learn the functions of each settings beforehand.

[BYF]

Originally Posted by janz70

Sorry, I should provide a little info shouldnt I

Looking for a 40 to 42" screen
Main seating position is directly opposite approx 14 feet away. we do have a sofa at 90' to the screen but thats for guests so not that important
Budget is only £600 max and I would like to get a warranty with that but if its not needed more money for TV
I Have no HD sources at present so mainly watch all TV through the ordinary Sky SD box.
I also only have DVD - no Blueray - no point till I get a TV that can manage HD
Full HD not that important if Im right in thinking that at 14 to 15 feet I wont notice a difference
Do a fair bit of gaming (on wii) - thinking about getting a PS3 eventually (for B/ray and gaming)
Watch a fair bit of sport (mainly football) but mostly watch fast paced films (I watch a lot on DVD)

The thing is most places I've been to have BBC HD on which looks good on all sets but it would wouldnt it.

My friend has been singing the praises of the LG scarlets and I must admit thier plasmas (especially 42PG6000) look mighty fine indeed but the burn and Image rentention bothers me a little.

Hope this helps a little

With that budget and those viewing habits/sources the Panasonic Plasma
PX80 will be very hard to beat for all round picture quality, plus they handle motion very well, better than most LCD's in that price bracket.

Link to review
Panasonic TH42PX80 Review: 42” Viera 24p 100Hz Plasma

The 42 inch has been available for under £600 recently.

The only thing I will ask is what is your viewing environment like, is it a very bright sunny room, with large windows?

[janz70]

The room is about 16' long, door and partition wall at one end (where TV will go) and large full width window at the other which is south facing and about 10 to 12" wide.
Front room window is north facing so even though it is almost the full room width it is never very bright.

[Gladstonscrewer]

Deffo agree that for football pic i would go for a panasonic plasma, if you can i would try and get into a shop when you know there is a football match on live & get them to play it for you on both lcd and plasma, i know that maybe a bit awkward for them & maybe for you but Currys did it for me , only, thing was there was no football on when i did it,( my mistake ).....anyway good luck.

From what i have seen for football in SD plasma is better than Lcd.

I hope my words dont get twisted by anyone this post was puerly meant to help Janz & not offend anyone.