Tootingyellow
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I am a very confused consumer looking for a 40-46in tv. Is it not accepted that Plasmas offer a better pitcure than LCDs on screens 40+ inches?
I am a very confused consumer looking for a 40-46in tv. Is it not accepted that Plasmas offer a better pitcure than LCDs on screens 40+ inches?
I fell asleep watching my LCD last night; if that had been a plasma, it would now be covered in burn-in. That is why people choose LCDs.
What do you think the "off timer" is for?I fall asleep pretty much every night with my plasma on & I've never got screenburn on it yet...
What I would say is - all the technical and theoretical data is meaningless if someone prefers the look of one over the other.
The trick is detecting when someone is, or isn't watching. Burn-in can occur from on-screen logos. They are there whether you're watching or not. Games can present static elements and yet can carry on moving images without user input. It might be annoying if your TV kept turning itself off every 10 minutes. But then, you could put an option to disable the mechanism in the menu somewhere. Back to sq.1, I think....are tv makers not clever enough to build in a little technology that would switch the thing into standby if the screen was inactive for, say 10 mins?..
By most people it is, especially over on the plasma section of the forum!
Now that Panasonic has two lines of 42" and 50" full-HD plasmas on the market, and another to come before X-mas, the argument for large LCDs is even harder to make. They even have anti-glare screens, so they diffuse reflections like an LCD.
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