Greg - you might want to check out this article... http://www.cnet.com.au/tvs/0,239035250,240036500,00.htm
Looks like Plamsa being better for gaming is old news. I have a 32 inch LCD from Viewsonic that has a greta picture and features, but it does have a serious problem with overheating (and switching off) - something I am going to bring it in to get worked on under warranty. -Cameron On 11/19/06, alan mansfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Duane, you said "You might want to verify this but a salesman at a local > store mentioned that gaming on a plasma tv shortens its life. In my case the > plasma as way more expensive than the lcd I was looking at ..." > > I've gamed on just about all the HDTV formats and you just can't beat plasma > if you're into fast action. Chess and other slow strategy games run fine on > LCD flat screens, but scenarios requiring super speed really suffer from > LCD's inherently slow screen refresh rates. Because plasma paints a picture > on phosphors rather than lighting up pixels one at a time, there is no > refresh rate time lag. I've also never heard that the life expectancy of > plasmas, or any other screen types, is affected by the content of the > programming -- games, movies, football, slide shows -- they're all a series > of electical zeros and ones to any digital display, the set really doesn't > know (and if it did, it probably wouldn't care) whether you're playing a > game, watching the morning farm report or wondering what stupid thing was > going to happen next on Desperate Housewives. > > I am very puzzled about your remark on pricing. Are you sure you weren't > looking a rear-projection LCD set? Like DLP models, those are basically entry > level HDTV receivers generally priced lower than plasmas. Flat-panel LCDs > however, largely because of the high failure rate and consequent huge > warranty costs, are almost always much more expensive than same-size plasmas. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
