[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread funkstar
Everyone likes something different, but I may as well chip in anyway :) I prefer Plasma screens as the are brighter, have better colours and motion is a lot smoother on them. Admitedly there are very few 37inch plasmas, i think Panasonic are about the only ones that make/sell them, and they are

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread oreillymj
I have a 42 Plasma which is less than 1 year old. I was very careful with the screen as they are very prone to burn-in during the first 200 hours of operation. Despite that I have a thumbprint sized mark on the screen which may have been made by the splash screen of a DVD player which takes a

Re: [slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread Rod Savard
LCD screens can also suffer from burn-in too. No way.. that's impossible with LCD technology. However, they can suffer from temporary image retention. It is far from permanent, like burn-in is. -Rod ___ discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread funkstar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor_burn-in Wrote: LCD type displays exhibit this same phenomenon, although the mechanics of the image retention are different. In the case of LCD displays, the liquid crystal molecules which convert the white backlight to color as it passes through the

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
I'm curious, are dead/defective pixels a problem with LCD HDTVs? There was quite a discussion of this regarding computer monitors but I have not seen anything regarding HDTVs. It would bug the crap out of me to have a dark pixel, or worse, one that was stuck red as sometimes occurs with

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-22 Thread shabbs
There are a few different technologies out there: LCD, Plasma, Rear Projection LCD, DLP and LCOS. They each have their own strenghts and weaknesses in various areas (screen door effect of RPLCD if you are too close, rainbow effects of DLPs etc...). You need to find the one that fits you best and

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-21 Thread Maditude
Well, personally, I like the LCD's, cuz they run a whole lot cooler and use a lot less electricity. Slashdot just had an article discussing this very subject... http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/08/20/1526201.shtml -- Maditude

[slim] Re: OT: HDTV advice?

2006-08-21 Thread oktup
I've found lots of useful stuff at AVforums - http://www.avforums.com/forums/index.php - it's UK-centric but there's probably much there that would be of interest. -- oktup oktup's Profile: