Plasma or LCD for gaming

[ragboy]

Its still available at that price. I didn't need one, but it was so low, I bought it for my parents.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05775528000P

[akdoc]

I have the exact same Panasonic plasma but the 42" size and I love it!

[Fit to be Tige]

OK, so got my Panasonic 50" hooked up to the Comcast HD box and the picture is unbelievable. For what we watch (sports, wii video games, movies from on-demand) it is a no-brainer. I stood at Sears and carefully studied the 1080 vs. the 720 I purchased, side by side, and could not tell the difference.

That said, if you are going to get into Blue Ray, then go for it. Spend the extra $$. To me it just wasn't worth it, I just couldn't tell the difference. Pretty slick way for the electronics companies to get you to spend more money and keep the prices up.

[ragboy]

y, most people don't believe me, but 1080P is not necessary at that size, which makes that TV a steal, because it does the other things so well. Go for the perfect blacks, and the accurate reproduction of color, which the panasonic plasmas are known for, over 1080P, and you won't be dissapointed.

I have 1080p now, but I also have a 125" screen, and at that size, there is a slight difference. Even then, not much.

[dogbert]

y, most people don't believe me, but 1080P is not necessary at that size, which makes that TV a steal, because it does the other things so well. Go for the perfect blacks, and the accurate reproduction of color, which the panasonic plasmas are known for, over 1080P, and you won't be dissapointed.

I have 1080p now, but I also have a 125" screen, and at that size, there is a slight difference. Even then, not much.

I believe you're right, but I think the real difference is noticeable at TVs 50" and above. I can always tell whenever the input is 720p vs. 1080i/p on my 57" DLP Mitsubishi, especially when looking at shows on the Discovery Channel (which are recorded in 1080p...most TV shows are 720p).

I did buy our kids their own 32" LCD HDTV a while back and it's 720p. I think you're probably ok with 720p up to about 42" or so. After that you'll be able to tell the difference.

On mine, I can't tell any difference between 1080p and 1080i.

[jwanck11]

I ended up with a 52" Sammy LCD 7 series. Set it up last night and watched Terminator 2 and Mission Impossible 3 both in HD. I was so close to the 50" plasma, but ultimately glare would have been an huge issue under normal circumstances.

Couple of things:
The picture clarity is crazy good

There is definitely motion blur issues at times even with 120Hz (240 has been announced) It will be interesting to watch football and see how pronounced the issues are.

The default settings actually hurt my eyes! I found the contrast was set at 95! and the colors were all overly vivid with the accent being to red. OUCH! That got fixed in a hurry.

The inputs were on the other side of all of my components ( )

For our room, it is probably a lil big. We view from ~15 feet away, but I aint gonna take it back.

It came with a Sammy blue ray player that cost 100. I am looking forward to watching a movie to see the difference.

Thanks everyone for the advice!!!

[ragboy]

1080i/p is different. Because the interlaced signal makes the picture worse. Also, Dish and comcast/cable, you also have HEAVY compression artifacts. The best test is to use a good bluray disc, running 1080p, and switch from 720p to 1080p. Or connect to a computer, and download a good Quicktime Movie trailer in 720p and 1080p, and watch them, very tough to distinguish. Even on my huge screen, watching appleTV 720p is almost indistinguishable from bluray 1080p. You can see the difference, but its very minor.

[philwsailz]

I agree