Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Thu Oct 15 09:11:20 CDT 2009
YOU decide to stretch or not stretch when the content is not 16x9. Many people feel that bigger is better even if it's distorted. Others dislike the distortion. I generally just avoid the narrow format content for the most part. Are you going to be connecting to cable or satellite or watching over the air via antenna? Or mostly DVD's? Pretty much all the prime time network stuff is wide screen now. I use cable and we have about 50 High Definition wide screen channels and I tend to stick to those about 95% of the time. There are some sporting events - Minnesota Gopher Hockey in particular - that I still have to resort to narrow screen content on. Or did last year. I am hoping that they go HD this year. Once you taste the HD content you won't want to go back to "regular" TV. LCD uses less electricity. LCD is much LIGHTER in weight for the same size screen. LCD is a bit brighter. Plasma has more "true colors" that match the movie theater picture supposedly. Plasma is a bit cheaper in the same size screen. I personally wouldn't go to the store thinking you want one or the other. First decide the SIZE you want. Then go at least one bigger ;-) Then go and see what your choices are. Chances are you won't need to decide between the two formats. If you want begger than 40inches or if you will be doing blue ray DVD's, you should only consider 1080P & 120Hz. Maybe that is all that you can find now anyway. When we bought our 40" Sony we went with 720P because I was told that at 40 inches and below you can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080P. We are very happy with the 720P picture. My 62Inch DLP is 1080i as that was all that was availaible in 2004. 1080P came out later or if it was out then it was prohibitively expensive. Most TV's now do 1080P though so that probably won't be a decision point for you. How big it the TV you are planning to replace? I would say you should find out how TALL that picture is and then look for a TV that has a screen at least that same height regardless of the diagonol numbers on either. For the most part though, especially for those of us with weakening eyesight, bigger IS better. Oh, and one further thing..... don't forget about SOUND...... If you don't have a surround sound system, you definately should look at those as well when you are buying the TV. If' you've only been using the TV speakers with the old TV you WILL BE AMAZED what even a chinsy surround system will do for your viewing experience. Center channel, reat channel, subwoofer. Good stuff. GK On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > So it sounds like LCD over plasma. Yes? > > And a toss up between Samsung and Sony although Samsung seems to have a > slight edge in our unofficial poll. > > Now, another thing I've seen on these TVs - the aspect ratio is fercockt - > flattened out, regular picture stretched to fit the wider screen. What's up > with that? > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Alice Whalen > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:20 PM > To: Off Topic > Subject: Re: [dba-OT] [dba-Tech] LCD vs Plasma > > I have heard that plasmas are being phased out. Gravity has it's drawbacks, > evidently. > > Alice >> Well it sounds like Samsung has the inside track on these lists. >> Still can't figure LCD vs. plasma (vs. LED?). The room is bright in >> the daytime, dark at night (no surprise there). I suppose we'd watch at > night mostly. >> >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid >> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:19 PM >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] LCD vs Plasma >> >> I have a 52" Samsung 120Hz LCD and love it. Had it about 4 months now. >> >> Bobby >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max >> Wanadoo >> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:30 PM >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] LCD vs Plasma >> >> Rocky, >> >> I have a 50" Plasma from Samsung. >> It is fantastic. Had it for about 18 months now. >> >> As well as the other stuff that people have pointed out, there is a >> 2xfactor in refresh rate between the two but I cannot recall which is > faster. >> >> All I know is that I have never regretted buying my Samsung. >> >> Max >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky >> Smolin >> Sent: 14 October 2009 21:10 >> To: 'Off Topic'; List >> Subject: [dba-Tech] LCD vs Plasma >> >> Dear Lists: >> >> I'm getting some pressure to upgrade our big TV to a flat screen. >> Looked at a few in Frys the other day. So what's the difference >> between LCD and plasma? Which one to get? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-OT mailing list >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-OT mailing list > dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com