zelig2
05-20-2007, 11:39 PM
The wife has given approval to find a new tv for the house. I've got a person willing to give me $500 for my 65" Mitsubishi Diamond CRT RPTV HDTV. It's a fantastic set in terms of quality but the wife really wants some of our living room back not to mention due to the size of the tv it only fits in one location and that requires the couch to cover the fireplace (which has never been used). We're hoping to redo the living room so the new tv will be above the fireplace. For a while I was narrowing my choices down to either the Sharp Aquos 46" D82 model or the Samsung 4661 model, both being LCDs.
Well recently I've started taking a shine to plasmas. I never considered them mainly due to the stigma they had during their earlier years. But after watching lots of video on LCDs I'm not a big fan of the backlighting and motion blur that I constantly see (even on the 120Hz screens). It just doesn't look as smooth as the image coming from a plasma. I'll be sitting about 11 feet from the tv set. I'm thinking a 50" will fit without too much trouble above the fireplace mantle. Looking at the chart on the endgadgetHD site here (http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-distance-to-screen-size/) I can't benefit from 1080p. Only if I move up to about 7' from the screen would my good eye be able to gain any more information. The two plasmas I've been looking at are from Panasonic (TH-50PX77U & TH-50PZ700U). The 77U has a sweet anti-glare that makes the surface look similar to LCD monitors which would be a nice bonus as I'm tire of super glossy screens in my living room. The 700U adds 1080p but looses some contrast. In the order of what's most important in terms of video image quality resolution is about 4th on the list. A better looking image is more important to me than a higher resolution image.
Does anyone have experience personally with any of these sets or can make any recommendation?
Well recently I've started taking a shine to plasmas. I never considered them mainly due to the stigma they had during their earlier years. But after watching lots of video on LCDs I'm not a big fan of the backlighting and motion blur that I constantly see (even on the 120Hz screens). It just doesn't look as smooth as the image coming from a plasma. I'll be sitting about 11 feet from the tv set. I'm thinking a 50" will fit without too much trouble above the fireplace mantle. Looking at the chart on the endgadgetHD site here (http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-distance-to-screen-size/) I can't benefit from 1080p. Only if I move up to about 7' from the screen would my good eye be able to gain any more information. The two plasmas I've been looking at are from Panasonic (TH-50PX77U & TH-50PZ700U). The 77U has a sweet anti-glare that makes the surface look similar to LCD monitors which would be a nice bonus as I'm tire of super glossy screens in my living room. The 700U adds 1080p but looses some contrast. In the order of what's most important in terms of video image quality resolution is about 4th on the list. A better looking image is more important to me than a higher resolution image.
Does anyone have experience personally with any of these sets or can make any recommendation?