What's The Future Technology for Plasma & LCD?

I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?
Steve

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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with
selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want
now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?


TV display technology hasn't changed much really and there is no great
need to change. So if there is something new, you probably would not be
able to afford it for several years since new tech is always more
expensive than current tech.

Buy whatever you want today and be happy. Both plasma and LCD designs
have their benefits, so buy the type that suites your specific needs and
enjoy.

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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?


TV display technology hasn't changed much really and there is no great
need to change. So if there is something new, you probably would not be
able to afford it for several years since new tech is always more
expensive than current tech.

Buy whatever you want today and be happy. Both plasma and LCD designs have
their benefits, so buy the type that suites your specific needs and enjoy.


Good points, you can't live your life based on promises of new technology or
price drops, sooner or later you have to bite the bullet and buy something
and just sit back and enjoy it. My plasma can be had now for half of what I
paid for it two years ago...big deal, it still looks marvelous and I've had
the pleasure of watching TV and movies on it for a couple of years, that's
worth something. I think both plasma and LCD will be with us for a while
now, and will probably eat into rear projection DLP/LCD sales as prices
continue to drop on flat panels. If you are trying to decide on a tv, and
true flat panel sexiness comes at the same price as bulkier rear projection,
lots of people choose the sexy flat panel. Toshiba is threatening to release
TVs based on SED technology that allegedly rival CRTs for contrast, but who
knows when they will really hit, and when they will really be perfected
enough to be a good bet. Once again, hard to wait for a marketing promise
when you could be enjoying something now.

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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?
Steve


Netsel,

I like both the plasma & LCD screens, but I think that it all depends on how
you watch TV, movies, etc. As I get older, my eyesight requires more & more
contrast. Therefore, I like the plasma because it seems to be the brightest
picture. Also, with LCD, if you cannot sit essentially in the 'sweet spot'
(i.e. near the middle of the screen) then you will have successive darkening
the wider you go. This has been improved significantly for LCD in the past
few years, but for me the plasma gives good brightness at all angles.

For me, the big issue is: do I want to spend $2-3K on a TV to watch more &
more commercials? I can only watch just so many movies. Even sports events
are almost continuously advertising during the games (at the bottom, sides,
etc).

Dick

Plasma, LCD, SXRD (Sony's Liquid Crystal on Silicone) & DLP are all very
good with the current crop.

To me 1920x1080 Rez & 1080p capable HDMI input are an absolute must, if you
are gonna have to live with your new display for several years.

DLP & SXRD will get you generally more bang for the buck, if you aren't
set on wall mounting.

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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?
Steve




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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with
selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want
now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?

If you always wait for the next best thing, that's all you'll ever do...
wait. I understand completely about wanting to make sure your purchase
is sensible in the long run, but part of using consumer electronics is
accepting that things do continue to improve even after you make your
purchase.

Others in this thread have said that drastic changes won't be occurring
in the immediate future. They are correct. Changes to display devices
occur in an evolutionary pattern-- a little bit at a time. There will
always be areas that could use improvement, and there will always be
a new set "in the works" that might maybe kinda possibly be better. The
thing to remember is, even if something is in the works, it may not ever
see the light of day. If it does, it'll be really expensive for the
first year or two.

To give you my experience: I just took the plunge and upgraded my
display to a 37" Mitsubishi LCD. I've been shopping for this set for a
year, it took me a while to find the best tradeoffs for my particular
setup. I settled on this one, and I'm EXTATIC about it. I wouldn't
trade it for anything. Yes, there are things I wish could be improved
upon, but like I said, nothing's perfect and the good outweighs the bad.

Take your time, do your homework, but when you find something that feels
right, don't be afraid to go for it.

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Aaron J. Bossig

http://www.GodsLabRat.com
http://www.dvdverdict.com

lanman wrote:

This is no longer true for DLP. I have a one-year old Samsung DLP and
the picuture quality from all but the most extreme angles is stunning.
For anyone considering DLP, on Jan 22, Costco will be selling a 62"
Toshiba HDTV with 2 HDMI and TV stand for an unbelievable $1999.00

Do you need one of their "Wallet" coupons for that sale price?

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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:00:04 -0500, "Dick Sutton"
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I'm about to buy a home theater set up and am struggling with selecting
the TV. Friends say, "Wait. The technology is changing fast. What you
buy today will be old stuff in six months." Well, maybe but I want now!
But, is there anything especially sexy right around the corner?
Steve


Netsel,

I like both the plasma & LCD screens, but I think that it all depends on how
you watch TV, movies, etc. As I get older, my eyesight requires more & more
contrast. Therefore, I like the plasma because it seems to be the brightest
picture. Also, with LCD, if you cannot sit essentially in the 'sweet spot'
(i.e. near the middle of the screen) then you will have successive darkening
the wider you go. This has been improved significantly for LCD in the past
few years, but for me the plasma gives good brightness at all angles.


This is no longer true for DLP. I have a one-year old Samsung DLP and
the picuture quality from all but the most extreme angles is stunning.
For anyone considering DLP, on Jan 22, Costco will be selling a 62"
Toshiba HDTV with 2 HDMI and TV stand for an unbelievable $1999.00




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Agreed. The viewing angle "limitation" associated with rear projection
TV's has nothing to do with LCD or DLP. Rather it's the low-wattage
bulbs inside (plus the weaker light output of good 'ole CRT), which
requires a very high gain screen to focus light forward to achieve a
reasonably bright image...well at least for the front & center (most
important) viewers, and at the expense of the periphery. Initially very
low power bulbs were used to help to give the "big screens" a
reasonably comparable life to a standard tube TV.

The higher light efficiency of LCD & DLP (vs. CRT) enables the
manufacturer to use a screen with less gain, thereby widening the
satisfactory viewing angle. Meanwhile technology has dramatically
increased lamp life, allowing manufacturers to up the ante with bulb
wattage. Thus today's LCD & DLP rear projection TV's have very wide
viewing angle capability--nothing like our fathers' old one-seat
wonders.

Oh...and as far as future technologies, you should feel very confident
with any 1080p display that you like. Keep in mind that CRT survived
for 50 years, so LCD, DLP, & plasma are still babies. They'll likely
survive at least until we have 3D, color holograms floating in the
center of our living rooms. Likewise 1080p is here to stay because it
is so well-suited to match the resolution of the human eye at a viewing
distance the SMPTE says is ideal (a 30 degree field of view). In other
words, a person with 20/20 vision can view a 42" 1080p display from 6'
away without seeing pixel detail. Does anyone sit 6' from their new 42"
plasma screens they got this Christmas? A more likely scenario is a
1080p front projector & a 106" screen...where 20/20 eyes cannot make
out pixels until about 12-13' away, which allows a nice layout for a
large home theater room.

Yes, THX specifies a 36 degree viewing angle, which is a tad close for
20/20 vision and 1080p resolution...however the 1440p resolution being
bandied about as "super high definition" will probably meet a lot of
resistance from broadcasters due to bandwidth demands (not to mention
all the money they--and we-- all recently dropped on HDTV-spec
equipment.)

My best guess is that 1080p LCD, DLP, and plasma are all here to stay
for quite some time. I also believe display technology will be more
evolutionary for the foreseeable future, focusing on improvements, such
as deeper black levels (to advertise higher & higher contrast ratios),
gray scale handling, brightness, lamp life, etc.

Good luck,
Jeff
www.1080me.com

P.S. Just ask the LCoS people how well trying to replace "inferior" LCD
and DLP went...

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:29:49 -0800, "Dave Bugg"
wrote:

lanman wrote:

This is no longer true for DLP. I have a one-year old Samsung DLP and
the picuture quality from all but the most extreme angles is stunning.
For anyone considering DLP, on Jan 22, Costco will be selling a 62"
Toshiba HDTV with 2 HDMI and TV stand for an unbelievable $1999.00

Do you need one of their "Wallet" coupons for that sale price?

Yes, the wallet coupon is for $300.00, and you must be a current
Costco member. If you're not a Costco member, it shouldn't be too
difficult to find someone who is and who has a coupon they won't be
using. Did I mention it's also 1080P?




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