so, does size matter?

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50" 720p vs. 42" 1080p :wink:

what do you do?

Plasma btw, and unless someone can convince me otherwise that I wont regret an LCD or theres no difference, it's stay'n plasma.

I cant afford the 50" 1080p, and i guess I'm just a size queen, because I cant get past those 8 inches, I want them. And I've seen same manufacturer side by side 50" 1080 vs 720, and I couldn't really tell the difference. But I'm sure that was just the particular movie they had playing, and I know it will be evident later on.

Basically, I guess I'm just looking for some opinions from folks with hands on experience, am I really gonna miss those extra pixels?

Blu ray and the ps3 is whats responsible for this conundrum. aaand I guess thats it, thoughts, comments, questions, suggestions?

Thanks in advance...
 
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Figment said:
50" 720p vs. 42" 1080p :wink:

what do you do?

Plasma btw, and unless someone can convince me otherwise that I wont regret an LCD or theres no difference, it's stay'n plasma.

I cant afford the 50" 1080p, and i guess I'm just a size queen, because I cant get past those 8 inches, I want them. And I've seen same manufacturer side by side 50" 1080 vs 720, and I couldn't really tell the difference. But I'm sure that was just the particular movie they had playing, and I know it will be evident later on.

Basically, I guess I'm just looking for some opinions from folks with hands on experience, am I really gonna miss those extra pixels?

Blu ray and the ps3 is whats responsible for this conundrum. aaand I guess thats it, thoughts, comments, questions, suggestions?

Thanks in advance...
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I don't really know at this point in time as I only play PS3 and 360 on Standard Definition. However... my TV broke, so I'll probably be getting a new HD TV this year. In my opinion, I'd rather have a slightly smaller TV than a really ridiculously large TV as my room is tiny anyway.
 
If you go plasma, just watch out for burn-ins. Nothing worst than that. Otherwise, Plasma and LCD recently have begun catching up to each other in a sense that each of the faults they used to have aren't as bad as they used to be compared to others.

I would personally say get the 50" 720p TV. Most TVs that can do 720p also do 1080i, which is nearly indistinguishable from 1080p for a lot of people. So if it is those 8 inches you are really worried about (lawl, and you would be) then go with the bigger screen.

Is everything else equal between the two? Contrast ratio? HDMI? All that fun stuff...
 
Go for quality. if you get the 50" you'll be like...yay 8 more inches of less quality movie...get the 42" and you'll be saying "YAY 8 LESS INCHES OF Crappy quality that gives me better quality!". 8" only really makes a difference for how far away the T.V. will be. Personally, I would get the 1080 42"
 
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Plasma will only burn in if you leave something on your tv for a LONG time, like watching a news channel with the ticker at the bottom for days.

Plasma does have image retention, which you will see pretty often, but it goes away after a little while. For example, I load a game and it displays the logo for a few minutes, then I press start and the screen fades to black for a few seconds, I can still see an outline of the logo, but when the colors come back or there's something animated on (including darkly lit stuff) the retention is no longer visible. Even then, it's not as bad as it sounds. I was very worried about it when I bought my tv, but it's no big deal.

Plasma will typically have deeper blacks than LCD, as well. Even though I have plasma now, I would be ok with owning either type of TV.
 
I turn my tv off when I'm not watching it.. which is very rare (rarely watch tv, that is). :/
 
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High Quality > High Quantity
 
I thought this topic would be about pennies.

And yes. I mean pennies, you're the one with a dirty mind!
 
I sell home entertainment systems, and I can honestly tell you that plasma is a bad idea if you're a gamer. LCD is better in bright rooms, Plasma better in dark rooms. LCDs will have a longer picture life, but the back light on them makes it disappointing to watch them in dark settings because the blacks won't look so black. 1080p is FAR better than 720p or 1080i when you go above the 32 inch mark, so you're better off going for the smaller tv with the higher resolution. If you're afraid of burn in on plasma, check the specs to see if it has a white wash feature, which basically means that it can etch'a'sketch itself if it gets a residual image.
 
Figment said:
thas why i say prasma.
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LCDs are catching up in the dark setting though, almost all of them have a very high contrast ratio now which makes up for the backlight unless you have a mostly black screen, which you may have some gripes about the crispness of the darks.
 
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Is everything else equal between the two? Contrast ratio? HDMI? All that fun stuff...
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It's finer points like this that you should be looking out for. Contrast ratio is a big one, do not over look that. Brand is another factor, whereas the quality of parts they use do differ from the expensive and cheaper televisions.

The only problem with getting picky is that you end up paying more.
 
I bought an LC42D64U, Aquos 42" 1080p 60hz LCD just before the holidays and was in the same predicament. For the same price of that 42" LCD, I could've bought a 50" plasma 120hz.

I didn't get to test whitescreen or blackscreen on the plasma. I've done it on my LCD and I have one very common gripe: there is some horizontal contrast banding when looking at full-whitescreens. This TV is hooked up to my MCE PVR so the only time we see full-whitescreens is when we launch Firefox. Ultimately it's not worth the effort to piss over it because I had to really put in some effort to recreate and notice the problem. I Xbox on the display regularly and we watch a variety of TV shows on it, from sports to cartoons - I've never seen the banding in any of these daily usage scenarios.

I shied away from plasma because of the burn-in. It's gotten better and there are internal countermeasures so maybe I was being paranoid.

I'm guessing that a 42" is still likely an upgrade over your current TV. Believe me, it looks a shitload bigger once it's in your room and out of that tall & wide display room at the retail outlet. I swear my TV grew a few inches when I set it up in the living room.
 
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