paulyboy
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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD
Hey Porntrooper. My TV is a 46" Samsung LED. The 3D looks great on a screen that size, so anything bigger is gonna look even better! One thing i will say is that i was tempted with a plasma until i saw a demo at the store. Plasma TVs are only really good for rooms with very little light/ sunlight. The picture looks very washed out (please DPP come and cite some technical stuff as washed out isn't a very good description and makes it sound like plasmas look bad, which isnt the case) and the blacks arent nearly as strong as LED or LCD, unless you're seemingly in a pitch black room. LED is best for long term power consumption and IMO the screen is way better than my previous model which was LCD. I'm no technical expert though and someone like DPP would be perfect to give us all a proper breakdown on the merits of each.
Just to address and refine this point (at the risk of DPP showing up and making me look like a wally), Plasma's generally have a glass screen, hence they're susceptible to screen glare from light sources in the room (particularly sunlight), most of them have anti-glare coatings but this doesn't alleviate the problem completely. Obviously with a matte finish and no glass to speak of an LCD or LED TV doesn't have this problem, aside from some models that have a gloss screen that is. That said I even think there's the odd Plasma knocking about with a matte screen these days, but I have no idea how these perform.
As for black levels not being as good on a Plasma unless you’re in a dark room, yes and no. If black levels on a Plasma are seemingly lacking in a well lit room, it's only because of the screen glare you may or are liable to be suffering, chances are if the glare is that bad black levels will be the least of your worries, you won't be able to see bugger all anyway. Discounting the glare issue for a second however, generally speaking black levels and contrast ratios are where Plasma has always excelled in the past; it's one of their main advantages. That said LCD's have come on leaps and bounds in that area over the years, my early 2005 Samsung LCD is a nightmare in that regard, but my brother's recent Samsung LCD from last year is a testament to how much they've moved on. With LED backlighting they're supposed to have improved even further, but aside from viewing in store I've had no real hands on experience with LED TV's.
Viewing angles was always something else to consider with LCD/LED TV's but as the technology has progressed it's become less and less of an issue, just as screen burn for Plasma's is no longer a real bugbear. LCD/LED technology also consumes far less power than a Plasma, so expect to see a few pounds knocked off your electric bill also.
Personally I'm of the opinion that other than the screen glare issue mentioned above there's very little to separate the technologies to the average laymen who doesn't care about such things.
3D performance between the technologies I'm not overly familiar with so can't comment beyond what I've read, like Plasma's having better 3D veiwing angles or less cross-talk because of their higher response times etc, but I've also read opinions to the contrary as well.
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