LCD or Plasma Televisions

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G'day good people,

Finally my 2 old tv's (68 cm flat trinitron) have blown their picture tubes. I was just wondering where to go now? I like the look of the Sony LCD 32CX520 for around $588. I have a good wooden cabinet, and it will only fit a 32 inch screen. Is plasma better, or are their other brands I should be looking for? Please help?
 
Hey mate
Because you plan on housing it in a cabinet, I'd suggest a low energy, therefore, low heat emission TV like an LED. LED TVs also have better contrast and colour control because they use flourescent backlighting. Apart from that, $$$ and lifestyle are factors to consider. Think about your present and future connectivity needs, for example, do you want to connect peripheral devices or use the Internet. Hope this helps.

Found this, the USB features (playing and recording) are excellent and you have to pay a lot more to get that on other brands of TVs.

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/tv-lcd-led-plasma/lg/32-inch-full-hd-led-lcd-smart-tv-sku-68122/
 
Geez what a question.................what I did was first consider what I watch most, TV/Movies, Sport, Gaming etc then I researched the best panel for that type of activity. I then went to a major retailer like Hardly Normal and looked at each panel. For me, I went Panasonic Plasma (BIG), like you I had a cabinet that would only fit an 80cm CRT (it was the first thing to go). I tested each panel with a variety of video sources, a movie, a sports show and a gaming console then settled on the one that I felt most comfortable with.

Sorry I can't do any better than that.

Dave

PS - One thing I have just done is to mount the TV on the wall and had a home theatre mob in to hide/run all cables and speaker wire in the wall and ceiling, so much better.
 
when it comes to things such as emissions, energy use etc I went with the expertise of the fella at the shop. I did not even consider LED or 3D because they were just too damn expensive for me........... :)
 
Cheers Dave but this tv is for my kids, I won't be getting rid of the cabinet any time soon, as my wife helped build it with her uncle. but yeah, I wiull be mounting two tv's to the the upstairs bar room and my wall oppisite the kitchen, already spent $2k doing all the wiring and 11 antenna points throughout the house. Started renovating the house in 2008. Won't be finished until 2020 unless of course we win lotto.
 
all depends what your priorities are. i wouldnt bother with either plasma or LCD and just go LED. if you cant afford LED, then plasma if you watch alot of sport/action and LCD if youre energy conscious.
 
Why are most of the 32 inch Led's only have 1366 x 768 resolutions, is the picture worse from full hd? Just wondering?
 
I'm not 100% on this but I think the 1366 x 768 res is the monitor's native resolution (actual pixel capacity) but most media adjusts to an aspect ratio 4:3, 16:9, etc. and this provides the 1920x1080 or similar ratio that most TV's are labelled as having under full HD. It just means that the media data is scaled to fit the screen and with that there is some loss of maximum picture clarity. This is beginning to get out of my area of knowledge though. You would have to be a hardcore tech or tv guru to be able to walk in and spot a TV not running at perfect motion and clarity levels.
 
Dalbs said:
Cheers Dave but this tv is for my kids, I won't be getting rid of the cabinet any time soon, as my wife helped build it with her uncle. but yeah, I wiull be mounting two tv's to the the upstairs bar room and my wall oppisite the kitchen, already spent $2k doing all the wiring and 11 antenna points throughout the house. Started renovating the house in 2008. Won't be finished until 2020 unless of course we win lotto.
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Well depending on the age off the kids there would be no need to go all out. Both my kids got 80cm Palsonic LDCs in their rooms, at $240 each I could not go past it. All they watch are the digital TV stations on poverty TV and have their 360 or PS3 connected to them for a movie.
 
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