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Rollux

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Topic # 17436 27-Nov-2007 10:20

Was looking at powerstore over the weekend trying to get a deal on a decent heatpump, and while I was talking with the salesman, my wife was off wandering around. She came over and asked me to have a look at something. So I walked with her expecting to be looking at a new washing machine or something. Anyway, she stops in front of a 37" panasonic plasma, and asks me what I think. I had a look, watched a blueray disc thru it, grabbed my laptop out of the car and ran that thru it (my tv is my HTPC display), played a few games, and watched a bit of normal tv thru it. I was happy, so we bargained a bit and I got it as well as the heat pump! Got almost $1k off the tv and put it on payday 2010, with no extra charges :)

So now I have a nice new telly. I love my wife :)

I personally prefer plasma over LCD, as I watch a lot of fast sports, action movies and play a few fps games and hate the smearing and lack of definition in dark areas on an LCD. People always say about burn in, but hey, that's what a screen saver's for. And I don't need 1080p, especially not on a 37" screen.

Lounge:
WIN7 HOME x64 HTPC - E6420 2.13Ghz - 4Gb 800MHZ PATRIOT RAM - ASUS HD5670 1GB
ASUS P5B-VM MOBO - LG BLU-RAY DRIVE - BG3595 TUNER - 1.5TB STORAGE
PANASONIC 42" FULL HD PLASMA - PIONEER VSX1019AHK RECEIVER - WHARFDALE DIAMOND 10 SPEAKERS

Man Cave:
XBOX 360 MODERN WARFARE 2 EDITION - PANASONIC 37" PLASMA - SONY MONSTA 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM

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Reply # 97096 27-Nov-2007 10:24

I'm still firmly in the Plasma camp as well and wouldn't swap my 50" Pioneer for anything - except maybe the new full HD model! :-)

I'm also not worried about the energy consumption and Aunty Helen's plans to ban power hungry TV's. I get my electricity from Meridian who are certified carbon neutral so as far as I'm concerned my TV is causing no harm at all to the environment! :-)

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Reply # 97123 27-Nov-2007 12:57

Well done on moving to the large TV camp. Now all you need is some HD content to put on it :-(

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Reply # 97350 28-Nov-2007 14:49

Rollux: Was looking at powerstore over the weekend trying to get a deal on a decent heatpump, and while I was talking with the salesman, my wife was off wandering around. She came over and asked me to have a look at something. So I walked with her expecting to be looking at a new washing machine or something. Anyway, she stops in front of a 37" panasonic plasma, and asks me what I think. I had a look, watched a blueray disc thru it, grabbed my laptop out of the car and ran that thru it (my tv is my HTPC display), played a few games, and watched a bit of normal tv thru it. I was happy, so we bargained a bit and I got it as well as the heat pump! Got almost $1k off the tv and put it on payday 2010, with no extra charges :)

So now I have a nice new telly. I love my wife :)

I personally prefer plasma over LCD, as I watch a lot of fast sports, action movies and play a few fps games and hate the smearing and lack of definition in dark areas on an LCD. People always say about burn in, but hey, that's what a screen saver's for. And I don't need 1080p, especially not on a 37" screen.

Burn in is a big issue for me - and 1080p too. SO , got the sony bravia x series lcd 46". Bootiful.

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Reply # 97368 28-Nov-2007 16:43

50" Plasma here, wouldn't mind trading it in for a 1080p model...

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Reply # 97399 28-Nov-2007 18:55

Fossie: 50" Plasma here, wouldn't mind trading it in for a 1080p model...

I'll swap it for my 42" plasma before you trade in :-P

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Reply # 97438 28-Nov-2007 21:22

I'm no expert, but don't you need to be further away from the TV to enjoy the high resolution/bigger TV?

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Reply # 97441 28-Nov-2007 21:47

Quite the opposite, you can sit closer and not see any distortion and pixelation.

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Reply # 97476 29-Nov-2007 08:44

I find that with High def - need to go up close to appreciate the image. Or, have the eyes of a hawk from 4 meters back.

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Reply # 97477 29-Nov-2007 08:59

WIth HD you do need to be closer to appreciate the picture.

Most people actually set too far away anyway, the optimum viewing distance for a 720p picture is 10 feet for a 50" display and most people would sit a lot further away than this. The optimum viewing distance to see 1080p in it's fully glory is around 25% less, ie around 7.5 feet away from a 50" screen.

If you're to follow THX recommended viewing distances you should be sitting even closer - around 6 feet away from a 50" display.

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Reply # 97486 29-Nov-2007 10:15

Actually I was wrong; I misunderstood what I read earlier.

There is a good article here explaining recommended viewing distances, including THX recommendations.