Picture sharpness/clarity/detail. Plasma vs LCD

[Cajones]

Hi. I'm after a new tele. Will be used for games and movies. Can't quite decide between Plasma and LCD.

The clincher for me would be the effect I felt whilst watching Star Trek blu-ray through a Samsung LCD/Led 40c8000. The picture was so sharp/detailed I thought I was watching it being filmed in front of me through a window.

Would a plasma provide the same effect or is this an LCD only thing?

[PJ S]

Cajones said:

Hi. I'm after a new tele. Will be used for games and movies. Can't quite decide between Plasma and LCD.

The clincher for me would be the effect I felt whilst watching Star Trek blu-ray through a Samsung LCD/Led 40c8000. The picture was so sharp/detailed I thought I was watching it being filmed in front of me through a window.

Would a plasma provide the same effect or is this an LCD only thing?

Better on Plasma due to higher resolution on quick motion/panning shots.
Deeper blacks too, and if you splurged on the VT20 Panasonic, the quicker response cells compared to the X/S/G/V series, which are already quicker the LCD.

Bottom line, Plasma still reigns supreme, with very few LCDs managing to trail close behind, and most trailing in its wake.

[Mars]

I spent a long weekend viewing all the available Plasma, LED and LCD TVs on sale in the South Midlands. I was adamant I didn't want LCD and saw 2 very good plasmas, 2 very good LEDs and then was blown away by this LCD:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-LE40C750-Widescree...

I think the 200Hz pic refresh did it for me. It was just as you explained - watching everything being filmed through a clean window.

The fact that it's a 3D TV is irrelevant too. I bought it for its 2D competence. 3D is a bonus though... well WILL be once people start selling 3D movies on BluRay.

[TEKNOPUG]

Mars said:

I spent a long weekend viewing all the available Plasma, LED and LCD TVs on sale in the South Midlands. I was adamant I didn't want LCD and saw 2 very good plasmas, 2 very good LEDs and then was blown away by this LCD:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-LE40C750-Widescree...

I think the 200Hz pic refresh did it for me. It was just as you explained - watching everything being filmed through a clean window.

The fact that it's a 3D TV is irrelevant too. I bought it for its 2D competence. 3D is a bonus though... well WILL be once people start selling 3D movies on BluRay.

An LCD will always look better in a shop as they work better with the unnatural strip lighting that shops use. Unless you have the same strip-lighting and brightness in your living room of course.

[Mars]

I don't but it's every bit as good as when I viewed it in the shop.