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Carlman:
I'm going to get a new flatscreen, about 46" size... I have to get it at Best Buy because I have big credit there... I took a look and the Plasma's all look pretty good and the LCD's aren't bad either...
Do the Plasma's still hum and use a lot of power?  Is there any real pro or con to going one way or the other?  Any special TV I should look at?
-C

rosconey:
just bought a cheap 32 for my bedroom at wally world-posted in the digital area because i am to stupid to look around for the right spot-lol
the digital hd picture is very good,regular tv isnt -

saw some vizio tv's that had a nice picture-looked at some 47-50 inchers myself,want one by football season-
visio has a 1080p 47 lcd that was very impressive

Carlman:
Thanks, Rosco... But I need details... I know there's an age-old debate about LCD's blacks not being black enough and Plasma's being crazy on noise and power... but better pictures... And I had a hard time differentiating anything at the store.

The TV will be used with a cable box... HD and digital channels... And at this point, it's 90%+ regular TV still... In July of 2007... So, even though HD TV's are about all you can buy, you can only get 10 channels in it.... and of those only about 4 or 5 actually use HD cameras and production... Sorry to be so cynical but it has to be said.

So, the flatscreen needs to:
Look good on regular tv.. (is burn-in worse on LCD or Plasma?)
Be purchased at Best Buy
Be 45-50 inches
Be quiet
Use 'normal' amounts of power (not more than a regular RPTV or CRT)

At this point, I don't care about price... I'll work backwards on that if I have to.

Thanks,
Carl

rosconey:
not sure you will find a good looking regular tv  other than a crt- my 32" widescreen panny tube has a super standard picture,but i have yet to see any flat screens that do it well,seen some nice ones the last few years and the only large screen that did a good standard picture was dlp projection tv's-

i dont think burn in is a issue anymore on plasma-they all say something about no burn in on the box's-
as for power,i have noticed that plasma use a little more than lcd while searching for my big one- i have no clue how it compares to my panny because it doesnt state power consumption like the stats with newer tv's-

didnt hear any extra noise while looking at the plasma's at sams club,you stand right next to them-

fox baseball last weekend was great on my new lcd-fox does hd right as does espn-cbs blows in my area

bpape:
The newer LCD's are putting up a good fight.  Look at the Panasonics and the Sharp Aquos series.  Surprisingly good black levels and some of them are even native 1080p sets.  Stay away from the LG's.  The pic is good for a while but the design pushes the components to their limit so long term reliability is in question.

Bryan

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