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ross brown Unregistered guest | Hello guys. I have to buy a plasma and wanted to go for the panasonic th-37pa30. it is not HD-Ready but will it play the xbox 360? Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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RandyM Unregistered guest | You are on the cusp of two big mistakes. First, I would never, never recommend plasma for someone who wants to play games. No matter how careful you are, you will burn your screen. Secondly, I would steer clear of any sets that aren't HD-ready. The date has been set and retailers are soon going to dump these products, but they are going to be nearly useless shortly. |
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Bronze Member Username: CuylarMN USA Post Number: 78 Registered: Nov-05 | not nearly useless.... they will be just as useless as a normal tv. you will have to buy some sort of converter that I am SURE will be at least $200 more. |
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ross brown Unregistered guest | Then what do you suggest? lcd? and it is not ONLY for playing games. i watch a lot of movies also. |
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RandyM Unregistered guest | My personal opinion. . .DLP has the best picture with some caveats. A good LCD is as good as plasma without all the burn-in and life-span issues. For gaming, DLP is outstanding because it doesn't burn-in and doesn't have motion artifacts, but LCD is also very good. |
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Anonymous | I too have been looking for the right TV for a while. I've seen alot of people praising plasma for its picture quality and it does have an impressive look. There also have been improvements in new plasmas that make it more resistant to burn in. I've also been looking for something that would work well with the XBox 360 and I've decided on LCD technology. I've been using a 20" flat panel on my PC for years and have been seeing some serious gains in LCD tech in size, response time, and black level / color quality. It's funny to search and find fairly recent comparisons/reviews and see that the price and size limitations that were quoted are no longer the case now because things are changing so fast. All HDTVs are making gains, but LCD seems to be to be making the biggest improvements in the shortest amount of time and I'm not surprised. Think about all those PC flat panel displays and the technology that can be tapped into. It's gotta be a driving force behind this, where PC display tech is converging with HDTVs. Right now I'm holding off on making a purchase because I don't feel like we're at the sweet spot yet (plus the 360 is going to be extremely difficult to get right now). I plan to have this TV for a number of years, so I want it to support 1080p. One such LCD TV that's in the neighborhood of what I'm looking for is: Sharp LC-45GD4U 45" Aquos Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD TV http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002TX3KS/002-2344832-2852020?v=glance&n=17228 2&n=507846&s=electronics&v=glance Others that I've seen that look interesting because of their price are the Westinghouse 37" Widescreen HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV Monitor (with 1080p) and the Syntax Olevia LT37HVS 37" Display. The price is nice, but I want better quality (picture and reliability). It's true that you get what you pay for and at some point you need to bite the bullet, but when I see prices dropping like this I'm going to be patient. |
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Bronze Member Username: CuylarMN USA Post Number: 97 Registered: Nov-05 | DLP or SXRD... you'll be happy. But an hour of games on a plasma (especially brand new) WILL BURN IN. |
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Bronze Member Username: Bill984Post Number: 30 Registered: Oct-05 | not nearly useless.... they will be just as useless as a normal tv. if a cable company offers standard cable in the future, won't the regular tv still work? i thought the problem would be that over the air will be digital and at that point the tv needs a converter. |
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RandyM Unregistered guest | Yep, you bring up a good point that is widely debated. There may be some cable systems that choose to continue with analog channels beyond the cut-off, which applies to over-the-air. |
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Silver Member Username: CuylarMN USA Post Number: 101 Registered: Nov-05 | There may be some cable systems that choose to continue with analog channels beyond the cut-off, which applies to over-the-air. "may".... but there IS a cutoff.... |
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Bronze Member Username: Rysa4Post Number: 97 Registered: Jul-05 | Well I agree that playing games on a plasma isnt the best use for one. But burn in after an hour will not occur- Cuylar is again clueless. I have never seen burn in on a residential set- only on older plasmas that are in bus stations and airports and are on in a static display mode 24/7. Lifespan of a plasma can be calculated by dividing the usual 60,000 by number of hours a day you watch. Also, by turning down the brightness/picture/contrast controls, as usually occurs during calibration, that lifespan ( time to half brightness) is lengthened quite a bit. Finally, all Panasonic Plasmas accept HD signals. You are describing the 37 Panny ED set-- its extended defintion becuase it does not have the defined number of pixels to qualify as a high defintion set, but it displays high def signals quite nicely---just check it out. Good luck. |
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Silver Member Username: CuylarMN USA Post Number: 108 Registered: Nov-05 | I never said permanent burn-in but after an hour you will have an image imposed on your screen. Marc, I'd like to see this plasma you claim you have. |
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Silver Member Username: Rysa4Post Number: 104 Registered: Jul-05 | Cuylar-you are now describing after image retention, which is not burn in at all. Burn in is permanent uneven phosphor wear. Plasma 101. AFter image retention will diappear over time usually. Cuylar- Nothing personal but you arent getting an invite to my HT. The entire Houston HT group was over two months ago so you missed the techy public viewing. |
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ross brown Unregistered guest | OK. So Marc ur saying that i can buy the Panny 37" EDTV and use it for gaming wihout all the burn in issues. also since it play HD signals, when blu-ray is launched will it play that too? |
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Silver Member Username: Rysa4Post Number: 129 Registered: Jul-05 | I prefer LCD or DLP for games. However, I am NOT a big gamer personally. Perhaps someone else can give a better answer for XBOX, Playstation 3 etc-- AS far as Blu-ray/HD-DVDs- now we are talking about something I can comment on in detail; Assuming you have an HD-DVD player, it will output a 1080P signal; a Panny 37 ED will take the signal and downscale it to 480P; but it will display it. Right now there are almost NO displays that will display a true 1080P signal, and no plasmas. The displays that do are pretty pricey. HD-DVD/Blu-Ray will be awhile for mass market in quantities of displays, DVD players, and DVD titles. Probably two years off for lots of stuff to be out there. BTW- Thanks for spelling my name correctly! |