Plasma or LCD?

[hipmatt]

3) Dump your cable, go with Satellite. We actually had both cable and satellite feeds coming in, so we could compare them. There is no comparison, especially when it comes to HDTV. Satellite rules with a brighter, far crisper picture.

 

Absolutely FALSE! Satellite bandwidth is weaker than both cable, or fiber optic. When used with an HD signal, cable and fiber are clearly better pictures. I have experience with fios, timewarner, dish, directv, and can tell you that the best HD pictures will be from fios or cable. Sat HDTV must compress the video quality to allow it to be sent from the SAT in orbit to your home, the cable and fios bandwidth is much higher. This allows for uncompressed, or minimally compressed HD.

This being said, HD signals from satellite have motion blur, trailing effects, and visible compression artifacts. Still images in HD can look just as good though, the problem happens when the video is constantly changing. NOW – regular TV is superior on Sat systems, they are all digital, and the bandwidth is high enough to accommodate the lower es programming. Regular cable in low def may still be analog.

most people may not notice the difference, but Direct TV has BY FAR the MOST HD channels of any TV provider I’ve ever seen.

[Navydoc]

“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”

I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.

There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.

[Navydoc]

“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”

I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.

There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.

[Navydoc]

“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”

I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.

There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.

[Navydoc]

“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”

I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.

There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.

[Navydoc]

“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”

I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.

There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.

[Navydoc]

By the way, if anyone hasn’t yet appreciated the high definition video formats yet (HDDVD and Blu-ray) you wouldn’t believe how much better it is that cable OR satellite. Kid of a pain that they’re in a format war.

[Navydoc]

By the way, if anyone hasn’t yet appreciated the high definition video formats yet (HDDVD and Blu-ray) you wouldn’t believe how much better it is that cable OR satellite. Kid of a pain that they’re in a format war.

[Navydoc]

By the way, if anyone hasn’t yet appreciated the high definition video formats yet (HDDVD and Blu-ray) you wouldn’t believe how much better it is that cable OR satellite. Kid of a pain that they’re in a format war.

[Navydoc]

By the way, if anyone hasn’t yet appreciated the high definition video formats yet (HDDVD and Blu-ray) you wouldn’t believe how much better it is that cable OR satellite. Kid of a pain that they’re in a format war.

[Navydoc]

By the way, if anyone hasn’t yet appreciated the high definition video formats yet (HDDVD and Blu-ray) you wouldn’t believe how much better it is that cable OR satellite. Kid of a pain that they’re in a format war.

[drunkle]

“Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.”

why? rca’s have served well for like 20 years. (my) dvd player is not hd, snaggle tooth, hdmi, whathaveyou. if i use an adapter, rca to hdmi, what have i gained?

actually, i think i use s-vid + rca sound…

the loopback for sound from tv to dvd (home theater system) is limited to rca inputs anyway as well…

the only improvement i really want for my home entertainment is a good remote. all in one, smart/programmable, ergonomic, with forward and back buttons to change channels like the forward and back buttons on a web browser. or a “favorites” type button that lets you flip through your most watched channels.

edit:
the plan is to rip and convert dvd’s and play them off a computer anyway. so the compression will kinda kill whatever bennies new cables or hdvd provide anyway…

[drunkle]

“Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.”

why? rca’s have served well for like 20 years. (my) dvd player is not hd, snaggle tooth, hdmi, whathaveyou. if i use an adapter, rca to hdmi, what have i gained?

actually, i think i use s-vid + rca sound…

the loopback for sound from tv to dvd (home theater system) is limited to rca inputs anyway as well…

the only improvement i really want for my home entertainment is a good remote. all in one, smart/programmable, ergonomic, with forward and back buttons to change channels like the forward and back buttons on a web browser. or a “favorites” type button that lets you flip through your most watched channels.

edit:
the plan is to rip and convert dvd’s and play them off a computer anyway. so the compression will kinda kill whatever bennies new cables or hdvd provide anyway…

[drunkle]

“Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.”

why? rca’s have served well for like 20 years. (my) dvd player is not hd, snaggle tooth, hdmi, whathaveyou. if i use an adapter, rca to hdmi, what have i gained?

actually, i think i use s-vid + rca sound…

the loopback for sound from tv to dvd (home theater system) is limited to rca inputs anyway as well…

the only improvement i really want for my home entertainment is a good remote. all in one, smart/programmable, ergonomic, with forward and back buttons to change channels like the forward and back buttons on a web browser. or a “favorites” type button that lets you flip through your most watched channels.

edit:
the plan is to rip and convert dvd’s and play them off a computer anyway. so the compression will kinda kill whatever bennies new cables or hdvd provide anyway…

[drunkle]

“Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.”

why? rca’s have served well for like 20 years. (my) dvd player is not hd, snaggle tooth, hdmi, whathaveyou. if i use an adapter, rca to hdmi, what have i gained?

actually, i think i use s-vid + rca sound…

the loopback for sound from tv to dvd (home theater system) is limited to rca inputs anyway as well…

the only improvement i really want for my home entertainment is a good remote. all in one, smart/programmable, ergonomic, with forward and back buttons to change channels like the forward and back buttons on a web browser. or a “favorites” type button that lets you flip through your most watched channels.

edit:
the plan is to rip and convert dvd’s and play them off a computer anyway. so the compression will kinda kill whatever bennies new cables or hdvd provide anyway…

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