D-Rex Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Do you own one? What are your pro's and con's? Thanks, D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 unless you're willing to spend $2500 or more, go with plasma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 My understanding is that the term LED in TVs is more marketing than quality of picture and refers to the back lighting. I agree that best bank for the buck is Plasma, but the way that I look at TV purchases is I decide what I'm willing to spend and then, what's the best decision based on the budget and factoring in reliability of the specific unit. A good friend of mine uses this phrase all the time...................You buy leading edge, not bleeding edge! IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I am interested in a Samsung UN55B8500, I have not purchased one yet, but will go that way as opposed to plasma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 LED back lighting is either from the side (very vague) or from the back (has many more 'areas or zones' of LEDs to turn on and off. I just bought the 'cheap' Vizio VF551XVT back lit model and it's great. I have Vizio plasma, Vizio LCD/LED and Vizio LCD. I decided long ago that unless I have a pure, dedicated, no holds barred theater room I was not going for the gusto and then it would be a projector. I tend to watch 1080i satellite much more than I watch 1080p BlueRay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeusofBoost27 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 plasma will have better pq then an led/lcd with less of the downfalls, and will cost less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 The LED's have better blacks with longer longevity. Roughly 960 LED backlights (40" 1080P) to 2million LCD pixels. After about 3 years a conventional backlight system will start to lose its brightness and you have to tweek it up a bit. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 To be able to get the Biggest TV for a reasonable price, just go with LCD TV'S................ LED versions are to expensive , but in about 2 years prices will tumble. Samsung is the Model I like and they have a great picture and good Price Point............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 i agree with bill, just get a lcd samsung-sony tv or you can wait like i'm going to do for the new 3-d sets that are coming out in a few months. early reports say they will only cost a few hundred over what prices are now. i looked at the new led's and couldn't see any picture improvement. i have 4 lcd flat panels from samsung and sony. can i tell the difference in picture quality. no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBXeRo Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 i may not own an LED screen but i do own a CC backlit lcd and have done some reading about it. Hands down, overall, the LCD tv set beats plasma out in almost every category except blacks being that deep black. The Sidelit LCD panels are a great invention but its slimness leave it shorthanded in some ways. The side lighting doesn't allow enough of the proper dimming to give you those deep blacks. The trade off is its amazing slimness. Backlit LED panels are great because they allow for more localized dimming aka less pixels per LED which allow for great dimming effects but then again, the dimming can only be so accurate since there is only 1 LED responsible for so many pixels. Ontop of the backlit LED's you need to read further to find out how its backlit, individual color LEDs or tri-chip LEDs where sony has chips with RGB whereas other have individual LEDs with different colors. Sony has their HDNA which comprises of a single chip with multiple colors on it. Either way you still deal with the localized dimming effects. Bang for the buck, plasma is better, LED tech is still new for TV's and if you got themoney and want it bad enough may be worth buying but CC backed LCD's still arent bad. Just keep in mind LED sets are at minimum 40% more energy efficient i think it was than CC backed tv's or plasmas. I'm at work writing this, i'll have to double check later on sony's chip, i think its tri or quad color, i have a blip about it in one of my sound and vision magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeusofBoost27 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I own two plasma's and an lcd and have spent a lot of time watching a led/lcd set. plasma's have better blacks, yes. thats true. but they also have much better shadow detail. where led/lcd sets are able to get darker than traditional lcd sets, they achieve this by giving up a significant amount of shadow detail. the deep blacks give the plasma's more saturated colors and details in the picture. plasma's have more dynamic gray scale ranges which will help render the more "3d" effect to the picture. they also more steps in the tonal range as the difference between black and white is greater. plasma's deliver better color accuracy as they can render deeper, richer colors, and they can blend tones better than lcds, which generates a larger color pallet. plasma's do not suffer from motion issues like lcd sets. and plasma's also have much better viewing angles than lcd sets. and if you plan on doing any gaming, plasma is a much better choice because of all these factors. and i almost forgot, plasma's have longer lifespans than most lcd sets on the market. panasonic plasma's are rated at 100,000 hours. thats over 11 years if you leave it on 24/7 here's a link to read up on: http://www.displaymate.com/LCD_Plasma_ShootOut.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Guy Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yes, I think there is no comparison plasma gives a much more realistic and cinematic picture where LCD has always looked very false to me, with less detail LCD gives a somewhat animated look by comparison. Actually LCD does produce a better animated picture, but I don't watch much animation, so I prefer the much more realistic picture of plasma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Rex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Well, I think the LED is going back to the store. Our viewing habits can't get past the loss of picture quality 40-60 degress of dead center, the blurring that occurs even during the non-action scenes, and the obvious pixilation that occurs during action scenes and football games. Now I know why they don't have regular HD programming connected to the LEDs at Sears or even at Best Buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeusofBoost27 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 LED's look so good in stores like best buy because of the ultra bright lights. the bright light hides many of the problems that led/lcd tvs have. i would suggest you get either a panny v10 or a high level sammy plasma. you will be very happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I don't see any pixelation in HD mode on both my Sony 60hz LCDs (XBR6, XBR2) 1080P OTA or in DVD/Bluray mode. SD is another story and is not good. Keep in mind that banding, stretchovision, signal fading (pixelation) , focus changing (using widerscreen cameras instead of HD cameras because they are cheaper), minute oscillating focus changes (hunting--don't know who is to blame for this one) are broadcast tranmission problems, not the set. The quality of the local NEWS broadcast stations is exceptional inside the building, not remote. I don't see any of the "impressions" in the previous posts other than the deep black stuff. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezff Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 your blacks arent going to get any better than plasma. Plasma pretty much has the lead as far as picture quality over LCD and LED tvs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I have an LG plasma,LG lcd,Sony lcd and a Sharp Aquos.I ended up with the Aquos lc60e77un in my main room because it has a fantastic picture with no motion blur or pixelation.I like the Sharp best of all my tv's,I would never have went to buy a Sharp but I found I prefered it to all the tv's under $2k,it was $1,749,list $2,999,street about $2k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I have never own an LED-backlit LCD HDTV. However, LED-backlit LCD screens for labtops work great and gain wide acceptance; so I don't see why LED-backlit LCD HDTV couldn't be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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