marsilians
Well-Known Member
I have seen a lot of threads enquiring about which TV to buy as the manufacturers have made it very difficult to judge based on simple criteria. I had read this article on widescreen review a while ago when walking through a purchase decision for an HT install. Thought that you get a good perspective on the differences (and purpoted advantages) of Plasma vs. LCD.
HDTV and Multimedia Display Technology Shoot-Out
This article was part of a series called 'Science of Imaging' series in the magazine.
Dr. Raymond Soneira works for Displaymate Technologies, an organisation that manufactures equipment for video calibration and diagnostics. He is a knowledable authority on the subject having had hands on experience in designing building and teaching.
He cuts through all the marketing hype and calls out the 'best selling features' such as colour, contrast and brightness as not necessarily the deciding factors in the decision.
Bottom line, LCDs are cheaper to make than plasma and the profits are larger, so we are forced to buy low standard stuff while being bombarded with lies and gimicry.
As a side note, true OLED (not LCD with LED backlights) are a very good alternative to Plasma in terms of performance. More to come on that in a short while.
HDTV and Multimedia Display Technology Shoot-Out
This article was part of a series called 'Science of Imaging' series in the magazine.
Dr. Raymond Soneira works for Displaymate Technologies, an organisation that manufactures equipment for video calibration and diagnostics. He is a knowledable authority on the subject having had hands on experience in designing building and teaching.
He cuts through all the marketing hype and calls out the 'best selling features' such as colour, contrast and brightness as not necessarily the deciding factors in the decision.
Bottom line, LCDs are cheaper to make than plasma and the profits are larger, so we are forced to buy low standard stuff while being bombarded with lies and gimicry.
As a side note, true OLED (not LCD with LED backlights) are a very good alternative to Plasma in terms of performance. More to come on that in a short while.