Plasma or LCD?

[Winston001]

If you are keen enough for a big screen, a projector is an excellent alternative. You can get a good quality projector (2500 lumen) for $2000 now.

I'm also contemplating plasma or LCD - 42inch. At the moment you can get an LG 42 plasma for $1700 which sounds like a good deal to me. Sony are the best, followed by Panasonic, but LG are also well rated in terms of quality and reliability.

I've thought about a projector and still might consider it instead but the thought of wiring, painting a wall or setting up a screen, hanging the projector from the ceiling etc rather puts me off. Also bulbs are expensive and may only last 500 hours.

[huck farley]

I just recently bought a Sony 37" LCD for our family room I got it from Harvey Norman's sale they had here in Wangavagus about a month ago. Paid $2.200
for it. LCD has caught up to Plasma now and is passing the plasma technology.

I had a Sony 29" black screen Tele I bought in 1995 trinitron model. Cost us $1.700 back then. It still is a great TV. I sold it on Trademe to a local motelier for $80 he gave me a good feedback, so he must have been happy with it. So I got to do some number crouching. The old set cost us $1700
Never had a thing done to it in that time.
So it cost
$141.66 per year
$ 2.72 per week
$ 39c per day
These figures are not including our sky connection of course.

So if my new SONY LCD lasts as long. I will be stoked!!!

I guess it was a case of sticking to the devil you know sort of thing as to why we bought another Sony!!

[tri boy]

My old 68cm tube box is down to two colours now. green and Yellow. John Campbell looks permanently ill. Funny as f**k. Kanny will confirm that i would rather buy bike gear than try and make Coronation Street look good.(when are they going to drag that shite off our airwaves)

[Winston001]

For anyone interested I have just started a thread on another forum about projectors http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?t=85301

The guy who set it up is here but hasn't shown up in this thread yet.

[Winston001]

I was convinced LCD was the way to go until I started to do a bit of reading. Seems like plasma still is better over 40inches.

What convinced me was that I looked at plasma screens alongside LCD in a shop and the LCDs were slightly blurred. The plasma picture was excellent.

To be fair, once you get an LCD at home I'm sure it would look fine.

[Usarka]

If any ones interested, the apple hypotenuse collided with the felching albatross.

fark did you read that?

I got a 32" lcd.

Couldnt decide. room small. came to conclusion tv will be much better in a couple of years and this will see me through. Plasma would'a been my choice for a bigun though...

got a mondo deal, under a grand for a samsung r81 rrp $1700 so wont lose to much in long run.

Hook up tomorrow night merry christmas to me, a crate of piss and a new tv