Fat Boy needs a new TV

[Mitch21]

Fatboy,

I definitely consider myself somewhat of a tech connoisseur. Last year we finally built out our basement and put a pretty ridiculous home theater in. From doing that and purchasing a couple HDtvs last year, I'd like to think I could give you some decent advice.

With the way prices have dropped in the past couple years, I'd say shoot for the top quality as it is very affordable now. That being said, Samsung makes the best LCD and Panasonic makes the best Plasma and second best LCD. LEDs are very nice, but a bit pricier. I'm not a huge fan of LEDs as they are EXTREMELY bright and vibrant with their colors. So much so that you don't honestly get a true representation of real life colors. I personally would recommend a Panasonic plasma these days because of what you get for your money.

As far as watching sports, I'd push for a plasma. Plasmas are "faster" so you'll notice a difference in sports and fast action scenes of shows and movies. LCDs need to refresh their screen so many times per second while plasmas have different technology that allows their picture to be much quicker and able to not blur during fast scenes and sports. IE plasma is better for sports and action.

Experts used to say that LCDs should be in rooms that have much sunlight and Plasmas should only be in rooms that are darker because "the screens on plasmas tend to have an annoying glare from the sunlight". While this used to be true, new technology allows for plasmas to be in well lit rooms with minimal reflection glare. So again, I'll lean towards the plasmas.

We have two Samsung LCDs in my house and while I like them, now that I've learned more, I wish I had gone the Panasonic plasma route. With the way prices have gone down, we may be upgrading in the next year or two and when that happens, I will almost definitely go the Panny plasma route.

My girlfriends dad is looking for a new tv that will be big, crisp, and clear for mostly sports and some movie viewing. I pointed him towards this...

http://www.abt.com/product/45392/Pan...-TCP50G25.html

Hope this has shed some light on the TV debacle.