LG 50PY3D | 1080p Plasma | $1899 |
Philips 2PFL7432D/37(w/ ambilight) | 1080p LCD | $1899 |
Panasonic TH-50PZ80U | 1080p Plasma | $2199 |
Sony-Bravia KDL-52W3000 | 1080p LCD | $2159 - Open Box Item(display) |
In my personal opinion the Panasonic will be the best option of those four, and would be my recommendation unless you were going to go with a Pioneer Kuro display (add another $1k to the price for those). You won't be able to get the same quality of picture on the LCDs as you will on the Plasmas, and the Panasonic panels are much better than the LGs.
In my personal opinion the Panasonic will be the best option of those four, and would be my recommendation unless you were going to go with a Pioneer Kuro display (add another $1k to the price for those). You won't be able to get the same quality of picture on the LCDs as you will on the Plasmas, and the Panasonic panels are much better than the LGs.As far as plasmas go I have owned both LG's and Panasonics and at this point I can't tell the difference except the black level is just a hair better on the panasonic that I've had, but seriously I'm nitpicking here. That said, I regularly felt the LG was a better built piece of equipment just from mounting it and so on.
For the money....you can't beat a Vizio.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11280378&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|79|2341|3316|74672&N=4018657&Mo=11&No=5&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74672&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&hierPath=79*2341*3316*74672*&topnav=
For the money....you can't beat a Vizio.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11280378&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|79|2341|3316|74672&N=4018657&Mo=11&No=5&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74672&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&hierPath=79*2341*3316*74672*&topnav=
Vizios are fine, but you definitely get what you pay for.
For the money....you can't beat a Vizio.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11280378&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|79|2341|3316|74672&N=4018657&Mo=11&No=5&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74672&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&hierPath=79*2341*3316*74672*&topnav=
Vizios are fine, but you definitely get what you pay for.
true.
my 47" Vizio has a better picture than my friend's 40" Sony.
John...according to that graph, optimal veiwing range for a 47" 1080p is ~7'. Is that right or do my graph reading skills suck beyond imagination?
John...according to that graph, optimal veiwing range for a 47" 1080p is ~7'. Is that right or do my graph reading skills suck beyond imagination?
Optimal for 1080p is the red line, so it would be more like 6'. But as long as you sit within 8' or so you'll be able to notice a difference between a 1080p and a 720p screen. 8.5'+ and there'd be no reason to own a 1080p set.
for me the chart isn't "right"
i have a 61" and sit 12 ft away and you can def see the difference between 480, 720, and 1080