Originally Posted By: zerosoma
Originally Posted By: greenjp
Originally Posted By: zerosoma
...I would go with LCD - and the 10th time I would more than likely go with an LED.
Uh, an "LED" is an LCD. A "regular" LCD uses a fluorescent backlight, an "LED" uses an LED backlight. They're both liquid crystal displays. LED used to be an upsell/selling point but has rapidly moved downmarket as LED prices have come down. They are more efficient than fluorescent lamps and tend to allow for thinner displays, if those factors matter to you.
At the same price, plasma TVs tend to have superior picture quality and often are available in a larger size to boot. Whether they're still for sale in the future has little bearing on a buyer's decision today.
jeff
LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
LED = Light Emitting Diode
As usual, lots of people saying things that they know nothing about. They are different technologies. But everyone's an expert here, right?
I have to agree with greenjp here. Vast majority of the TVs currently on the market advertised as LED TVs are actually LCD displays that use LED as backlighting. True LED TVs are only starting to pop up, but they are so insanely expensive that most consumers couldn't possibly justify the price.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2848171#Post2848171
http://shirroo.hubpages.com/hub/True-LED-TVs-Do-They-Really-Exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED-backlit_LCD_display
Originally Posted By: greenjp
Originally Posted By: zerosoma
...I would go with LCD - and the 10th time I would more than likely go with an LED.
Uh, an "LED" is an LCD. A "regular" LCD uses a fluorescent backlight, an "LED" uses an LED backlight. They're both liquid crystal displays. LED used to be an upsell/selling point but has rapidly moved downmarket as LED prices have come down. They are more efficient than fluorescent lamps and tend to allow for thinner displays, if those factors matter to you.
At the same price, plasma TVs tend to have superior picture quality and often are available in a larger size to boot. Whether they're still for sale in the future has little bearing on a buyer's decision today.
jeff
LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
LED = Light Emitting Diode
As usual, lots of people saying things that they know nothing about. They are different technologies. But everyone's an expert here, right?
I have to agree with greenjp here. Vast majority of the TVs currently on the market advertised as LED TVs are actually LCD displays that use LED as backlighting. True LED TVs are only starting to pop up, but they are so insanely expensive that most consumers couldn't possibly justify the price.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2848171#Post2848171
http://shirroo.hubpages.com/hub/True-LED-TVs-Do-They-Really-Exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED-backlit_LCD_display