I plan on buying an Xbox 360 soon, and eventually a PS3. I want to be able to fully enjoy the whole HD thing so I will be buying a new HD set.
However, I don’t know much about LCDs or Plasma TVs, so I don’t know which way to go on this.
Any Dopers have experience with video games and HD sets? Which one do you recommend?
I don’t watch TV, but I do play video games. I recently bought a 56" Sony LCD HDTV strictly for my games. I’m currently playing FFXII and the picture is gorgeous. The TV has plenty of outlets for the game systems & the DVD player and because it’s LCD it’s so slim it fits in a corner. I’m very happy with this TV.
I bought an LCD TV a few years ago. I chose it over a plasma because my kids would be playing video games and I was concerned about having a static image burn into the plasma.
At the time this was a common concern about plasma TVs. With todays game consoles I’m not too sure that this is a big concern. Most of the games I see have constant changes in graphics so I have doubts that there will be screen burning problems.
I still have a preference for the LCD screens. They have made great improvements in contrast ratio and now have deeper blacks and brighter colors. And wether or not the plasma screens may have a burn in problem, the LCDs wil not
In my experience, plasma TV’s wear out faster than LCD’s. So, in my opinion, if you plan on playing a lot of video games, stay away from plasmas.
~Tasha
I can’t speak about plasmas, I’ve never used one but we recently got an LCD TV to use with our 360, and it’s the shiznit.
I remember when LCDs first came out they were quite bad for ghosting, especially in fast-paced games like FPS and racing games, but with the new response times of <8ms it’s, pretty much unnoticable. We’ve plugged our 360 into the HD adaptor at the back of the TV, and the games are beautiful. Gears of War is full of the sexy, especially with things like the water effects and weather.
The biggest factor for us when buying the TV was that LCD is much, much cheaper than plasma. We’ve got a 32" Samsung and it cost us $2000 (AU). An equivalent-sized plasma TV from the same retailer cost between $500 and $1000 more depending on brand. YMMV of course.
The biggest problem with LCD is glare, and a lack of true black, which in a lot of video games that like to use dark colors and low light levels, this can be very apparant. But, as said, plasma, on the average, doesn’t last as long, can have burn in, and costs more.
Though, personall, I’d go with DLP. It has no burn in, long life, true black, less glare, and, while bigger than LCD and plasma, is still smaller and lighter than CRT and rear projection.
But, being the newer TV technology on the market, it is pricey.