Chosing a display for HTPC (1 Viewer)

[tasty carp]

A mate bought a plasma for his restaurant in october 05 (afl grand final!)

After 3 to 4 months on some images you can see the channel 9 watermark burnt on the screen.

Sure its on 6 days a week from 7am to 12pm but I dont think this is good enought.

I used to work at a tv repair centre before plasmas were around and i still visit there occasionally...the place is now full of bung plasmas.

my vote goes to LCD.

 

[jawbroken]

Sure its on 6 days a week from 7am to 12pm but I dont think this is good enought.

That is what you get for operating something outside of its specifications.

 

[Tech Geek]

That is what you get for operating something outside of its specifications.

But an LCD will never do that even if it runs 24/7.

 

[knutinh]

Please note that although some LCD screens feature 1920x1080 physical pixels, I don`t know many that can adress those pixels individually! Many can only do scaled or interlaced inputs.

The norm seems to be 1080interlaced input via DVI/HDMI only. This may be fair for stand-alone HD sources, but for HTPC users it is really frustrating to have interlacing on your static desktop or scaled fonts. Please check this prior to investing.

Companies like Philips have shown little interest (or competance) in what they are actually selling, evident in the many threads on this topic at www.avsforum.com

-k

 

[AllenConquest]

I was starting to urr towards the latest Sony Brava 40" LCD screens, but a friend of mine just brought a Samsung 32", and he said watching the Grand Prix at the weekend was not very good. The LCD couldn't really handle the fast movement.

Now I'm thinking the Pioneer 42MXE10 is a good choice. A guy on AVForums says this is about the only Plasma that allows a 1:1 pixel map at 50Hz (essential for PAL TV). I'm a bit concerned that the resolution is only 1024x768 though and people say this leads to a stretched desktop (the pixels aren't square).

Does anyone else run at 1024x768 on a 16:9 screen? What does the desktop look like ?

Cheers,

Allen

 

[Brocklander]

I would look at the Sony Bravia's a little longer before discounting them due to a friends' experience with a Samsung. I have heard not one bad thing about the Bravia's, they're the pick of the LCD's at the moment.

I can afford to wait for a 1080p SED... Well actually, I can't justify upgrading my HD CRT for a few years yet 8)

 

[Tech Geek]

I was starting to urr towards the latest Sony Brava 40" LCD screens, but a friend of mine just brought a Samsung 32", and he said watching the Grand Prix at the weekend was not very good. The LCD couldn't really handle the fast movement.

How an LCD is for fast motion depends on the LCD display and varies from one to the next. You have to be aware of the specs.

This is just my opinion but Sony is overpriced and you'd find the same features on a cheaper set. I'm not saying they are bad... Sony makes excellent products (for the most part) but they charge more for the features.

Newer sets should support true HDTV resolutions and will give a better picture than downconverting it to 1024x768.

 

[AllenConquest]

This is just my opinion but Sony is overpriced and you'd find the same features on a cheaper set.

Such as ?