Is there a difference between "LED" TVs, and "LED-LCD" TVs? I see some TVs are advertised as "LED", and others "LED-LCD". I've been trying to find an answer on the internet, and it seems that all "LED" TVs are "LCD" TVs with a LED back lighting ... Where as regular LCD TVs use a florescent back light.
... man, that's a lot of letters.
My current TV is a dinosaur, and I'm been waiting for it to die before I get a new one, but I think it's time. I'm going to look at the Sunday ads and probably buy one tomorrow.
I think I found the answer. It looks like TVs advertised as "LED" are the same thing as "LED/LCD" Tvs.
LED refers to the back light, just make sure you can't see light around the edge of the screen, or go plasma!
I've heard you have to get the Plasma recharged. How often and is it costly?
After years with a huge box of a TV, we finally broke down (cheap, I am) and bought a new HD TV. Wow. What a difference.
> I've heard you have to get the Plasma recharged. How often and is it costly?
Mark, you can't recharge a plasma TV. No way, no how.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/01/26/sears-upsells-plasma.html
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071103113501AAhFiPB
> After years with a huge box of a TV, we finally broke down (cheap, I am) and bought a new HD TV. Wow. What a difference.
I just did that too, huge difference.....
I can remember when color TV's first came out, we didn't get one for a few years. My old man wanted to wait until all the bugs got worked out....
Swmbo's father who is in his 80s had an old box tv and he refused to upgrade even though he consantly moaned and comlpained about how he wasn't able to see stuff.
He watches a lot of baseball,football and golf besides the news channels. He does have some vision problems also.
He refused to get rid of the box though based on the fact that it was a good tv and worked like it always worked.
This year he was having some of his cronies over for a BCS or Superbowl viewing and with the help of my brother in law, he got a new samsung 42 or 46" hd from somehwere.
He has moved his viewing chair back 6' from where he used to view.
I don't know what he did with the old box but I have seen them at yard sales in the neighborhood for $15-20
The other factor to look at is the refresh rate. It deals with how well the picture is during fast motion scenes and looking at something in slow motion on the DVR.
Most TVs are 60hz, 120hz is better and 240hz is so amazing that in 1080p high definition slow motion the picture is fluid with no skips or missed action.
You really need more hz on a big screen than on a 32in screen.
The thin LED screens are side lighted along the perimeter of the screen and the thicker LED screens are totally back lighted all across the screen and in the middle.
I am using a 24in Dell monitor in the kitchen for a tv.
Look into the Sewell 1 x 8 HDMI signal splitter and you can pipe one signal into every room in the house.
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> Look into the Sewell 1 x 8 HDMI signal splitter and you can pipe one signal into every room in the house.
Or go with DirecTV and their newest HD DVR that can record several proigrams at once and be connected to multiple TV's, HD or standard.
Ok I remember hearing something when they first came out (probably from the guy that sold me my LCD). Do they have a short life span? I still don't understand Plasma, but like the picture.
Color TV
my parents did not even have a color TV until I left home in 1981.
I think they did it just to spite me ;-).
I still have the big box; haven't acquired an HD TV yet, waiting for my daughter to leave home ;-).
Color TV
We have an old CRT tv. The wife is still way better than TV!
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Basically... unless you watch all of your TV in a basement/home theater where you have no ambient light, you don't need the hassle of a plasma. They are a great setup, but maybe not for the normal TV/Redbox consumer.
Get you an LED/LCD setup with at least 1080p/120Hz and a good HD connection, and you will see everything you ever wanted.
If you are not sure which type is best for you...
...why not take them out for a test drive before you buy?
You can go to a rental company like Aarons and rent one for a month and see how it does.
At the end of the month you simply take it back, and exchange it for a different one and test it.
Repeat until you find the brand and type that is just right for you.
Aarons even has a 120 day same as cash policy where you end up paying only retail (no finance charges) if you pay off the balance before the first 120 days.
They also knock off about 10-15% of retail on their gently used items, so you could save some serious cash by buying a previously rented unit.
If you are not sure which type is best for you...
Good idea Tim!!
We just broke down and got a new plasma ... Had hand me downs and tube sony .... Samsung 60" 3d came with a Blu ray player and two sets of glasses for about 1300. No hassle setup at all plug in and turn on
I wasn't too interested in3d, but it's a no brainer for the price point. It's awesome directv has a few channels in 3d and you can fake 3d any channel, even Xbox. My son's FPS looks super
If you are not sure which type is best for you...
I have a 6 year old 50 inch plasma.
The picture is perfect and crystal clear.
Everyone said when I bought it that it would only last 2 years.
They were wrong, lol
If you are not sure which type is best for you...
Modern plasmas have no hassle, last forever, don't suffer burn in problems. The plasma problems of the past have been engineered out of existence.
If you are not sure which type is best for you...
Im confused. Are they saying the human vision system can't handle 3 dimensional viewing? Isn't the real world already in 3-d??
