Which TV is the best? Plasma, CRT Rear-Projection,or LCD flat panel?
I need to buy an HDTV, and I want 1080p for my PS3 because PS3′s quality on a regular TV is extremely poor. I did a lot of research and it comes down to 3 tvs. Should I choose the $4500 Pioneer Elite Pro-FHD1 Plasma, 50″ 1080p (This TV is on sale. Original Price is $5500) with stand and speakers included. The $4000 Sony 52″ KDL-52XBR3 or the $900 Philips 60″ 60PP9200D37 CRT Rear projection 1080p. I’ll use them mainly for movies and sports, occasionally for gaming and seldom for news (cbs, nbc etc.) Which TV produces the best picture, most accurate color temp, easiest to calibrate and has the least problems?
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Get the $4500 Pioneer Elite Pro-FHD1 Plasma if you can afford it. Plasmas are clearer from all angles then the others, and crisper. Plus there’s the obvious benefit of “it hanging on the wall” instead of taking up a bunch of room on your floor or TV console. Just make sure some speakers are included or you may have to purchase them separately. Depends on the model.
sony because they make the ps3
The $900 rear projection if you have the room and take the $3000 and go on vacation. There is not $3000+ worth of difference in the sets. When you dont have all 3 sets side by side the Phillips will be just fine.
I gota tell ya thats 1 problem
i wish i had Pioneer Elite is 1 bad ass tv
but i prefer lcd you could try
Sharp LC-52D92U LC52D92U 52″ LCD
its pefect for playstation
I know cuz i got it but hell any of those
tvs would be great you have
done your homework eye see
wow definitly the pioneer that is by far the best bet. i would rate that particulat tv the best in the world . there is none close in image quality. is is the mose expensive. but the picture quality is well worth it. thats the tv iwould buy over any thing else. you will love it.
Definately do not go with the CRT. I have a Sony KDL-40XBR3 and I love it but, the Plasma is the highest rated tv on Cnet. I would go with the LCD
You should absolutely positively definitely choose the Pioneer Pro FHD1. Just go to Best Buy stores and look at it. You’ll be blown away by the stunning and amazing picture and color accuracy of it. Sony is good but the CRT is average. The black levels of that Plasma is comparable to the blacks of CRT (the king of blacks) with excellent shadow detail. The blacks of the Sony 52″ isn’t as deep as plasma and CRT, and it may have the “clouding” or uneven backlighting issue. Cnet uses the Pioneer Pro FHD1 for reviewing other TV as a reference source because it is the best TV ever! You don’t need to calibrate it because, out-of-the-box, it is already calibrated by ISF CCC Video Calibration professionals. Just don’t watch tv programs with company logo in it because it might get burnt in on the screen. SD will look worse on this TV than the regular TV because that’s the nature of HDTV. Cnet review on this tv states that “One other important note: we recommend avoiding feeding the Pioneer any kind of 480i signal. Via both HDMI and component-video, we observed significant softness in the television’s horizontal resolution on grayscale patterns (such as the first color bar pattern from HQV or the staircase from the Sencore VP403 generator), which appeared downright blurry. This issue does not affect 480p, 720p, or either of the 1080 resolution sources; just 480i. If you’re connecting this set to a progressive-scan DVD player, you should set it to progressive mode, or use a player that upconverts to 1080i or 1080p resolution. ©”. Anyway why whould someone watch SD on an expensive TV. Expensive TV’s are for HD only. That’s why millions of people miffled at poor picture quality of their HDTV.