Thoughts on this TV

[LUBaseball2]

LG 60" 5978" Diag. Plasma 1080p 600Hz Smart HDTV 60PN5700 - Best Buy

I am trying to decide between this 60inch Smart Plasma Vs. a 60 inch LED. I only use my TV for mostly movies and sports. Let me know what you would pick my budget is around 1k

 

[Red Turtle]

If the room receives a lot of natural light from windows/glass doors, the plasma will be very reflective.

 

[LUBaseball2]

If the room receives a lot of natural light from windows/glass doors, the plasma will be very reflective.

Yea, I thought most of the newer ones didn't have a huge problem with that. The thing I don't like about the LED's are the unnatural colors

 

[oldmodman]

I have a 65" Panasonic Plasma, one year old. It replaced a smaller LCD tv

The plasma is superior in every way. And it is in a pretty bright room. Sunlight can hit the screen directly in the late afternoon and it still looks great.

 

[xXGadfly09Xx]

LG 60" 5978" Diag. Plasma 1080p 600Hz Smart HDTV 60PN5700 - Best Buy

I am trying to decide between this 60inch Smart Plasma Vs. a 60 inch LED. I only use my TV for mostly movies and sports. Let me know what you would pick my budget is around 1k

If I were you I would skip the SMART tv and buy one without interwebs. If You want interwebs buy a $50 dvd/blu ray player that can do interwebs

 

[LUBaseball2]

If I were you I would skip the SMART tv and buy one without interwebs. If You want interwebs buy a $50 dvd/blu ray player that can do interwebs

Yea I was kinda wondering if the Smart TV is really gonna be worth it anyways with the new Xbox coming out. I already have a surround sound system that is WIFI capable

 

[WireEater]

If this is going to be your main tv and you want to get something really good then go with a Panasonic or Samsung plasma. They make the best screen ls and honestly I wasn't for plasma until I owned one. The pictures and colors are just better than lcd/leds.

 

[03Sssnake]

If this is going to be your main tv and you want to get something really good then go with a Panasonic or Samsung plasma. They make the best screen ls and honestly I wasn't for plasma until I owned one. The pictures and colors are just better than lcd/leds.

I agree, am partial to having glass in my tv screens! Plasma has great color and is bang for the buck a great option.

 

[thomas91169]

Yea I was kinda wondering if the Smart TV is really gonna be worth it anyways with the new Xbox coming out. I already have a surround sound system that is WIFI capable

Its not worth the cost with the current xbox/ps3 media support.

both consoles have Netflix/hulu with built in browsers and ability to stream content loaded on any networked pc using media servers.

However I do believe those media servers (like Serviio) can transcode and have the content viewed to most dlna/smart tv sets.

 

[LUBaseball2]

If this is going to be your main tv and you want to get something really good then go with a Panasonic or Samsung plasma. They make the best screen ls and honestly I wasn't for plasma until I owned one. The pictures and colors are just better than lcd/leds.

I agree, am partial to having glass in my tv screens! Plasma has great color and is bang for the buck a great option.

Its not worth the cost with the current xbox/ps3 media support.

both consoles have Netflix/hulu with built in browsers and ability to stream content loaded on any networked pc using media servers.

However I do believe those media servers (like Serviio) can transcode and have the content viewed to most dlna/smart tv sets.

Thank you all for the info. I guess I'm gonna go with a 60inch Plasma for sure then

 

[ibleedblue65]

Thank you all for the info. I guess I'm gonna go with a 60inch Plasma for sure then

Ya Panasonic is the way to go.

 

[LUBaseball2]

Ya Panasonic is the way to go.

The only bad part about the panasonic is I don't see any at bestbuy that aren't smart TV's

 

[The Piper]

Plasma!!!!!!!!

 

[CowlHood]

What about burn-in on plasmas?

 

[WireEater]

Its not worth the cost with the current xbox/ps3 media support.

both consoles have Netflix/hulu with built in browsers and ability to stream content loaded on any networked pc using media servers.

However I do believe those media servers (like Serviio) can transcode and have the content viewed to most dlna/smart tv sets.

With the right profiles serviio can transpose anything. That's what I use. I paid for the full version which wasn't much it works awesome on dlna tvs.

 

[03Sssnake]

What about burn-in on plasmas?

pretty much a thing of the past and was overblown when it was an actual issue years ago....Image persistence is still possible, but you would have to try pretty damn hard get a ghost image in a current gen plasma. If you did the image would go away with regular tv usage, as the phosphors would get back in line.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Just don't pause your screen on a plasma for like an hour or more... You'll be fine in burn in.

Plasma still look better than LCDs in my opinion, but LCDs now a days look really damn close.

I have both a 60 inch Samsung LCD and a 55 inch Samsung Plasma. The Plasma picture is brighter and looks better, but can be a pain in the ass on really sunny days.

 

[Boosted T-4]

I only go with Samsung. I have a 50" Samsung Plasma and I like it.

This particular model does have image retention. Say for instance, if you are watching ESPN and the bottom of the screen has things on scrolling along with the logo, that stuff will be somewhat visible when you turn the TV off.

 

[JasonSnake]

I have the non-smart version of the LG 60" 5500. You truly get a lot for what you pay for. In my opinion, the LG plasma outdoes some of Samsungs that I've seen side by side at the store. I'm not talking about color or brightness, rather, the pixel density/size when looking at both. The Samsung seemed to have more space between each pixel, thus making it look more 720P'ish to my eyes (and yes, it was a 1080P model). The LG's pixels looked more uniform, hard to tell of any gaps or spaces between the pixels.

Most will say that won't notice the difference from afar, but my sofas are not too far from the TV so it would have bugged me if I had gone with the Samsung.

 

[65fastback2+2]

My 65" Panasonic zt60 gets delivered sat woot