Any Bravia owners here?

[phykell]

I'm looking at new TVs at the moment and it's all very confusing. Going to AVForums just adds to the complexity TBH as the range of opinions there is so huge and there's always the fact that people have very subjective views. The main problem however, is that you can't even rely on your own impression of a TV that you see in the shop because there's virtually zero chance of the units you're looking at being set up even remotely well and certainly not to compare fairly. As a result, buying a TV is a nightmare and I just don't trust anyone's opinion, even my own!

I think I'm just going to buy a Sony and almost certainly an LCD because I'll be using a PS3. Plasma might be "better" for absolute picture quality but I don't think I'll be sitting on my couch criticising the red hues, blackness and so on.

[leowyatt]

As you just using it for the PS3? nothing else, only games?

[phykell]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

As you just using it for the PS3? nothing else, only games?

Well not just games, we do watch some TV but it's mostly (95%) downloaded stuff. I do have cable but it's mostly rubbish TBH - I keep meaning to get rid of it or reduce all the channels but I never get round to it :S

Before I had the PS3 I didn't really play games either other than CS:S on the PC occasionally.

[divine]

Originally Posted by phykell

I think I'm just going to buy a Sony and almost certainly an LCD because I'll be using a PS3. Plasma might be "better" for absolute picture quality but I don't think I'll be sitting on my couch criticising the red hues, blackness and so on.

Funny you say that, as if you'd said to me primary use would be PS3, i'd have said plasma.

Though it's really not a case of criticising hues and blackness, the differences can be startling. Like Kitten says, once you've watched a decent plasma for a while, LCDs eternally seem like they're set up wrong, they just can't compete. I suppose if you never see a plasma, then 'ignorance is bliss' and an LCD will probably seem fine to.

In the meantime, i'm trying to do a sort of comparison in photoshop to 'illustrate' the differences but it's proving harder than i thought to make the 'LCD' blacks appear as they oft do on screen without ruining the rest of the picture

[leowyatt]

Well if you aren't watching much movies, etc then LCD is better for you To be honest the best way of using the avforums is to read the reviews of TVs you are after from places like what hifi and home cinema choice and then find the owners thread and see what people think or say about it.

As an example, when our Samsung Plasma went back and we got a refund I was originally looking at an LG plasma which looked very nice and the reviews were extremely promising. However after reading the owners thread I found out it suffered terribly from image retention so I went for our Panasonic instead

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by Kitten

i'm sure she'd go for the LCD every time *shrugs*

Don't be so sure

[divine]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

Well if you aren't watching much movies, etc then LCD is better for you

On what basis?

If you look at Plasmas, Pioneer and Panasonic are the brands to go with, they're head and shoulders above anyone else at the moment.

Here is my somewhat stylised 'artists impression' of the difference between LCD and Plasma. Obviously, it has to be stylised as chances are most people will be looking at it through an LCD anyway



edit - ffs, i should really check things on both screens, those barely look any different on this one :/
edit 2 - should look ok now, hopefully...

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by divine

On what basis?

No offense here Daz or Davey but seeing the 360 on their LCDs it looks extremely whereas normal telly doesn't look as good. If he's using it primarily for the PS3 then I'd say an LCD might be a better choice.

[divine]

Have you compared a 360 running on a Plasma though? It looks even better than it does on an LCD.

[leowyatt]

I own a Plasma divine, do you read posts

Imagine retention is still a problem but not as bad as it was but if he's just using it for the PS3 then I'd say LCD is probably his best bet. I haven't seen a PS3 running on a plasma so can't comment on that, only seem my 360.