widescreen crt or plasm

[psalliss]

im in the market for a new screen my old 28 inch toshiba which i bought 2nd hand is now starting to die. i can see thin black horizontal lines most of the time.
so ive narrowed the choice down to a 32 leowe mimo for the crt which is a £1000, but ive also been looking at the lg plasma at richers which was just under £2000.
i really like the idea of the thin plasma screen and the space saved. but is the picture quality on the cheap plasma be worse than the crt screen

[Aaron]

In a word, yes the picture quality will be worse.

The best thing to do is get down your local richer sounds and have a look for yourself though. Richer Sounds are usually very happy to demo equipment and you may well find that the image quality is satisfactory for your needs.

[Howard]

Nothing beats a CRT in terms of quality.

And the quality of plasmas, especially the cheaper ones, is lacking

[psalliss]

what is the cheapest that youd pay for a good plasma, im very fussy when it somes too quality and i am one of those fussy sods who spots tiny little glitches. it used to really annoy my ex.

[Flibb]

I would love a plasma for the convenience but judging from the number of people who have spent £3500+ on one and have had problems Im gonna skip it. The biggest problem is some form of screen burn that results from static images, think is they dont need to be static for that long before thay can cause problems. A lot of people recommend changing channels during add breaks to avoid burn, apparently the digital kids channel is the worst culprit cbb's or whatever its called. If I had £2k to spend would probably get a loewe and a front projector.

[Howard]

Originally Posted by psalliss

what is the cheapest that youd pay for a good plasma, im very fussy when it somes too quality and i am one of those fussy sods who spots tiny little glitches. it used to really annoy my ex.

£6-7000?

I'd rather buy a top of the range CRT tbh, like a Loewe

[psalliss]

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/produc...affiliateid=76

well the general consensus seems to be to go for the loewe, this is the one that im looking at.

[MurphmanL]

After working in dixons for a week, i think the plasma screens look amazing
With finding nemo, at least...
Not cheap tho, the best looking of the 4 i saw on displayed and cleaned , was the Techwood 42" Plasma with Virtual Dolby speakers included and a tuner... £1799 is a bit much for a tv tho imo

[Aaron]

what is the cheapest that youd pay for a good plasma, im very fussy when it somes too quality and i am one of those fussy sods who spots tiny little glitches. it used to really annoy my ex.

The only really sensational plasma screen I've ever seen was a Mitsubishi prototype. It was better than any CRT I'd ever seen. The problem was that that yeild on the screens (the number that actually worked) was around 7%. If they'd put it into production then it would have cost around £20,000 so they never put it into prooduction.

If you're fussy, then you can't beat a CRT. Unless you go for a decent projector, of course, but they're less practical.

[Jiff Lemon]

Originally Posted by psalliss

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/produc...affiliateid=76

well the general consensus seems to be to go for the loewe, this is the one that im looking at.

Actual colour > Cream

WTF?? Nice telly, but CREAM??

[psalliss]

yeah the cream im not sure about either, there seem to be other loewe models in grey and anthrecite. theres about 4 all the same price but called different models but i cant see the difference between them. i quite kike the look of this one as well.

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/produc...4781ZPA&clear=