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1. Plasma is still best bet for picture quality, but is b*ggered if bust and is fragile?
- The best TV picture I've seen is from a DLP rear projection sets running full HDTV. For projectors, this is equalled by a CRT projector which will destroy any equivalent technology (not talking about your local cinema here). Plasma screens are of different qualities, early sets suffer from phospor burns which go yellow as they are (chuck it away). There are also numbers of pixel resolutions e.g. 800x600 on plasma, cheapers ones won't do HDTV.

2. LCD has certain issues regards viewing angle and cost as screen size increases, more recent contrast ratio's make it almost if not the equal of Plasma?
LCD can have some problems with ghosting, black levels on the lowerer contrast ratios (I own one and it's grey!). Colours are often boosted unnaturally to give a "better picture". Viewing angle didn't seem to be a problem for me.

3. LCOS heard of it, dont know much about it other than it is supposed to give LCD a boost in the big screen stakes and should be less proone to issues during manufacter (therefore cheaper)...?
Not sure.

4. HDTV sounds like a goer, but there are some screens claiming to meet the standard but actually dont.
Two standards or 760p or 1080i. Xbox 360 will do 1080i, (this is two sets of 540 lines one after another, 760p is 760 lines all at the same time). P (progressive is considered superior e.g. 1080p versus 1080i. Anyway not sure what sky is going to produce next year (hopefully you'll get the choice).

The best picture out of my LCD was achieved through my DVD player into a scalar (Focus CS1) which gave it the XVGA picture it was capable of.

If all else fails go with the suggestion to get an LCD projector, by no means perfect but far more impressive than "big" screens. Look for a Panasonic PT300AE \ 500 or 900 if you can afford it.

Without my Scalar the Loewe CRT television is far better than the LCD screen.

Current kit for comparison: Loewe 28" CRT widescreen. Acer 26" LCD widescreen. NEC 6PG XTRA CRT projector, Focus CS1 scalar.

Cheers, Tim

<blockquote data-quote="Tim F" data-source="post: 637234" data-attributes="member: 1667">Ok here goes...1. Plasma is still best bet for picture quality, but is b*ggered if bust and is fragile?- The best TV picture I've seen is from a DLP rear projection sets running full HDTV. For projectors, this is equalled by a CRT projector which will destroy any equivalent technology (not talking about your local cinema here). Plasma screens are of different qualities, early sets suffer from phospor burns which go yellow as they are (chuck it away). There are also numbers of pixel resolutions e.g. 800x600 on plasma, cheapers ones won't do HDTV.2. LCD has certain issues regards viewing angle and cost as screen size increases, more recent contrast ratio's make it almost if not the equal of Plasma?LCD can have some problems with ghosting, black levels on the lowerer contrast ratios (I own one and it's grey!). Colours are often boosted unnaturally to give a &quot;better picture&quot;. Viewing angle didn't seem to be a problem for me.3. LCOS heard of it, dont know much about it other than it is supposed to give LCD a boost in the big screen stakes and should be less proone to issues during manufacter (therefore cheaper)...?Not sure.4. HDTV sounds like a goer, but there are some screens claiming to meet the standard but actually dont.Two standards or 760p or 1080i. Xbox 360 will do 1080i, (this is two sets of 540 lines one after another, 760p is 760 lines all at the same time). P (progressive is considered superior e.g. 1080p versus 1080i.&nbsp; Anyway not sure what sky is going to produce next year (hopefully you'll get the choice). The best picture out of my LCD was achieved through my DVD player into a scalar (Focus CS1) which gave it the XVGA picture it was capable of. If all else fails go with the suggestion to get an LCD projector, by no means perfect but far more impressive than &quot;big&quot; screens. Look for a Panasonic PT300AE \ 500 or 900 if you can afford it.Without my Scalar the Loewe CRT television is far better than the LCD screen.Current kit for comparison: Loewe 28&quot; CRT widescreen. Acer 26&quot; LCD widescreen. NEC 6PG XTRA CRT projector, Focus CS1 scalar.Cheers, Tim</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim F, post: 637234, member: 1667"] Ok here goes... 1. Plasma is still best bet for picture quality, but is b*ggered if bust and is fragile? - The best TV picture I've seen is from a DLP rear projection sets running full HDTV. For projectors, this is equalled by a CRT projector which will destroy any equivalent technology (not talking about your local cinema here). Plasma screens are of different qualities, early sets suffer from phospor burns which go yellow as they are (chuck it away). There are also numbers of pixel resolutions e.g. 800x600 on plasma, cheapers ones won't do HDTV. 2. LCD has certain issues regards viewing angle and cost as screen size increases, more recent contrast ratio's make it almost if not the equal of Plasma? LCD can have some problems with ghosting, black levels on the lowerer contrast ratios (I own one and it's grey!). Colours are often boosted unnaturally to give a "better picture". Viewing angle didn't seem to be a problem for me. 3. LCOS heard of it, dont know much about it other than it is supposed to give LCD a boost in the big screen stakes and should be less proone to issues during manufacter (therefore cheaper)...? Not sure. 4. HDTV sounds like a goer, but there are some screens claiming to meet the standard but actually dont. Two standards or 760p or 1080i. Xbox 360 will do 1080i, (this is two sets of 540 lines one after another, 760p is 760 lines all at the same time). P (progressive is considered superior e.g. 1080p versus 1080i. Anyway not sure what sky is going to produce next year (hopefully you'll get the choice). The best picture out of my LCD was achieved through my DVD player into a scalar (Focus CS1) which gave it the XVGA picture it was capable of. If all else fails go with the suggestion to get an LCD projector, by no means perfect but far more impressive than "big" screens. Look for a Panasonic PT300AE \ 500 or 900 if you can afford it. Without my Scalar the Loewe CRT television is far better than the LCD screen. Current kit for comparison: Loewe 28" CRT widescreen. Acer 26" LCD widescreen. NEC 6PG XTRA CRT projector, Focus CS1 scalar. Cheers, Tim [/QUOTE]

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