best HDTV for a room with windows
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jhogue
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best HDTV for a room with windows
I am looking at Panasonic TC-P65VT30 and the top of the line Samsumg Plasma and Samsung LED LCD... does anyone have any thoughts about how they perform in a room with ambient lights/windows, etc.? When you see them in a showroom, you can't tell. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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alesch111
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Re: best HDTV for a room with windows
C|net has an article rating matte screen TVs http://reviews.cnet.com/2795-6482_7-378 ... =mncol;txt
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Rodolfo
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Re: best HDTV for a room with windows
Jhogue,
The Panasonic 65VT30 is one of the best TVs you can buy today in regard to image quality, now that Pioneer Elite Kuro is not available. This week at CES Panasonic showed the new models (50 series) with a number of upgrades, expect the 30 series to come down in price when they become available this year. Samsung did the same.
If the light from your windows hits the screen straight in front (rather than behind or on the side) and there is no control of light with curtains (and you watch a lot of TV during the day) you would need a bright image, not just a panel that does not reflect, such as the LCD (LED backlight or not), but with that you also get an inferior image quality (viewing angle affecting color/contrast/brightness at 15% off center, your wife sitting at your side will see a different image, blurriness when displaying fast images, unnatural –cartoon like- imaging, inferior black detail, etc.).
One of my installations was a Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma at a Miami Beach bright apartment, the panel was at 90% off the wall-to-wall windows facing the ocean with not curtains, he appreciated image quality so I installed the best, the owner is very happy, he preferred to add curtains if eventually necessary rather than the degraded image quality of LCD.
There are other considerations, such as using the panel for fixed logos from video game scores, for which LCD is better than plasma (but not 100% immune). If you choose a plasma you can still have a separate setting in another memory to increase light output during the day.
You may want to try bringing a brigth flash light to test the sets at the store again, and view them from the side if viewers would be sitting beyond the straight center position, including 3D viewing. Not even the new LCD/LED sets introduced at CES from LG, Sharp, and Samsung solved that problem yet, but an OEM solution is near (an article is coming). Even the 4K and 8K resolution LCD panel demos by Sharp and LG still showed this angle weakness.
If your viewing is very casual and image quality is of lower priority then an LCD may be your best choice. The new Sharp Elite is probably the best picture quality in the LCD world today if you want to pay the price.
But if price is no object and you can wait until 2nd/3rd quarter, get a 55" OLED from Samsung or LG, there is nothing as punchy and bright as that, and the image quality is certainly better than LCD. OLED is an emissive technology like plasma and CRT (not transmissive as LCD using a back light, local or edge) so the black level is much better.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
The Panasonic 65VT30 is one of the best TVs you can buy today in regard to image quality, now that Pioneer Elite Kuro is not available. This week at CES Panasonic showed the new models (50 series) with a number of upgrades, expect the 30 series to come down in price when they become available this year. Samsung did the same.
If the light from your windows hits the screen straight in front (rather than behind or on the side) and there is no control of light with curtains (and you watch a lot of TV during the day) you would need a bright image, not just a panel that does not reflect, such as the LCD (LED backlight or not), but with that you also get an inferior image quality (viewing angle affecting color/contrast/brightness at 15% off center, your wife sitting at your side will see a different image, blurriness when displaying fast images, unnatural –cartoon like- imaging, inferior black detail, etc.).
One of my installations was a Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma at a Miami Beach bright apartment, the panel was at 90% off the wall-to-wall windows facing the ocean with not curtains, he appreciated image quality so I installed the best, the owner is very happy, he preferred to add curtains if eventually necessary rather than the degraded image quality of LCD.
There are other considerations, such as using the panel for fixed logos from video game scores, for which LCD is better than plasma (but not 100% immune). If you choose a plasma you can still have a separate setting in another memory to increase light output during the day.
You may want to try bringing a brigth flash light to test the sets at the store again, and view them from the side if viewers would be sitting beyond the straight center position, including 3D viewing. Not even the new LCD/LED sets introduced at CES from LG, Sharp, and Samsung solved that problem yet, but an OEM solution is near (an article is coming). Even the 4K and 8K resolution LCD panel demos by Sharp and LG still showed this angle weakness.
If your viewing is very casual and image quality is of lower priority then an LCD may be your best choice. The new Sharp Elite is probably the best picture quality in the LCD world today if you want to pay the price.
But if price is no object and you can wait until 2nd/3rd quarter, get a 55" OLED from Samsung or LG, there is nothing as punchy and bright as that, and the image quality is certainly better than LCD. OLED is an emissive technology like plasma and CRT (not transmissive as LCD using a back light, local or edge) so the black level is much better.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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pkwaug
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Re: best HDTV for a room with windows
I have a 54" Panasonic G25 Plasma wall mounted in a 12 X 15' room on one of the end walls (12'). Opposite the TV is a double 9' high window and on the one side wall near the TV is a sliding glass door--further down that wall is another window and on the opposite side is a small window near the front door. I have the TV set in THX mode using the settings recommended in Home Theater Mag. (You can use a costom setting if you want more brightness) I sometimes watch Golf during the day and have no complaints regarding the brightness of the set. There are some reflections, but by sitting slightly to the side they are not a problem. For normal TV viewing we usually have one small lamp on in the room and for movies we watch in the dark except for light in the diningroom directly behind the TV. The picture is stunning--friends and neighbors are always amazed at my picture compared with theirs (most have LCD/LEDs) I would NEVER give up the quality of my Plasma image and get an LCD/LED TV just because of daytime viewing in a bright room.