Looking for a new TV,42" 0r 46",flat screen,H.D.

ACL,or Plasma ???
and why.

 

acl you mean lcd correct

well here ya go

plasma better blacks and better rendering runs hotter uses more juice


lcd not as good blacks but no screen burns runs cooler and less electricity

you cant go wrong with either

FTR i own lcd's a 62" in living room and a 32 in bedroom

 

I agree with the above, plus LCDs supposedly have a longer life.

 

I'm not into TVs at all and rarely watch it, but when I bought my house it came with a built-in TV in a wall space. It's got a great picture and I like that I can see it from any angle, like when I'm at the kitchen sink. It's a 50-inch Samsung Plasma display.

 

If you like sports, fast moving sports like hockey, I recommend plasma. It is clearly much better at providing a clearer picture of live HD action. And, as mentioned, it provides a better picture from any angle.

 

They're all good at this point. It also depends how far away you are planning on sitting. Based on the size of the screen and the distance you're sitting away from it, a less expensive 720i screen is just as good as a 1080p screen.

FWIW, I've got a Samsung LNT-4081 40" LCD in the bedroom and a Mitsubishi WD-65734 65" DLP screen in the tv room. The geek in me must tell you that the Samsung uses LED lighting for very BLACK blacks and a contrast ratio of 100,000:1. DLP's are backlit, and aren't as bright as the LCD's or plasma, but they're much less expensive for the large tv's.

 

well you can get front projection DLP as well.
plasma is going to be hotter and less efficient than flat panel LCD.

Both are really good now.
I'd make sure I viewed them carefully with a movie you know.
Look at black levels and bright levels on scenes like sunsets and sunrises.
one problem the cheaper LCD's have is poor gradients.

 

I love our plasma TV - 42" Panasonic (on a stand - not wall mounted). I did quite a bit of research before buying it. We have an HD package through our cable company, Comcast.

 

I bought a 50" plasma two years ago, very pleased with it. Below is from current issue of Consumer Reports:

Earlier this year, it looked like LCD and plasma TV prices were starting to level off, but with a glut of sets on the market, the latest predictions are that LCD HDTVs will cost about 20 percent less than they did last year. Research firm DisplaySearch expects 46- and 47-inch 1080p LCD sets to sell for an average of $1,350, and 40- and 42-inchers for $990. The 32-inch LCD category could be red hot, with some sets selling for $500 or even less. And 15- to 19-inch LCD models are expected to drop to $200 by year's end.

With plasma TVs, look for price cuts of 20 to 30 percent. A 50-inch 1080p set will sell for just under $1,600 on average, DisplaySearch says. Another firm, Quixel Research, predicts more aggressive pricing during Black Friday sales, with major-brand plasmas of that type selling for $1,500 and secondary brands as low as $1,000. During 2009, Quixel forecasts that prices of 58-inch plasmas will dip below $2,500.

 

The other aspect is to make sure you get a major supplier that manufactures their own product.
A lot of the house brand units have a limited production run and have no parts supply back up should something fail out of warranty.
Translation: 3 months out of warranty it would be a throwaway becuase it can't be serviced and repaired.