Homer

LED technology will surpass that of plasma and this is evident of manufactures' websites. More LCD available than plasma.

ITS BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAPER TO MAKE, ship and store.

25-04-2008:

"Pioneer Corporation and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic products, today reached a basic agreement on a comprehensive PDP business alliance to further progress and reinforce the PDP businesses".

I like the cinematic feel of LCD's.

My Samsung has multiple LED backlights and a contrast ratio of 500000:1.

That number means nothing in the real world..

but the marketing hype is clearly working on you.

Only at first. Once we get used to stupidly high-resolution images at high frame rates, our brains will adjust.

The battle scenes in Gladiator, for instance, were filmed with a video camera, the immediacy it brought changed the ways our brains worked.

This 'immediacy effect' was achieved by the higher 'shutter speed'. Not because of the camera.

(This effect is "fun" for action scenes.. but imagine watching the whole movie like that).

50fps will never work for cinema. (its been debated for decades the conclusion is always the same).

What would be ideal would be for film to adapt to 50+fps, but that's not going to happen.

It wont happen...

The problem with that is movies would loose there "effect".

24fps make movies look "magical" vs. real...

it allows the brain to detach from reality... sorry could go on for hours about this

50fps would look more like Camcorder footage/ TV show.

Then again, people put up with 2:3 Pulldown.

dont get me started!

... which is silly. There is simply no good reason to do this, apart from to reduce flicker in ambient electrical light. 48Hz projection can cause motion perception issues, for instance, so you're better off with pure 24Hz and no lights.

Then again, people put up with 2:3 Pulldown.

Pug...

24fps would look like a flick-book... our eyes need to seen min. 48fps for them to be tricked into seeing fluid motion.

wow homer, you have a Kuro? I've got to get into your business then, because the business for you must be good!! but homer is very right on this. If someone is truly picky about TV, then Kuro really is your best bet.

thanks

after going through around 10 sets, im finally really happy with this 1

only thing annoying is "white judder" but that's common on all LCD/Plasma.

I have to say that I own a Sharp 46 inch aquos 1080p LCD and the blacks are VERY black...best I have ever seen in any set plasma or LCD.

good blacks off a back lit LCD? comon!

Cinema is 48Hz?

Film is 24fps (24Hz) progressive,

each frame is displayed twice on cinema screen.

48fps.

Ok.... I lied.

Please read.....

You didn't lie

Just mislead by a gimmick and hype.

The holy grail of a home cinema setup is to achieve a picture and sound as the DIRECTOR INTENDED.

I now know what you mean by 120hz LCD.

i.e Post-processing to "make-up" frames.

Made-up frames cause artefacts and remove the "movie effect".

(Ive got something similar on my bedroom Philips LCD). fun for the 1st 5mins... then never used it again.

If you like this sort of picture go for it...

LCD can never produce (or even come close to) near REFERENCE level (once calibrated) blacks, gamma curve and colour temperature of the Kuro, THIS IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

Naw....honestly, not gonna budge on this one. Plasma is no longer king. The new 120hz LCDs are IT right now. Blows plasma away. Brighter, sharper, smoother. The pic just looks like life itself. Honestly, have you gone and looked at one? Sorry but the Pioneer Kuro is only 60hz refresh rate. Slow as a donkey. Hence the choppy picture. Trust me......I know you like your plasmas guys, but if you are lookin for a nice TV right now, 120hz LCD is THE way to go. Just go take a look at one if you don't believe me. 25k:1 contrast ratio, and 120hz....nuff said. One thing though....garbage in = garbage out. If you go to check one out, make sure it's at a good store. One where they have proper signal on ALL their display models. Compare pictures with equal source material.

Sorry, I turned this thread into a consumer electronics theme. Just kind of another hobby of mine. CE that is.

this will be my last post regarding it. But maybe we can continue this topic on OT?

sorry, dont mean to offend

but please dont post nonsense about refresh rates. nothing you said makes any sense.

cinema refresh rate is 48hz.

why on earth do you need 120hz??????!

Kuro refresh rate is 72hz anyway.

Kuro plasma. best flat screen on market... look on any forum/magazine.

Hi, A great dealer has offered to take back a watch I bought which was a little diffrent from the one on his web site. my question is what is the best way to send it back? i like how EMS tells you how its going... is it worth FED EX'ing? the watch is worth about US$300.

Thanks for the Advice

Airmail 'Sighed for' is ok.

I just sent back 40 watches via EMS

also safe.

Would you rather own 10 'high end' reps priced at $200 each or this Sony Bravia 40 inch LCD HD TV with a 5 year warranty?

Hi

If you care about picture quality forget LCD.

Plasma is much better.

Go for the Pioneer KURO range (best flat screen TV on the market).

50" here.

also comes in 42"

Alright, I have been studying this all day, and heres my assessment:

Both are reps. V2/Ultimate if im not mistaken, but the bling is a franken:

I best get down to the breitling dealership!

Knowing Homer, the other one could also be a rep, just a much better one.

i frekin hope not!

I would plumb for the bling, bling diamond bezel being Gen.

spot the fake...

just to make the choice a little more difficult

SO, china is lending money to the US, where the US is paying interest on the money and were using that money and putting it totally back in the Chinese economy.

western dominance over the world will come to a sharp end.

our children will be living in a very different world.

I am picking up a gen. Mont Blanc Timewalker Chrono this weekend and have been debating whether to keep that or try and set up a trade for a HBB Rose Gold/Ceramic rep. plus some cash.....what would you do?

Go for the Gen!

1 Gen is worth 10 reps imo.

ive been thinking about getting 1 for a while.. cant seem to find a Rose Gold version that I want

I truly wonder if the royal mail is staffed by chimpanzees,i have so many problems in the past,it makes me wonder if it would be safer to deliver your mail yourself

Makes me mad.

calm down.

RM is good service for a very good price.

I loose maybe 1-2 recorded items out of 1000.

special delivery never.

Gone with the registered/International Signed for

very safe.

sent around 1000 packets via Airmail 'Signed for' last year... only 1 or 2 lost

Interparcel have more options than DHL/UPS though,

he's sending to Thailand.

DHL/UPS only.

i would recommend neither for sending reps. from UK.

Ive also had watches nabbed by DHL going from UK > Italy.

if you are sending reps.

you cant use DHL/UPS (interparcel).