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Originally Posted by sfloriII
My wife and I have a Sharp Aquos LCD and are very happy with it, though I have heard of the "banding" issues. I think it's sort of hit or miss with that and we got lucky. There are the inheirant issues with off axis black levels rising which is less apparent with plasmas, but we don't have to worry about burn in when playing with the wii or any other games.
BTW, I work in television so I'm pretty picky about this stuff!  |
Banding pops up from tiime to time, usually when one plant or another doesn't properly keep their equipment clean. Usually the root cause is trace amounts of oil on the conveyor belts. It is not limited to any one manufacturer. The various manufacturers buy each other's panels based on demand.
For my money, Plasma sucks bugs. LCD is much better. Plasmas run hotter, don't last as long, and radiate so much electical hash that I don't know how they manage to pass FCC approval.
There will be no more Aquos in the larger sizes, except for the 108 inch. They are switching to LED, owing to a patent dispute with Samsung. What's in the stores now is the last of the LCD Aquos in 46 and above. Not sure about 42's.