Originally posted by: charliebrown
I doubt they would look that good with regular broadcast TV - for the demos they use DVD and HDTV signals.
Its no problem when you have digital tv though
I think people are over reacting on the burn in issue. When are you going ot leave the thing on a static image all the time?
As for the bars the plasma screen will stretch the image so you get no bars and most of my viewing in England is already in widescreen.
You won't get a plasma screen for 19 or 21" as they are for big displays and tv. And the pitch size of the elements that make the viewing are too big to start with for small viewing.
The difference between a cheaper plasma screen and a better one is AMAZING. I saw two side by side and you could EASILY tell which one was the more expensive and 2nd gen screen. The SW:AOC on dvd was STUNNING. The picture was dam sharp and I was about 2 metres away from the tv, not my normal viewind distance. Far too close. The other picture looked good but a bit less detailed but also about £2k cheaper.
Man who would use one as a monitor? That would be crazy. The resolution isn't no where near the res you'd use for a monitor.
cheaper ones: 800 ish by 480
mid: 1024x768 and 1024x1024
high: 1280x768
And you won't see a significant loss in contrast and brigntess in 2 years.