Need serious info regarding buying lcd OR Plasma

[StergioS]

the cost of the hdmi cable depends on what hdmi revision you're talking about
look here for the difference in the revisions

[PCXL-Fan]

Originally Posted by StergioS

the cost of the hdmi cable depends on what hdmi revision you're talking about
look here for the difference in the revisions

It is just another excuse the cable companies use to charge an additional 20-30% premium over rev 1.2 cables.

the truth about rev 1.3 is that it offers at the moment absolutely nothing to the consumer. It has a couple new improvements all pretty much worthless and biggest benefit is the increased color accuracy, from 8bits (24bit) for each of the 3 color ranges to now iirc 10bits. The only problem is that BLU-ray media disk format will never support anything more than 8bit color accuracy per channel. The entire industry is already set to make things with 24bit color so it won't change for many years.

Also I'm pretty sure most plasmas with there high color range are still only 8bit per channel. And many LCD panels being TN (twisted nematic) only support 6 - 8 bit per channel color range (and many that reportedly support 8 are actually lying and have algorythms that attempt to synthesize the missing colour range yet are advertised as fully displaying all 24bit colors) to poor results (aka Apple MacBook lawsuit).

[ice2hot]

Originally Posted by tuanming

No one has mention anything about gaming on LCD or Plasma I'd still pick LCD over plasma no question ask...

Well I love all the tips that have been provided. But one thing is what really concerns me on an lcd is the MS speed. What I found LCDS blur fast motions whereas plasmas don't so that was my main concern in terms of gaming with a PS3. So would it better to play The ps3 on an LCD or plasma 720p. thanks

[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by PCXL-Fan

It is just another excuse the cable companies use to charge an additional 20-30% premium over rev 1.2 cables.

the truth about rev 1.3 is that it offers at the moment absolutely nothing to the consumer. It has a couple new improvements all pretty much worthless and biggest benefit is the increased color accuracy, from 8bits (24bit) for each of the 3 color ranges to now iirc 10bits. The only problem is that BLU-ray media disk format will never support anything more than 8bit color accuracy per channel. The entire industry is already set to make things with 24bit color so it won't change for many years.

Also I'm pretty sure most plasmas with there high color range are still only 8bit per channel. And many LCD panels being TN (twisted nematic) only support 6 - 8 bit per channel color range (and many that reportedly support 8 are actually lying and have algorythms that attempt to synthesize the missing colour range yet are advertised as fully displaying all 24bit colors) to poor results (aka Apple MacBook lawsuit).

That's true... they only changed one little thing inside the cables, anyway. And 1.3 or 1.2 cables still cost the same. $10 for 10. Since there won't be any difference, the truth is... a lot of 1.3 cables out there are really just 1.2.

As for playing the PS3, although people are against it, paying for a good 1080p LCD beats having to pay half-arse prices for 720p HDTVs. If you want to get the most out of your PS3, a 1080p native HDTV is still the way to go, and most LCDs are that way. The 120Hz is another scheme, by the way. 1080p signal from most devices only go to 60Hz, and they work best at 60Hz. Any signal that is 120Hz... obviously doesn't come from anything other than a computer.