Plasma or LCD? I have decided

It was time to decide: plasma or LCD? My decision is not an academic one, and I cannot and don't want to convince you to do the same.

I chose LCD. Specifically, I chose this TV. The picture in the beginning is of my new TV screen.

Why? well the price was OK, Toshiba is a well known manufacturer and this TV is quite new. Why LCD? No definite answer here, but I can say that there are much more options in LCD than in Plasma, and that could be the reason I tended to go to this direction.

Anyway, if you haven't decided yet - good luck.

I'm done, at least for the next couple of years, I hope...

Have you heard about the Mojave experiment?

When I first heard about this, I couldn't think about anything but the Matrix ("Do you know what's the Matrix?") or the "Dharma initiative" from Lost. Well, it has nothing to do with either of them. Basically it is just another commercial of Microsoft for the notorious Windows Vista.

So what's it all about? Microsoft claims to have done the following experiment: They interviewed more than a hundred non-Vista users that have heard about Vista and did not like what they heard. They were asked to grade Vista (giving an overall 4.4 grade on average). Then they were shown "the next Microsoft OS" codenamed "Mojave". Most of them were very impressed and liked what they saw and gave the overall 8.5 grade on average. It was then they were told that actually what they saw was Vista and nothing else.

I said Microsoft claims this. I am not accusing Microsoft of anything, but it is still a commercial and probably not a lot more. You can see for yourself in http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/

And now the punch line – looking at the website and at all the screens shown (as seen above) does again make me think about "the Dharma initiative" – so maybe there is more here than meets the eye?!?

Plasma or LCD?

I currently have a 29 inch CRT TV at home. I think it's time for an upgrade - a 42 inch flat screen.

But is it a real upgrade? Every time I walk into a shop, all the screens look unclear and blurry. Is that what's the future holds for us? Blurry pictures? I hope not.

Let's assume not - that a 42inch flat screen is indeed an upgrade. Now I need to pick my choice out of literally hundreds of choices.

First choice is LCD of Plasma. I have read a lot about the differences but haven't yet decided what is best for me. To tell the truth, I can't even tell the difference in appearance between the two - can you?

Which of the above pictures is an LCD and which is Plasma? Difficult to say, isn't it?

Here is a movie trying to answer the question - Plasma or LCD?

Even if I did decide which of the technologies I am going for, there are too many parameters to look at to decide which specific module will get the privilege to get into my saloon. One solution to this is to get advice from a professional - but I always have the feeling I am being hassled. Maybe that's why the movie below was created - to guide you towards buying a flat screen in Israel:

If you can't see the movie from here, you can go directly to http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7379854967753847285&hl=en

So what to do? Maybe you can help?! If you have an opinion, please let me know by commenting or voting in the poll.

Thanks anyway...