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<blockquote data-quote="KenMasters" data-source="post: 847399" data-attributes="member: 517"><p>For whatever reason, people seem to think all plasmas are made equal, as though all plasmas have good black levels, colour reproduction and motion - this is not the case. The budget 500 series Samsung plasmas that used to be so popular don't have black levels that compare favourably to modern VA LCDs, colour wasn't great and noisy to boot, you had image retention to contend with and the input response for games on some of those panels felt like slogging through mud. </p><p></p><p>I used to recommend them to people with the right viewing conditions because motion was better than LCDs at the time and you couldn't beat the screen size for the money. If gaming is a big focus for you though and you've got the itch, I'd say it's time to let go. You can get very accurate LCDs with lighting fast input response times without worrying about image retention as well as support for aspects of Ultra HD at very competitive prices these days. There are negatives though, you will be saying goodbye to your current screen uniformity and though the motion processing available today is far better at improving resolution without overt SOE, it's not usually practical in game mode (and the better options are reserved for more expensive panels).</p><p></p><p>I can't speak to options in your budget, but if you have some patience and can wait until year end sales, the new midrange NUs from Samsung look like fantastic gaming TVs - input lag in the region of 15ms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KenMasters, post: 847399, member: 517"] For whatever reason, people seem to think all plasmas are made equal, as though all plasmas have good black levels, colour reproduction and motion - this is not the case. The budget 500 series Samsung plasmas that used to be so popular don't have black levels that compare favourably to modern VA LCDs, colour wasn't great and noisy to boot, you had image retention to contend with and the input response for games on some of those panels felt like slogging through mud. I used to recommend them to people with the right viewing conditions because motion was better than LCDs at the time and you couldn't beat the screen size for the money. If gaming is a big focus for you though and you've got the itch, I'd say it's time to let go. You can get very accurate LCDs with lighting fast input response times without worrying about image retention as well as support for aspects of Ultra HD at very competitive prices these days. There are negatives though, you will be saying goodbye to your current screen uniformity and though the motion processing available today is far better at improving resolution without overt SOE, it's not usually practical in game mode (and the better options are reserved for more expensive panels). I can't speak to options in your budget, but if you have some patience and can wait until year end sales, the new midrange NUs from Samsung look like fantastic gaming TVs - input lag in the region of 15ms. [/QUOTE]
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