http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/ Engadget Comments for 58 percent of salespeople recommend Samsung HDTVs, 100 percent like big commission checks http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/plus other than Tech that come with the LCD tech nowadays LCDs are MUCH lighter than plasma which is an extremely heavy compared to the super slim LCDs

LCDs will advance again with LED etc , plasma is long dead my friend most companies even stopped making them

Plasma died because of the famous Burn-In stigma and eventuality they die after many many years (which customers hates) ]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
It's similar to the reason that I haven't bought an LCD projector, an incredibly fast car, a blonde bimbo girlfriend (sorry to stereotype here), a helicopter, etc.

Although you can justify the original cost, you're ultimately paying more in upkeep an ongoing costs.]]>Sep 11th 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
1. Power myth -- Plasma now uses the same amount of power or LESS than comparable LCDs.
Proof: http://www.crutchfield.com/Learn/learningcenter/home/TV-power.html?page=2#results

2. Burn in -- Different than image retention. LCDs and Plasma can both get this effect (yes they BOTH can). In any case, Plasma hasn't had this problem in YEARS.

3. Image Retention -- Can occur in plasma. The newer sets have no such issue

4. Screen glare/reflection -- The new antireflective screen coats are fantastic. I will still give LCD the advantage here.

5. Weight -- Plasmas are about 10-20lbs more at most as compared to comparable LCD sized screen.]]>Sep 11th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
In summary, the benefits of Plasma outweigh the potential downsides of LCD -- the limited viewing angles, the motion blur (even in the 120hz i can see this, but of course if you get used to the motion blur you won't notice it anymore), and the feeling of watching an image created by a flashlight beaming straight into my eye. All in all, the plasma negatives have been addressed by the industry, unfortunately the old problems that they did have are now repeated by people (such as you on this forum) who haven't seriously looked at the technology in years.

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Plasma Burn-in? Oh please. LCD has been trying to keep up in picture quality for years, and all plasma has had to do is get rid of these ridiculous rumors. Modern plasmas will have a better picture than modern LCD's that are priced similarly. Prove me wrong.]]>Sep 11th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 12th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
Really, it's a matter of cost. LCDs tend to cost less than plasmas, and the quality is about the same, so why buy a plasma? That said, I have seen some good deals on plasma TVs that would have made me buy had I been in the market.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
For larger sizes, plasmas are cheaper than LCDs. For smaller size TVs LCDs are cheaper. LCDs come in Yugo and Mercedes types. So sure you can get a super cheap LCD, doesn't mean you want to watch it. You have to go extreme price top of the line LCD to equal a cheap plasma quality. Don't believe it, check the comparison reviews. They're not comparing Dyn LCDs to Panasonics :)

LCDs still have viewing angle problems and motion problems. You're likely just used to the blur and angle distortion in LCD. I just looked at LCDs last week, same problem. People are just blinded by the torch of LCDs (seriously, it's like looking at light bulb in a store, don't get why people equate this as "better"). The "led lcds" from Samsung seem much improved for mtion, though they still didnt match plasma and cost more than the plasma.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
Both parts of your statement are completely untrue. A low quality LCD is more expensive than a high quality Plasma. Plasma is a far cheaper tech and has ALWAYS had a better picture. Like everyone else has said, they fixed the two major complaints - average life and burn-in - so the real question is: Why would any educated person buy LCD? ]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
They you better not get any TV. Hate to break it to you, LCD, CRT, and Plasma will all BURN in if you try hard enough.

Again, Plasma doesn't burn unless you really set out to burn it. Look above on my comment that explains how burn in is different than image retention.]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
And yea if not Samsung, I'd go LG, then I'd go Vizio]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
An OLED (not to be confused with LED backlit LCD's) has no backlight.]]>Sep 11th 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
OLED TV: http://www.oled-display.net/oled-television]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/ Samsung (Korea) > ? (China)]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
It's like with the Blu-Ray/HD DVD thing - sales people were bragging about Blu-Ray all the time and never had any HD DVD demo things on because Blu-Ray way more expensive... Otherwise, people would have seen HD DVD and Blu-Ray demo sets next to each other and thought "oh well they're both the same.. I'll get the cheaper one".]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
Blu-ray won because Sony bought all the studios. Toshiba wasn't innocent in buying studios, but Sony decided to end the game and simply remove all the content from Toshiba (not hard to do when your company also controls a large segment of the content industry, hmm, monopolistic practices much?)]]>Sep 11th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
I've always thought the same thing too. After Sony got burned with the whole VHS vs Beta war, they most likely knew that the only way to get their way was to buy up studios. I can't believe no one saw this. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
samsung just makes good sets, there's no reason to not recommend them]]>Sep 11th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/"Samsung are the best TV in their respective price bracket"

so close.. you mean Samsung are the best "LCD".
The Panasonic Viera is a pretty solid TV and is often cheaper, Plasma is not completely obsolete, top end LCD's are the best option for a TV.]]>Sep 12th 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/Sep 11th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
The picture on these sets rock. Espesially after you tune it yourself. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/58-percent-of-salespeople-recommend-samsung-hdtvs-100-percent-l/
Back lit is much better when it comes to picture quality.]]>Sep 11th 2009 8:38AM