** UPDATED WITH PICS OF MY LIVING/DINING ROOM**

Also, what type of screen does the Panasonic 58PX60U have? Is it a matte type screen?





I have one room downstairs that will act as my living room/dining room. Adjacent to where I plan on putting the TY is a large bay window and further down is a sliding glass door to the patio. I want to go to around 60" and while I like the look of a flat panel (Plasma or LCD) I don't need to since the TV will ultimately be part of built-in shelving and not hang by itself on a wall.

Should the nice natural lighting and glare that it'll bring affect wheter I go with a rear LCD, flat panel LCD, or Plasma?

Currently there are no window treatments, blinds, etc... in the room.

Thanks.

If you think ambient light might be a problem, I would avoid rear projection units all together and go with a flat panel. In that size range you will want to look at plasmas.

Keep an eye out for one that has a matte finish to the screen like the Panasonic TH50PH9UK and avoid glossy finishes like the Pioneer Elites.

Glossy looks great when they are turned off, but can give you some wicked glare in bright light conditions.

I have one room downstairs that will act as my living room/dining room. Adjacent to where I plan on putting the TY is a large bay window and further down is a sliding glass door to the patio. I want to go to around 60" and while I like the look of a flat panel (Plasma or LCD) I don't need to since the TV will ultimately be part of built-in shelving and not hang by itself on a wall.

Should the nice natural lighting and glare that it'll bring affect wheter I go with a rear LCD, flat panel LCD, or Plasma?

Currently there are no window treatments, blinds, etc... in the room.

Thanks.
If you have a window behind your sitting area, you'll see every reflection on a plasma. Blinds or curtains won't help it either. If light can get through the curtains you'll see every pleat in the curtain on the TV reflection. I had a plasma with a window behind where I sat and the only solution was to black out the window completly. When I replaced it with an LCD TV I didn't have the problem anymore. Matte screen is what to look for with a dull bezel would be best.

I have one room downstairs that will act as my living room/dining room. Adjacent to where I plan on putting the TY is a large bay window and further down is a sliding glass door to the patio. I want to go to around 60" and while I like the look of a flat panel (Plasma or LCD) I don't need to since the TV will ultimately be part of built-in shelving and not hang by itself on a wall.

Should the nice natural lighting and glare that it'll bring affect wheter I go with a rear LCD, flat panel LCD, or Plasma?

Currently there are no window treatments, blinds, etc... in the room.It's hard to say without seeing pictures of the room and windows, and knowing which way the windows face (south, west, etc), but light isn't always a problem with a plasma if the circumstances are right. When you say the windows are adjacent to the TV, i presume you mean they're on the same wall that the plasma will be placed in front of in which case they might not be a big problem, especially if they face the north. But if the sun shines directly through those windows to the point that it illuminates light colored furniture or walls then you will probably see them reflected in the screen during that time.

One good way to tell if reflections will be a problem is to place a similar-sized glass-faced picture or framed poster where the plasma will be and look to see what reflects in the glass. Plasmas have an anti-reflective coating which mutes the reflections so it isn't as reflective as a tube TV or a picture frame, but they're still reflective if the stuff reflected in the screen is illuminated by direct sunlight. There are times when i can see my sun-drenched cream colored couch reflected in the screen for a few hours in the afternoon whereupon i adjust the mini-blinds or vertical blinds to re-direct the sunlight. My big window faces west and the sun isn't a problem throughout the morning or early afternoon, but in the later afternoon when it's shining directly into the room then i do have to adjust the blinds or close them completely.

Do you have a tube TV in that location now? If so does the light adversely affect your viewing?

If you could post pics of the room when the light is at it's worst, and indicate which way the windows face it would help us determine if it will be a problem or not.

Here's a link to a good reflection/glare thread with some pictures

Plasma Reflection/Glare Thread (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=769318)

It depends on where the windows are if they are behind the TV plasma will work fine. If not and you have a southern exposure then LCD will work good.

See pic can you tell the plasma from the LCD?

Daytime watching will be much better on an LCD with lots of windows and no covering.

Unless you watch only at night or can shut the light coming in to the windows, LCD may be a far less frustrating experience. IF you are really a stickler about picture quality the plasma has a slight edge. Get those windows covered,

I watch TV with lights on even at night so the LCD is a better choice for us in the living room.

I asked the similar question about ambient light (glare) here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...&&#post10387529

Now I wonder what a JVC HD-ILD looks like compared to LCD in ambient light. Anybody seen them side by slide?

I asked the similar question about ambient light (glare) here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/show...&&#post10387529

Now I wonder what a JVC HD-ILD looks like compared to LCD in ambient light. Anybody seen them side by slide?

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In order, I've found:

Plasmas: glare = horrid
LCD: glare = manageable
RP (atleast in my Sonys KDS60A2000's case): "what glare?"

The penalty you pay for increased glarre handling is the textured screen surface. With LCD color uniformity is somewhat mottled & with RP it's "sparkly".

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Dunno why it doesn't work. Try this one:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=839166&highlight=ambient+light