I couldn't find a general section so I am posting this here.

Hopefully we can have a great discussing on what advantages one has over the other...

Price vs size
Price vs PQ and so on.

I would like to get the biggest TV for my buck but want something that is 1080p compatible. For watching movies and gaming.

Sorry if there is such a topic already, please post a link to it.


Thank you.
scott

If you do a little searching you will find this topic discussed to death.

If you are looking for the most cost efficient high quality picture in a large screen, than a read projection is your best bet. But there a re 3 technologies that are used in rear projection (not count old-style CRT based ones): DLP, LCD, and LCoS. If you do some digging you can find a bunch of discussions on these too.

Well, this is also sort of a heated topic.

I put a panasonic plasma next to an A3000 SXRD rear projection and I thought the plasma looked like garbage. Other people have commented that my perception was "off" and stated the plasma was far superior.

My favorite tv in all of my test viewing was actually the samsung 71 series... But, a 52" was pretty damned expensive... This is why I went with the A3000 (the PQ was pretty close though).

All sets have some pretty serious problems. I've yet to see the perfect tv. I've yet to see one even close to perfect. Supposedly SED was going to be our panacea, but this technology won't likely see the light of day.

As far as pricing, most panasonic plasmas are pretty cheap.. very close to the good RPTV's. The best plasmas though are very expensive (see pioneer pricing). LCDs are very expensive for big screens, and have a larger market amongst the smaller sized screens.

The best bet is to go into a store and look at many different tvs. Pay attention to how it renders dark scenes (color of black, detail, washing out), how it renders bright scenes (washing out, brightness levels, color, etc) and any other ill effects you notice. Don't be afraid to mess around with the tv settings (most tvs are poorly configured out of the box).

Thank you very much guys for the info. I have searched and can't find a topic that discusses all 3 options. If there is one could someone please link it up :)

That is because Plasma does not compete with the other two at all.

Generally a completely different target market, way different screen sizes.

These come down to preferences bewteen the different technologies here.