Anyone play with a plasma TV?

[Gerkargeo]

it has a tool where it wipes a solid white bar across a black screen for 15 minutes. It usually does the trick, but sometimes after a marathon session it takes a few days to go away. I am making it sound worse than it really is, you really have to pay attention to even notice it.

Thanks for the info

[Jwrigh7784]

Your best bet would be to get an LED LCD TV. They are reasonably priced and can compete with plasma TVs in color, contrast and blacks. The added bonus is that LED's have a VERY long lifespan. You don't have to worry about burn in. As far as pixel response rate, it is a non issue in plasmas because the response rate is instant, however most LCD and LED LCD TVs manufactured in the past several years have pixel response rates as low as 4 and 6 ms which the human eye won't even perceive.

[Cubester]

Your best bet would be to get an LED LCD TV. They are reasonably priced and can compete with plasma TVs in color, contrast and blacks. The added bonus is that LED's have a VERY long lifespan. You don't have to worry about burn in. As far as pixel response rate, it is a non issue in plasmas because the response rate is instant, however most LCD and LED LCD TVs manufactured in the past several years have pixel response rates as low as 4 and 6 ms which the human eye won't even perceive.

Color reproduction and especially black values on LED LCD are nowhere near Plasma values unless you go into the area of local dimming LED TVs (which are hard to get these days, and are a lot more expensive). Also, pixel response time has nothing to do with input lag. Pixel response time is the time it takes for pixels to change orientation, affecting ghosting and motion blur.

Input lag however, is much more important that pixel response time since input lag is a delay between what is sent to the monitor, and what you actually see. For most slow paced games, this is a non issue, but when fast action is required, the difference between 30ms input lag and 80ms input lag can mean the difference between life and death. (The only LCDs that are not plagued by high input lag are TN panels, but they have horrible black values and crappy color reproduction as a side effect)

As far as the concerns of the OP go, I'll ask you this: Are you willing to live with image retention so you can have the best experience possible on a TV with very low input lag? If so, go for a plasma. If not, go for an LCD. That's really all there is to it.

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Edit: More argumentation

There's another thing you need to take into account when purchasing a new TV which I forgot to mention. Are you going to be playing in a dark (or relatively dark) room or in a bright room? Plasma is made to be watched in dark rooms. They generally output at a lower brightness level than LCD and look like they have "washed out" blacks when viewed in bright environments. If you intend to play in a bright environment you'd probably be better off using an LCD.

[Okottekoneko]

i really would invest in LED tv low cost to run best quality image and 60fps on the good ones.

I would highly recommend NOT BUYING A PLASMA TV as they are awful for games like these as image burning is a major issue.

You wont destroy a LED or LCD with image burning. the response time is about the same, some older plasmas would take a while to warm up but thats about it.

I dont get the LCD hate you have there is more pros then there are with plasma between the 2.

[Ziar]

I play on

60" LG plasma (1080p) and 3x 27'' ASUS monitors (1080p). IIRC was only like 550$ brand new...ive only had it for about 2 months now. HEAVY AS SHIT. No joke the tv is in the 100lbs range

Both are cool in their own right

My desk set up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nekt-hgNhXM