Help me buy a TV - Hardware & Software

So I'm looking to buy a new TV, I will mostly be using it for console gaming such as with a 360. Thing is, I have no idea what to look for. I'm on a budget on about 5000kr which is about 760 dollars or 480 pounds though the price of TVs will probably differ greatly between other countries and Sweden which I live in. A few preferences I have is that I don't want it to be smaller than 42", and from what I understand Hz will play a part too. Also would LED, LCD or Plasma or whatever be the best choice?

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;39316391]So I'm looking to buy a new TV, I will mostly be using it for console gaming such as with a 360. Thing is, I have no idea what to look for. I'm on a budget on about 5000kr which is about 760 dollars or 480 pounds though the price of TVs will probably differ greatly between other countries and Sweden which I live in. A few preferences I have is that I don't want it to be smaller than 42", and from what I understand Hz will play a part too. Also would LED, LCD or Plasma or whatever be the best choice?[/QUOTE] Depends on your viewing angle.. if you're going to view it straight on LCD would be fine and cheaper, but if on angles I'd recommend Plasma, better picture too personally. LED is the light source inside by the way, not a type of screen like LCD/Plasma.

[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;39316497]Depends on your viewing angle.. if you're going to view it straight on LCD would be fine and cheaper, but if on angles I'd recommend Plasma, better picture too personally. LED is the light source inside by the way, not a type of screen like LCD/Plasma.[/QUOTE] Oh okay because it seems that TV's are marketed either LED or LCD.

Yeah, it's pretty stupid. Plasmas are better in the response time regard, and there's no motion blur like there is on LCD panels. However, plasmas also use more electricity and they're not as bright. So if you've got a bright room, plasma is not the way to go. Plasmas can also burn in if put on a static image for too long, but that's not really much of a problem with newer TVs. You most likely would have to be trying to get a burn-in, to actually cause one.

For 42 inch Plasma is the way to go. They feature way better colors, rich blacks and better respons times. However, they have become quite rare due to the old technology having problems with burn ins and energy usage. Manifacturers refitted their screen factory's for LCD which leaves only a few brands to make the new Plasma's without these problems. Buying a good Plasma on your budget is gonna be hard. You might want to look if you can find an older Panasonic VT30 or something. If you do buy a Plasma, make sure the screen is compleetly black when its turned off. Cheap Plasma's usually dont have filters in them, causing the screen to look gray. This will make blacks and colours look bland. Also LED is just an LCD with LED backlight instead of ccfl tubes.

Hey, looks like I'll be going for plasma then, thanks for the help. Looks like I can go a little higher on the price, about 7000 kr. I have been looking at one, gonna get the link and name [editline]25th January 2013[/editline] [url]http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=749388&cks=ASS&assoc=B99EC1DD-959C-4C0C-9D36-284FB69F5D76[/url] A TX-P42[B]ST50[/B]Y I've been checking this review site and [url]http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-tx-p50st50b-p50st50-201207041899.htm[/url] this is practically the same TV right except they've reviewed a british 50" model?

If you don't want a noticeable difference to your power bill then I'd be wary of a plasma. I have a 50" pana from ~2007 and the thing loves juice. Got a 55" SONY LED near the end if last year and it's purring along using a third to just under a half of what the plasma was chewing. Pretty neat.

Yeah I realise electricity is a pretty demanding aspect of the plasma but I don't mind too much.

[QUOTE=Brandy92;39354218]If you don't want a noticeable difference to your power bill then I'd be wary of a plasma. I have a 50" pana from ~2007 and the thing loves juice. Got a 55" SONY LED near the end if last year and it's purring along using a third to just under a half of what the plasma was chewing. Pretty neat.[/QUOTE] Compared to LED yes they use more. Compared to standard LCD, not so much. If you turn down your contrast and brightness from shop settings to normal levels it can even consume less.