Great for my wallet, but not so great (for the moment) for my mental well-being. Would be even better for my wallet if I didn't have to pay alimony. But I'm getting off fairly cheap on that score, too.
We looked into these before we put several grand on a 52"... After looking into the power consumption and color definition along with the refresh rate (there ARE some of these flat screens that have ghosting with a lot of sports/action going on) We went with a Samsung Redline series LCD.
This is painful enough in standard. But it's like a car wreck ... I just can't stop watching. I'm not going gray yet, but I will be by the time this game is over. Gotta catch one first. The only problem is all the ones in my running club are faster than me. Guess I have to train a little harder.
local dimming; OLED It sounds like you're referring to TVs with local dimming. I'd seem demos of this at CES. LED TVs compared: Local dimming, edge-lit, and full array - CNET Reviews discusses this. Back to OLED based TVs (not "LED TVs" aka LCDs with LED lighting), all the major Japanese and Korean TV makers show large (as in 25+") OLED/AMOLED TVs at CES but they're usually prototypes and not for sale. They always try to outdo each other in size. OLED screens are cheap enough for small screens like on cell phones, cameras and smartphone (some, but not many use them) but large is WAY expensive. LG unveils 'world's thinnest' 3D OLED TV | Crave - CNET mentions a 31" OLED (unknown price). It's mentioned 15" OLED is $2500.
Re: local dimming; OLED Yes, The problem is that it allows for impressive contrast ratios on a limited number of pixels but does not take into account that the brain's visual system can be trained to see the undesirable moving "splotchiness". The local dimming I saw was something like a 16x16 checkerboard moving around behind the action. Some day, they will have the individual 1080x1920 LEDs turning on and off on a per pixel basis. At that point it will be great. Right now it could be a real distraction for some individuals. It was for me once I figured out what was "wrong" with the TVs that had this.
I love plasma for the deep blacks and color.Panasonic 720P are a steal nowadays. As for power consumption. When you turn down the brightness, plasmas consume less energy. Turn down brightness on an LCD ,they still use full power. Even for a small room , Id never get smaller than 42". Go Giants!
Not true if you can turn down the backlight. Per The chart: HDTV power consumption compared - CNET Reviews, you can see that many LCD and LED lit LCDs consume less power after being calibrated than at default settings. The above is linked to from The basics of TV power - CNET Reviews. TV power-saving tips - CNET Reviews also talks about turning down an LCD's backlight, if possible.
