# OFFICIAL: TV Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024 "2005-12-28T05:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 198
**Author:** ![halo\_666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@halo\_666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/halo_666)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024/198 "2008-12-16T12:16:27Z")
> [@how-to-attend-an-afghan-wedding.html](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-attend-an-afghan-wedding-html/38925/9): > > If I were you, I would stick with the LCD. You won’t get screen burn-in and you also won’t use as much electricity as Plasma. Anyways, depending on your uses you may be able to get by with a 720p, but I would not go any lower than that. I have a 1080i and that is fine with me. plasmas pictures are a lot better then lcd’s, the burn in was an issue long ago but not so much anymore, if you have half a brain you can prevent it pretty easily and how are you going to find an hdtv that has less then 720p? if you are on the fence about 720 vs 1080p here is a chart to show you how close you have to be to notice a difference: [Chart: 1080P Does Matter - CarltonBale.com](http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html) europops if you are dead set on an lcd in a 40 inch check out the sony kdl-40w4100 120hz, nice looking set and good price if you want one of the best pictures check into the panny plasmas, great price and great picture lcds cant beat they start at 42" also don’t rely on contrast ratios each company uses a different standard to measure contrast ratio, since there is no set standard yet \*ie samsung could be 30,000:1 could be the same as Sony 15,000:1 contrast is always going to be higher on a plasma then an lcd but use some discretion while look at the figures on the sales tags --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024)._