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Is Motion Blur a problem on LED's like they are with LCDs?
A friend of mine was showing off his brand new LCD tv to me recently when sure enough 15 seconds into a JetLi fight scene the image farts out and motion blur pixels appeared for a split second. Bit of a buzzkill.
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It can definitely be an issue with lower end/budget/inferior/etc LCD and LED TVs but it's a not an issue with the best LCD TVs and not an issue with the better and best LED TVs. At least not an in my experience. One thing I have noticed is that the source of the content can be the problem.
For example, I've noticed pixilation and the occasional "burp" while watching a show. At first I thought it might be the TV since I was watching the content on a cheap 720p Sharp 19" LCD in my kitchen. But, my wife had the same show on in the living room and complained about the same exact problem at the same time. So, it definitely wasn't the TVs. It was the source, in this case, FIOS.
The type of TV doesn't factor into the equation when the source of the problem is the content provider.
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Silvarios,
Thank you for mentioning that. I'd forgotten to do so in my post. It's easy to think of LED TVs as a different breed from LCD models. As you said, all else being equal, it's just a difference in lighting technology.
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In the 5-6 years I've owned my Panasonic Plasma, I've never experienced motion blur. On the other hand, whenever I visit a friend, relative or in-law who has an LCD TV it's not a matter of "IF" motion blur will occur, but "WHEN". Time and time again I see motion blur on an LCD TV within 30 mins of sports or action movie. It would drive me insane if it was my TV.
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deckeda wrote:
Now that they've apparently bested Kuro, it's dead again. OLED isn't ready to take the helm, and there will be another technology gap until it is. Remaining stock of the nicer plasmas will double in price in 2015.
My take on this: Plasma technology is as good as it's gonna get without additional MASSIVE infusions of R&D funding, the provision of which makes no sense for the following reasons:
- OLED is clearly the successor technology to both plasma and LED
- TV manufacturers are ALREADY spending BIG TIME on OLED development
- current plasma technology provides a pretty fracking nice picture
- additional R&D expendures in the field of plasma technology would yield diminishing returns
That ZT60 is nicer than ANYTHING you could buy just a few years ago. As Jerry Seinfeld recently said: "Can't we have just ONE DAY where what we have is good enough?"
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I am pretty happy with my Samsung plasma, but my next TV is going to be a projector (mainly watching movies).
