yeah plasma's *from panasonic* are just as good as lcd's in terms of how they work and how long.

also yeah that new samsung lcd has a 50k contrast, but the new sony 4100 series are compared as a better picture.

if comparing it to the 3000 series from lasy set, yeah its better.

also btw, the "dynamic" contrast ratio numbers thrown around are mostly Bull**** btw. especially from samsung. You should compare a sony and samsung side by side, ones that are supposed to compete, aka lets say the w3000 with 65f or 71f with xbr4. and the sony will look better.

Check out avsforum.com and see their proffesional testing and calibrations from custom theater shop owners, and the sony does end up better. But yes.. not a whole lot better. in fact some people who dont care much will never notice it, but some who do can tell the difference.

The biggest issue with samsung mostly is that their DNiE processor is complete ****. Whereas the bravia is the best out there.

ANy.. any and all callibration settings for any samsung out there say you should turn off DNiE enhancements because it distorts color settings.


also the new cnet revies of 2008 so far have not reviewed the sony's, which hopefully they will get to soon.

If you guys wanna test the samsung vs sony true contrast find a dvd where you have a really bright scene, that transitions into dark. But some parts of the screen remain bright. Such as a scenic shot of a city at evening, and then time-slip into night, and the buildings are still lit, but the sky goes black. IN this test, the samsungs will go hazy on the whites and black. The only brands that ussualy do well in this test are sony, panasonic plasma's, and toshiba lcd's out of the main brands.. not including those high end stuff like the 7k Kuro's.