Hi Im new here, Great board! Im in the market for a 37-42 in flat panel tv. Mostly tv watching with HD cable box and DVD. I was interested in the 42A3HD, Is anyone using these yet? Was also thinking about 37" Sharp or the newer 40" Bravia s model(2799.00 Retail). I find LCD's a little bright, but the Bravia isnt bad. What do you think about reliability on the Pioneer vs LCD? And is power consumption alot more on the plasma?
Just on the power consumption issue- The ratings on power used in watts usually are higher on plasmas than LCDs by quite a bit.
However the during use measurements have been done and are posted in a power consumption thread at avsforum.com. The bottom line is that the real use consumption is much lower than the rated max use numbers on the specs. And it varies during use. Specifically, during the dark scenes the P.C. goes down; during brighter scens it goes up. So if during calibration the picture or brightness level is adjusted for viewing in a dark room- the power consumtion over all is about a tenth of the ratings on the specs for my plasma- about 39 watts vs 390.
The new pioneer plasmas are evn lower now becuase they changed their pixel depth which allows less power consumption and produces less heat as well.