As photograhers, which type of TV do you want/own?

As photograhers, which type of TV do you want/own?

  • Plasma: mostly due to more accurate color rendition

    Votes: 31 14.8%

  • Plasma: mostly due to higher refresh rate

    Votes: 7 3.3%

  • LCD

    Votes: 53 25.2%

  • LED

    Votes: 31 14.8%

  • None of the above, why?

    Votes: 98 46.7%
  • Total voters
    210
I haven't had a TV in 15 years, and don't plan on getting one anytime soon...though I do like to watch movies on my laptop.... I have been back in the states for the last month and I have been surrounded by big, flat screen TV's and it's cool to watch movies on them and I like the fact that my parents have Netflix on one of their TV's.....but to be honest, the only reason that I have been watching TV/movies is because the people (friends/family) I am with watch TV.

In Bangkok, I listen to NPR and other various news/media on my computer and I read the news online every morning , so I don't feel like I am missing out on much.....

I know I am in the minority here because I assume most people have TV's, and that's fine, they are just not for me....

cheers, michael
 
COuldn't tell you what I have. It's flat and matte, made by Samsung and about 5 years old. I don't really pay attention to it. The remote is pretty good. I watch Netflix streaming (90%) and DVDs (some Ray maybe, but I don;t know) on it thru a Vizio which has about the worst remote control ever invented for anything. Nearly un-useable.

These replaced a Panasonic Tube TV/VCR combo and a string of extremely cheap DVD players I used over the last 20 years. The Pansonic was repaired about five times. Once broadcast TV disappeared from my area (when it all went digital only one of the stations upgraded the only transmitters which serviced my location) I had some converter for a time, but it didn;t work very well at all- we went from some snow on analog TV to a few image bearing pixels in an otherwise blue screen, or just a blue screen.
 
TV? Don't have one.
For some reason, whenever I read thread titles here such as this or asking what other non-camera products I consume, I feel like I am being market-researched. (no offense intended to OP as I presume that's not the goal).

That may be why I don't have a TV. :)
 
I have no idea what type of TV I have. It's fairly flat and sits in the corner of the room. It can do HD if that's a clue.

If nobody else has told it yet...

"How can you tell if somebody is working class? Their TV is bigger than their bookcase!"
 
We have a flat screen but I do not know about the technology.

While buying what I thought was a "big TV" for our living room, the Wal-Mart clerk was telling how great the small TVs like mine were. She said they had the same model as mine in their bathroom.
 
No TV here. It's pretty crazy how hypnotic those things are. Moreso than the internet for me. Probably because the internet can have some value whereas the TV is just a 24/7 train wreck. It's hard to pry my eyes away!
 
Vics said:
I want one with a built-in OC filter so I can watch in my darkroom.
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The first photographer I worked for had a TV in the darkroom. I had to have it on all the time unless I was loading film. There were TV sets all over the studio, all on, each set to a different NY station. He didn't want to miss a potential big story.
 
I think we still have one (unused) tube TV that will likely go to recycling. We have three Samsung LCD TVs about 19" I guess, one of which was my mother's, and the other two bought as a pair on close-out. One is in my office, mostly turned off; when on it's for news or auto racing. It was inoperable for about a year before I bothered to get it fixed. My wife has the opposite approach, as the default position is ON. That would drive me batty. Last year we got her an LED-lit Sharp, I think 60" or so, that I never watch.

I'm surprised at the major rejection of TV shown in this thread... interesting for a visually-oriented group!
 
elude said:
No TV. Most programs are dumb as **** anyway.
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Agreed, but doesn't mean you have to watch any of those though. Tar all programming with the same brush and you are just depriving yourself, imo. We are in a golden age of tv drama, once you filter out the junk. The Wire, The Killing, Deadwood, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, the list goes on an on. Don't deprive yourself of champagne, just because you've only experienced poor sparkling wine ;)
 
rxmd said:
I suggest you stop worrying and just go into a store and look at a few and see if you like the look of the picture and get the cheapest one that does what you like.

Regarding the imaging properties of various technologies, it's just TV for God's sake, you're not going to edit pictures on it.

If you don't watch that much TV to begin with and want it only for the occasional movie or looking at a bigger picture, you could get yourself a projector instead.
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Best advice so far. We have a 42 inches Toshiba LED TV. I have bought an Apple TV to go with it, it is very nice to see my photos on such a large screen (larger than my slide projecting screen). Its as nice as when i was projecting my slides, without the heat and noise.
 
dct said:
I'm still using my 10 years old Toshiba 51" CRT backpro plus audio surround equipment in a dedicated room. It is only used for LD/DVD playback. When it once will fail, I will have to start over to a new evaluation what then will be the best technology for all of my AV gear.
Direct TV watching is done by a new LED/LCD 20" Panasonic. But I only watch news, sports and wildlife documentations with it.

(because CRT is not in the voting, I selected "none of the above")
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Good RPTVs are hard to beat.

I have a 65 Toshiba Rear Projection CRT from about 2000. I keep looking for reasons to upgrade, but after I added a BluRay player I find nothing that offers a better picture, even though mine is only 1080i. Of course I have to tune it up now and then for the best PQ, but it isn't that difficult. I only watch movies and some sports on it; movies are great and far better than the local theaters.

But mine is huge - it could serve as a changing room if stood on end and the innards removed, about 300 pounds. So if I ever move the new owner gets the TV!
 
If my current, once repaired '03 Sony kv34xbr910 CRT should fail I would want to buy a Panasonic plasma set.
It's interesting how some people gravitate towards certain technologies. I'd reckon that a plasma 'look' is closer to a CRT look then an LCD or LED look. Of course there are other considerations, specifically with regards to power usage, burn-in and longevity issues.
Live sports and movies are my typical TV diet.
 
DougFord said:
If my current, once repaired '03 Sony kv34xbr910 CRT should fail I would want to buy a Panasonic plasma set.
It's interesting how some people gravitate towards certain technologies. I'd reckon that a plasma 'look' is closer to a CRT look then an LCD or LED look. Of course there are other considerations, specifically with regards to power usage, burn-in and longevity issues.
Live sports and movies are my typical TV diet.
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I agree that GOOD plasmas are the best alternative to a good CRT. I just can't stand the motion artifacts I see on all the LCDs and low end Plasmas....
 
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