On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:44:52 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:


That has always been my impression, that the blacks were blacker and it
made the other colors more vivid.

That is really the one area where plasmas still have an advantage over
LCD: deeper blacks. If that's you're only criteria, plasma wins.
Almost every other criteria is either a tie or LCD wins. The
vividness of colors on the LCD really depends a lot on how you have it
adjusted. You can make the colors way too vivid if you want to. So
if it can display colors *too* vivid, it looks fine when you dial it
back.

Another thing about color reproduction on LCD panels is that it really
depends greatly on what kind of panel you have. TN, IPS, S-IPS, PVA
are pretty much in the order of greater color ability. Also in the
order of cost. The backlight type makes a difference too. So cheaper
LCD panels are going to have a problem reproducing some colors while
more expensive ones will do just fine.

A good CRT, like one with a Sony Trinitron tube, will blow away any
LCD or Plasma panel for picture quality when it comes to black level
and color reproduction. That's why those are still used by
photo/graphics artists. We have some high-end Sun CRTs at work next
to a bunch of flat panel LCDs and the difference is stunning.

Steve