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The glare on my plasma is worse than my old CRTs, at least by a little bit. Thou my plasma is also much larger screen so that may add to the perception.

the old crt's would diminish the apparent size of the reflections because of the curvature of the front glass, so i guess this is the reason reflections seem larger on a flat panel, and also the much larger panel sizes.

I have a 65" 10 year old Toshiba RPCRT that is still working beautifully with still a great picture. These sets have a coating on them which somewhat diminishes the glare, however, I have not seen that same kind of feature on plasmas. Either way, when viewing, any light you have on in the room, if at all possible, try to keep it behind the screen so you can cut down on the contrast and get a better balanced picture on your monitor. Contrast(white level) is voltage and the higher the contrast the higher the voltage and the shorter the lifespan of the television.

Hi guys,

All rear-projection sets, including "modern" DLP sets like my Samsung, use a plastic screen that has virtually no reflections, one of the advantages of those sets. The only manufacturer still building DLP rear-pro sets is Mitsubishi.

Regards,
Alan

Come to think of it, you are right about that one. Unfortunately with LCDs and their various thin designs which buyers have overwhelmingly preferred, we don't think much about RP DLP sets anymore. Sad part is, Mitsubishi only sells these DLP sets in the US especially the larger screen models that are great value. Can't buy one in Canada.

I think JB has a good observation here. Any flat surface will reflect light. The degree to which light is reflected depends on factors such as surface colour, light angle and surface properties (hardness, opacity, etc.).
I've seen some plasma tvs with a 'non glare' screen that have more reflectiveness than some original LCD panels mounted on the same wall. But a CRT with a curved surface greatly reduces the surface area affected by light angles creating the glare. The glass surface however is far more reflective than today's plastics.

Going into a store to buy a flatscreen with the idea of looking for non-reflective properties is impossible since they almost all setup the tvs in a darkened room, no where near windows.


Again any flat surface...
Although i haven't seen alot of DLPs, i actually have a picture of some we saw at a home show years ago as a lighting source to the left of the units reflected off the screens.
It was the first time i saw a large screen HDTV and was impressed, by everything except the glare.
They were Sony DLP sets.

my Kuro (plasma) has a filter on the outer surface of the front panel display; i think this is quite rare, but it works well.

Was is Best Buy today looking at TV's and their bright overhead lights reflected in every flat panel set. The sets up high on the wall reflected more than the low ones.

My LCD rp has an anti-reflecrive plastic screen and glare is reduced but definitely has an issue on occassion win glare.

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