What should I buy a Plasma or LCD TV?
I am looking to buy a 42 inch HD TV. I am confused between plasma and LCD. Consumer Reports magazine are now starting to say that plasma is better, and possibly better than LCD. So can anyone tell me the difference between them both? Can you also tell me which one you think is better? Ryan .. Thanks for spamming Nick …. But why do you perfer it better?
Let's talk about the differences, it is difficult to say which is better because they each have different Features: A comparison is in order here: Just to start, your computer screen (if using a flat-panel widescreen monitor) is more than likely an LCD screen. So that should help you already know what an LCD similar to:. OUTSIDE MATERIAL LCD: An LCD screen is made of a plastic material, which is good because it is not reflective. Meaning, if you put this TV in a room where you open a lot of windows, and there is plenty of light so the light will not reflect off the TV and the picture To see clearer. The downside to this is that if you've got a little kid, they can bury TV, I mean, if you poke hard enough, you can destroy pixelations. plasticky sensor makes it more fragile. plasma: A plasma is made of glass, reflective material. This is due to use whatever technology uses plasma, it must be attached in glass. Anyway, it makes all the lights reflecting off of HDTV. There is an endless glare, if you're in a room with windows. Again, the ability to control the lighting in the room is important if you want a plasma HDTV LCD. IMAGE: LCD to CRT's (regular big-box TV) as MP3's are CD's. This means that the image on an ordinary big-box TV is actually better than LCD. New LCD HDTV is definitely having better decisions. Means there is more information is presented on the screen. But other then the fact that several information is displayed and there are more colors, everything else looks worse. If you see a movie, you will notice the movement is not as good as on regular TV. There's like a delay if you notice carefully. Also the blacks are not as black as they are on TV. Although the image quality, despite the greater is actually not so clear or sharp as they are on regular TV's. It does not seem to be noticeable to many people, but I'm picky, so maybe it's not a big deal. *** I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that HDTV's are better because they are larger and lighter, and use up less power and takes up less space. But I have not seen an HDTV there surpasses the regular big-box CRT TVs in the overall picture quality. Maybe projectors are better, but it must be really dark for. Anyway, do not get caught up on what the technology has not caught up yet, so forget it and the only practical options available today are LCD and plasma televisions are so moving along .****** PLASMA IMAGE: Okay, Plasma has much better motion representation and faster response (quick action, such as sports) and better color contrast, I think it looks nicer, and it does not have the delay that LCD's have. The only problem you are having, there's too much light in the room and causing glares:. OTHER STUFF LCD: What is bad? If you've ever seen a laptop screen you will find that they look darker when viewed slightly to the right or left or up or down the middle, and the LCD is gonna be a little like it too:. Plasma What is bad? Plasma is more prone to burn-ins. If you play video games or planning to leave News Network or C-span, something that has constant lines, like how video games will display information all the time, you play or how there is a CNN news logo on the bottom all the time is go of damage to plasma and it will leave a permanent mark there, because something in the nature of the plasma just makes it that way. Yes, they have improved over the years, but I think they've improved it, they have not gotten rid of it. If you do this every day for 5 years, it will show. But I know a lot of people who say, "so what I will have better color and movement, and I will buy a new TV if it gets damaged. "If you do not mind buying a new TV when it comes burned-in I guess it's not too big a deal. WEAR Wear LCD: LCD after about, oh, 8 years, will start getting a little pixel dots that are permanent. If you have an old laptop you've probably seen it in action. Also, there's a chance you can get banding, which is where a band, a straight line starts flickering. This means it is dying. PLASMA Plasma starts looking better, but for 8 years, you will definitely see the difference. It's just downhill from the moment you buy it, and I'm exaggerating, but it has to do with the way it is built. Plasma, the gas inside these things, and the electricity that makes it turn into plasma, excites the phosphors and so they produce light. The phosphors lose brightness over time, so it's just the nature of plasma. Plasma lose brightness and LCD also begins to lose color as well. I think it's more noticeable on plasma, because it starts out with better colors than LCD. BottomLine In the end these HDTV's have a limited lifespan. They just do not make them like they used to. A friend has a TV made in early 1980's, and I swear it has better response
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