Plasma vs LCD Television Showdown
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Competition between plasma and LCD is widely expected ferocious in the market. Both are progressing rapidly and the prices have fallen dramatically since plasma and LCD launched. They definitely represent two of the best television technologies and offers excellent picture quality. For sure there are advantages as well as disadvantages for both plasma and LCD technologies.

Here are some facts about plasma and LCD to help you decide which is better for you:

Plasma TV

A plasma TV is a high definition (HDTV) substitute to the standard cathode ray television being sell today. A plasma TV offers sharp images and lively colors, especially when it is being used in combination with high definition broadcasts.

Plasma is a new type of display that uses technology fundamentally different from the TV sets. They have been on market for several years and they have been impressed lots of home theater buff due to their sizes and weight.

Plasma is available in wide variety of sizes ranging from 32 to 63 inches wide. They have been improved their picture quality as in sharpness, brightness and black levels.

Plasma flat TV screen is mounted directly to the wall without a lot of clearance required, is one of the chief selling points of plasma. They can also have surround-sound theater speakers and high-end receivers to complete the feeling of luxury. Technophiles and other wealthy customer make the plasma television as a status symbol.

The main disadvantage of a plasma TV system is vulnerability to damage. If a hard object strikes the screen, it will lose their ability to glow due to the hundreds of individual gas-filled tubes.

Replacing all of those elements is expensive and time consuming. Owning a plasma TV should always consider purchasing insurance and extended warranties, since most common fix appears to be total replacement of the screen. Plasma TV has a limited shelf life. It can take several years before you notice certain changes in picture quality. Many shoppers can now consider Plasma TVs to be cheap enough to buy.



LCD TV
LCD TV is sometimes referred to as a "transmissive" display -- light isn't created by the liquid crystals themselves; a light source (bulb) behind the panel shines light through the display. A white diffusion panel behind the LCD redirects and spread out the light evenly to make sure a uniform image.

An LCD TVs use the most advanced kind of LCD, known as an "active-matrix" LCD. This is based on the thin film transistors (TFT) -- basically, tiny switching transistors and capacitors that are arranged in a matrix on a glass substrate. Their job is to switch the LCD's pixels on and off. Each color pixel is created by three sub pixels with red, green, and blue filters in a color LCD TV.

The biggest challenges for lcd TV manufacturers has been spending up the "pixel response" time to make sure that fast moving objects don't exhibit ghosting or "motion lag". It is more critical for larger screen LCD TVs where most of the viewing is done through DVD movies or HDTV.

In addition, in screen size plasmas usually run larger though don't usually come in small sizes, which are sometime needed. Although they are both thin as you could hope for. In terms of viewing angle, plasma has a wider viewing angle compared to LCD. They both have good lifespan. LCD TVs are well known for a sharp picture and vibrant color. Plasma TVs are doing better in terms of light conditions. Prices for LCD TV and plasma TV are both decreasing rapidly.