| People should never put plasma and LCD televisions | | | | slightly out of step with the image on the screen. This |
| together because these are two different things. While | | | | simply means there a slight delay that is noticeable. |
| both are nice to have, you have to consider various | | | | Naturally, you want to know which television lasts |
| factors before choosing which one to buy. | | | | longer if you were to buy one. A study shows that an |
| Lets start with the most important factor namely price. | | | | LCD can be used for 50,000 to 65,000 hours before it |
| Between the two, both are quite expensive. Because | | | | is replaced compared to a plasma that is only good |
| LCD's cost more to produce, you can get a plasma | | | | for 30,000 hours. |
| television for less than the price of an LCD. | | | | Along with the issue of how long it can operate is |
| In terms of picture quality, the plasma television is able | | | | screen "burn in" or "ghosting" which is the premature |
| to give you better picture quality in normal to low room | | | | aging of pixel cells. The LCD television is not prone to |
| lighting conditions and are better in 4 out of 5 picture | | | | burn in but the plasma television does. In fairness, it has |
| quality categories. In fact, you will enjoy watching | | | | to be pointed out that improvements are being made |
| shows and movies when you close the curtains or | | | | to prevent this from happening but it has not yet been |
| during the evening. | | | | perfected. |
| LCD's on the other hand are ideal for sunroom | | | | Do both consume the same amount of electricity? |
| breakfast room type environments. This is why it is | | | | The answer is no in fact LCD's are more power |
| often used as an airport or retail store signage due to | | | | efficient because it uses florescent backlighting to |
| the bright room light environment. | | | | produce images. Plasma televisions on the other hand |
| Both televisions are compatible to use with your | | | | require electricity to power each of the pixels on the |
| computer. However, the LCD television is able to | | | | screen. |
| display static images from the computer or from VGA | | | | In terms of screen size, you will find that there are |
| sources in full colour detail, no flicker, and no screen | | | | bigger plasma televisions compared to LCD's. If you |
| burn-in compared to the plasma TV. | | | | look at Pioneer or LG, they have a 61 inch plasma TV |
| This is because there are more pixels per square inch | | | | while Panasonic has a 65 inch TV. |
| which enables it to display a large amount of data like | | | | The reason why LCD's have not been able to cope |
| for instance a spreadsheet or for video gaming. | | | | with this gap is because it is difficult to produce large |
| When you connect your video camera to these two | | | | sizes without compromising pixel quality. The best that |
| types of televisions, the plasma television is much | | | | companies can do right now is make a 40 to 46 inch |
| better because it is able to display fast-moving images | | | | screen which is what Sony and NEC have been able |
| with high contrast levels. | | | | to come up with. |
| Although LCD televisions are trying to remedy this | | | | There are pros and cons in buying either a Plasma or |
| situation, it has not been perfected yet since there is | | | | LCD television. You should just weigh them out and |
| still the slight "trailer" effect, as the individual pixels are | | | | decide which one you want to buy. |