Pros & cons for plasma/LCD?

LCD

Pros:

-No burn in issues.

-Lighter weigh than plasma

-More energy efficient

Cons:

-Pixels can "die" meaning they will stop lighting up

-Subject to motion blur a standard LCD TV has 60hz which is around 6-8ms response time.

-Can loss image quality if viewing at an "off angle"

Plasma

Pros

-Virtually no motion blur. Plasma's response time is around .001ms standard

-Deeper blacks

-Better contrast ratio

-Glass screen is more durable to to impact than LCDs(for example if a wii remote hits the screen)

-Wide Viewing Angle

Cons

-Possibility of image burn ins

-Glass screen can have a glare if in a bright room

-Heavier for same size screen

-Generally uses more energy and lets off more heat (some of which can heat up a room a few degrees)

Improvements

-LCDs to improve motion blur they have 120hz and 240hz TVs which can reduce the response time to about 2ms(for an additional cost)

-LED backlights achieve Plasma level blacks and contrast ratio(for an additional cost)

-LED backlit LCDs are much more energy efficient than regular LCDs and plasmas

-Some plasmas depending on the manufacturer are energy star qualified and use the same amount of energy as a comparable LCD

-Plasma have many anti image retention programs nearly eliminating the risk of burn ins(the better the name brand the less likely)

-Some plasmas have anti-glare screens(the better the name brand the less likely)

Experience has taught me that you will be a lot more satisfied with a plasma than an LCD. Why? Well I take it that the main reason you are planning on buying a flat screen monitor is because of its HD capabilities right? And although both plasma and LCD will deliver an amazing picture quality (I've had both, they were both 46 inches) lets face it there is only so much HD content out there. Even if you were to get your tv provider's ultimate package the majority of the content you will get will still be in SD. So this were LCD fails: SD content looks a lot better on a plasma than on an LCD. On an LCD it will be really blurry whereas on a plasma it will be a lot more defined. As far as HD goes I noticed that colors were a little bit more vivid on the plasma and blacks were much darker but other than that the picture quality is just about the same on both. They can both achieve 1080p resolution. There is also the thing about burn in with a plasma which is where if an image stays on the screen for too long (such as a logo) it will be burned into the screen but that is hardly a problem anymore with modern sets, they all come with some kind of anti burn in technology. Plasmas tend to be made for bigger sets and since this is not the case for LCD they will get more expensive as they get bigger. Source(s): I once bought a Vizio 1080p LCD and then took it back 1 week later to try out a Panasonic Viera plasma and was much more pleased with it. I think that when you wrote LED you were referring to OLED, which is still under development and therefore not on the market yet. If you really want to get into future technologies you should look into laser televisions.

If you had asked this a few months ago there would have been a pile of answers in favor of LCD and an equal pile in favor of a Plasma. However, with the introduction of LED back lit LCD TVs Plasma really has been left behind.

To really understand how these new LED LCD style TVs work take a look at the link in the source code. The number one advantage a Plasma had over an LCD was that the fluorescent tube in an LCD was always on, this caused light to bleed through in dark scenes.

This isn't a problem now with LED powered LCDs because the LEDs can be dimmed or switched off when required.

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