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The plasma television has many advantages and benefits
for you and your entertainment needs and wants. The
plasma tv gives you incredible picture quality, it has a
sleek design, and it is HDTV compatible.
Plasmas provide sharper images and more vibrant
colors. You can display both HDTV and DTV signals
as well as computer signals such as XGA, SVGA,
and VGA.
Plasmas Superior to Both CRT's and LCD!!!!!
Plasma screen televisions provide sharp, clear pictures,
plus no image distortion. CRTs can't match this. Plasma
tvs have brighter pictures and provide a better viewing
angle at 160 degrees, than LCDs. For the best technology
in display panels, choose plasma technology.
High Resolution!!!!!!!
Plasma display televisions have higher resolution than
most standard TV sets. They are able to display full
HDTV and DTV signals as well as XGA, SVGA, and
VGA signals from a computer. If a plasma has a
resolution of 1024x1024 it can display images from
1080i and 720i HDTV resolution, plus 480i and 480p
HD signals.
Flat Screen!!!!
Plasma display televisions have screens that are
completely flat. There is no distortion of the image
even at the edges and corners. Plus to increase
your viewing fun, the flat plasma screen tv provides
an amazing 160-degree viewing area.
Ultra Thin Design Saves Space!!!!
Plasma televisions can hang on almost any wall. You can
even hang them from your ceiling. Other advantages of
plasma screen tvs are high ambient light tolerance,
distortion free images, entirely digital techology, not
affected by magnetism, and can be attached to a ceiling
or wall, or used as a freestanding fixture. |
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But the sharp picture will become blurry after about 5 years, so it doesn't last for long! Plasma TV:s are too big, in my opinion 32 inch TV is good for normal use! The large size of the TV will, spoil your eye sight! I personally like the picturetube TVs best, they some how are better for my eyes! 
It's nice that they can hang on walls, but if you've got walls you can get a DLP projector. Globes are expensive and they don't cope with ambient light too well but they ARE a home cinema. MMMMMMM
More realistically on the TV front. Plamsa don't last long enough for the price and LCD just dont have the blacks to get a nice contrasty picture. I reckon new technology will be out soon that will supercede both these technologies
maybe like this http://gear.ign.com/articles/679/679235p1.html
or maybe something else.
Remember the mini-disc? The plasma/LCD of personal audio... DING DING!!
They're vastly superior to projection screens, and don't have the potential for such noxious gases. As for big TV's spoiling your eyesight (or any size for that matter), that's all one huge myth. A crazy one at that. They CONNOT spoil your eyesight, unless you keep your eyes within 2 inches of them for more than six hours, unblinking.
It was started because people feel orbital lethargy after staring at the TV too long. That's absolutely normal, and anything that produces its own light can fatigue your ciliary suspensory ligaments and irises from accomodating so rapidly and so long. Even vibrant colors can produce such an effect, it doesn't damage your eyes, epecially if you don't keep them closer than your near-point (the point where an object is too close for the lenses to accomodate for it).
Plasma TVs also suffer from burn in after a couple of years, which is why LCD is better. Other than that, depending on the brand of TV, both pictures are amazing and is hard to tell the difference.
Also, LCD/Plasma TV AREN'T big enough! I want something that is AT LEAST 65", with 100" being even better. I could alwaysget a very high quality projector one day 
| eday2010 wrote: |
| Plasma TVs also suffer from burn in after a couple of years, which is why LCD is better. |
Wow, is that right? I didn't know that. They must be a big rip off then as I am sure they are very expensive and if they only last a few years that is just a joke.
I have a 72cm Mitsubishi tube tv that I bought 10 years ago and it still has a great picture, just as good as when it was new. I would love a wide screen (16:9) TV but my 72cm is big enough to watch a 16:9 movie at the same size as a medium wide screen so why waste my money.
Especially if it only lasts a few years.We have a Panasonic 76cm wide screen which isn't plasma. It gives a beautiful picture and we are very happy with it. We didn't get plasma for two reasons. First because it was twice as expensive and also because of pixel burnout.
The one we have will do us until it wears out, after which who knows what will be available. Technology moves at such a pace that what is the latest and greatest today is almost certain to be obsolete in six months time.
i suppose that i will get my plasma TV with HD technology and i will start playing XBOX 360 but in Turkey these are too expensive may be i will get it from abroad...Thanks for this information...
I say, get a life, don't mess up your eyes, save money, and time.
I think Plasma TV is only good when you have a big room, otherwise it's too big. Most people's house are not big enough for this.
I went with the LCD for one main reason, the TV is in a room wich has windows across the room, (or behind me as I sit and face the tv, so plasma's all had reflective surfaces on their screens, so the glare from the windows in the daytime would have been unacceptable, howeved an LCD is matte with no reflection, so BEtter unit, better viewing better customer...
TAAA DAAAA
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... howeved an LCD is matte with no reflection, so BEtter unit, better viewing better customer...
TAAA DAAAA |
Is this correct? No plasmas have a matte screen? If not....why not? Seems like a pretty obvious feature to me. (I got window issues in my room also...Plasma TV takes Lot of energy (and that is $$), they are HOT after couple of hours (You don't need a heater on winter) and ... the TV Station LOGO will burn on TV screen after 1-2 years of watching (because it is static picture always in this same place).
from http://www.plasmatvscience.org/theinnerworkings.html
For the past 75 years, the vast majority of televisions have been built around the same technology: the cathode ray tube (CRT). In a CRT television, a gun fires a beam of electrons (negatively-charged particles) inside a large glass tube. The electrons excite phosphor atoms along the wide end of the tube (the screen), which causes the phosphor atoms to light up. The television image is produced by lighting up different areas of the phosphor coating with different colors at different intensities
Cathode ray tubes produce crisp, vibrant images, but they do have a serious drawback: They are bulky. In order to increase the screen width in a CRT set, you also have to increase the length of the tube (to give the scanning electron gun room to reach all parts of the screen). Consequently, any big-screen CRT television is going to weigh a ton and take up a sizable chunk of a room.
Recently, a new alternative has popped up on store shelves: the plasma flat panel display. These televisions have wide screens, comparable to the largest CRT sets, but they are only about 6 inches (15 cm) thick. Based on the information in a video signal, the television lights up thousands of tiny dots (called pixels) with a high-energy beam of electrons. In most systems, there are three pixel colors -- red, green and blue -- which are evenly distributed on the screen. By combining these colors in different proportions, the television can produce the entire color spectrum.
The basic idea of a plasma display is to illuminate tiny colored fluorescent lights to form an image. Each pixel is made up of three fluorescent lights -- a red light, a green light and a blue light. Just like a CRT television, the plasma display varies the intensities of the different lights to produce a full range of colors.
The central element in a fluorescent light is a plasma, a gas made up of free-flowing ions (electrically charged atoms) and electrons (negatively charged particles). Under normal conditions, a gas is mainly made up of uncharged particles. That is, the individual gas atoms include equal numbers of protons (positively charged particles in the atom's nucleus) and electrons. The negatively charged electrons perfectly balance the positively charged protons, so the atom has a net charge of zero.
If you introduce many free electrons into the gas by establishing an electrical voltage across it, the situation changes very quickly. The free electrons collide with the atoms, knocking loose other electrons. With a missing electron, an atom loses its balance. It has a net positive charge, making it an ion.
In a plasma with an electrical current running through it, negatively charged particles are rushing toward the positively charged area of the plasma, and positively charged particles are rushing toward the negatively charged area.
Alexxa, it's good that you quoted the source of that, but I think this forum would like you to put large blocks like that in the quote tags. | eday2010 wrote: |
| Plasma TVs also suffer from burn in after a couple of years, which is why LCD is better. |
Exactly. Plasma does suffer from burn-in effects which is it's major downside - however LCDs suffer from pixel drop-out so is it really any better. Also, just to clear something up, a plasma display will last longer than a couple of years as long as you take care of it. Don't leave any static images held on your screen for long periods of time (pausing a DVD is the main culprit here), and always put your TV on standby when not using it.
The original article in this thread is also pretty erroneous - LCD screens can be made to support HD pictures & XGA / VGA computer outputs too, so it's not a sole advantage for plasmas. And a resolution of 1080i is NOT supported by a 1024x1024 screen (which requires a resolution of 1920x1080).
Basically, it's about what size screen you want. Anything below 42" you should get an LCD screen. Above 42" then you'll have to get a plasma. But take my advice - don't buy anything unless it's top-end HD compatible (1080p - that's 1920x1080 displayed progressively). You'll only be changing you TV again in a couple of years if you do.i dont think buying a plasma TV is reallly worth it. it costs too much and takes up too much space. and if it breaks then your screwed. the only people who should buy it are the TV addicts with no life other than tv. A normal CRT TV is good for most people. A plasma one is just a waste... too much $$$$$$...
This is a very interesting discussion. I didn't know about the drawbacks of plasmas (and lcds) until reading this. What do you think the screens of the future will be like? I think projection could be very important, especially owing to size issues. Laptops/mobile phones etc. could be much smaller if they projected rather than incorporating screens.
My question is, do you think it's possible to see some sort of low-energy, clear projection, perhaps with laser/similar technology?
Call me old fashion but i think my next tv will be a CRT.
Who wants to spend a lot of cash on a tv that will deteriorate over time?
My current tv (42'') is 10+ years old, and the picture is just as clean and crisp as when it was new..
Plasma T.V. has very short life just about 5 years compare with CRT and LCD.
Moreover, plasma T.V. is the very good energy consumer. One plasma T.V. use energy just like one oven or iron. That's more than six times of CRT and LCD!! Let's imagine your bill after use it for month.
I think if your want flat sharp screen, LCD would be better. Or you can consider projection TV if you want very big screen.
I find that i dislike the picture plasma and lcd delivers call me crazy but i like the bubbly fat t.vs
