LCD OR PLASMA TV?

Question

LCD OR PLASMA TV?

Answer 1

It depends on a number of factors, each are better at certain things. Although I will admit it would appear that to most people lcd's are better.

plasma tv's usually way much more and have glare issues because, they use two sheets of glass with glass trapped in between them.

Also plasma tv's can get burn in caused by a still image on the screen for an extended amount of time.

Not to mention the fact that lcd's are generally more energy efficient than plasma tv's are.

One advantage of a plasma is that if your watching non high definition tv on a tv 40" or larger it will look better than it would on an lcd. (under 40" it won't matter").

so if you watch a lot of television get high definition cable, I would recommend Lcd more so than plasma televisions.

Answer 2

It depends what screen size you would like.

40" is borderline for whether to get an LCD or plasma. Any smaller and I'd get an LCD, any bigger and it has to be plasma.

There's a summary of the differences between the two types of screen in the link below. Hope that helps!

Answer 3

Be aware that plasma's burn out and are all about to be done on the markets. Get a good 1080p lcd with a good contrast ratio. Samsung and sony's are best lcd's. Hope this helps! I just went through the same things and did loads and loads of research.

Answer 4

Pros of a plasma are

1. Better picture with no motion blur, higher contrast ratio (deeper blacks which produce depth to the picture).

Cons

The main plasma con is that they still suffer from burn-in (although they have gotten much better). I would not recommend them for gaming even though the manufacturers now say you can. They still won't warranty against burn-in (or after image as they like to say).

They are best viewed in a darkened room because they tend to have screen glare. Shades fix this problem and the newer sets have a anti-glare coatings.

Pros of LCD

1. No burn in problems

2. Lighter and use less electricity to run

Cons

Lcds are getting better but still don't have the contrast of plasmas and they still have motion blur (annoying with fast moving scenes, especially sports).

LCDs don't have as good off-axis viewing as plasmas. If you move far enough to the side of an LCD, you will notice the picture fades.

Neither shows standard def picture very well but plasma does a better job.

They have about the same life expectancy (most rated around 60,000 hrs)

Plasmas don't leak and they can't be re-charged either. Also, they're not a dying breed just yet. There's more money to be made by the manufacturers with LCDs so many have stopped making plasmas but only to bolster their profits, not because the plasmas are bad. Pioneer and Panasonic are 2 makers that continue to produce plasma sets and have no plans of stopping (Panasonic will be buying the panels from another maker but they will still be selling plasmas).

In general, I tell my friends to buy a plasma if they want the best picture and an LCD if they want to play video games on them.