Which is better and lasts longer? LCD or plasma big screen TV.?

Question

Which is better and lasts longer? LCD or plasma big screen TV.?

Answer 1

LCDs last longer....Plamsas tend to have slightly better picture quality

Answer 2

Plasma TVs last longer. LCD TVs are back lit with tubes of light. These tubes lose light faster than the phosphor in plasma. They also change color as they age so your LCD TV loses color accuracy. Plasma TVs also fade with age, but they do not lose color accuracy or fade as fast.

LCD pixels can stick or die with use. Expect dead pixels to show up on your LCD TV screen. The older the TV, the more dead pixels you will get.

LCD screens are made of a very soft, flexible plastic. They scratch easily and can be damaged from very minor impacts. People have reported white hazy areas appearing on their LCD TV screens after trying to clean the screen. The glass screens of a plasma TV are a lot more durable than any LCD TV screen.

Answer 3

LCD's lasts longer than plasma. plasma tv has a life of about 10000 hrs or more. But if u want high contrast ratio go for the plasma otherwise lcd tv's are allrounder.

Answer 4

LCD has a better longevity than plasma. Plasma tv buying guide states:

"LCD manufacturers claim that their displays last, on average, 50,000 to 65,000 hours. In fact, an LCD TV will last as long as its backlight does - and those bulbs can sometimes be replaced! Since this is nothing more than light passing through a prismatic substrate, there is essentially nothing to wear out in an LCD monitor. However, one nasty little known fact about LCD technology is that as the backlight ages it can change colors slightly (think of florescent office lighting). When this occurs the white balance of the entire LCD will be thrown for a loop and the user will need to re-calibrate, or worse, try to replace the backlighting or ditch the unit altogether. Some of the early purchasers of larger LCD screens will be learning this tidbit in a couple of years. One thing that I’ve found in this industry, it is not easy to find out whether the backlighting on LCDs can be replaced. Manufacturers are either hesitant to discuss the topic, or they just don’t know.

Plasma, on the other hand, utilizes slight electric currents to excite a combination of noble gases (i.e., argon, neon, xenon), which glow red, blue, and/or green. This is an essentially active phenomenon, so the phosphoric elements in plasma displays fade over time. Many manufacturers state a new half life of 60,000 hours. While I am skeptical of this spec, I do believe strides have been made to nearly even the playing field with LCD. At half life, the phosphors in a plasma screen will glow half as brightly as they did when the set was new. There is no way to replace these gases; the display simply continues to grow dimmer with use.

Answer 5

LCD by far. Plasmas only last about 5-7 years before they start doing the "ghost screen", where the image with stay on the screen even after you change the channel or turn it off.

Answer 6

There's lots of myth and misinformation on plasma life. The fact is that they last about the same as LCD. When they first came out, plasma didn't have a great lifespan but now they are rated at 60,000 hrs.

If your not going to play video games on it and you can control room light (shades), I would suggest a plasma since they have much better pictures. LCDs are getting better contrast ratios but they still don't compare to a plasma for black level and overall picture quality.

Answer 7

I think LCD HDTVs is Better and good dicision