LCD Television?
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The LCD is a great technology. It really depends what you are using your TV for, and also, how much money you are wanting to spend.
First, if you or anyone else are planning on playing video games on this TV, you do not want to buy a Plasma, or a regular rear projection TV (I don't think you can really find those in stores anymore anyway). You will definitely want either LCD, LCD Projection, or DLP.
The Plasma is currently the best in terms of overall picture quality, but it is the most expensive design there is. You will be paying a lot of money for one. Another drawback is that it uses little cells filled with gases that become excited by electrical pulses which makes up the picture on the TV. Eventually these gases will dye out, and the cell will dye causing the image on the TV to slowly fade out as the TV gets used more and more. The life of the TV depends on how much TV you are going to watch. When I worked at Circuit City a guy had bought an 8 thousand dollar Sony Plasma that he never turned off once he got it home. The TV was dead in just a shade under a year. So if you watch a lot of TV, or plan on keeping it on all the time, I wouldn't recomend one unless you have a lot of money and don't care. Plasmas are also prone to screen burn, which makes them bad for video games. If you leave an image frozen on the TV for a lengthy time, you will see the image burned onto the screen.
DLP's and LCD Projections are cheaper than bigger LCD's, but the image is a little darker, and you can't see the image on the TV as good if you aren't sitting directly in front of the TV. There is also a lamp that will have to be changed out ever couple of years depending on how much TV you are watching. Those lamps cost around 300 dollars a piece. But, you can play video games on them because they do not burn images on the screen, and they are more available in some of the larger screen sizes than regular flat panel LCD's. If the lamps are replaced as needed, a LCD/DLP TV are said to last a lot longer than a CRT TV (the glass box TV's we've been using for the last half century or more).
Finally LCD's have all the benefits of the DLP's and LCD Projection TV's. There is no screen burn so you can play all the video games you want, they last a lot longer than the regular CRT TV, and they are still cheaper than a Plasma. But unlike the LCD Projection/DLP they can be seen at all angles just like a regular TV, there is no lamp you will have to replace every couple of years, and the colors are much brighter. The only drawback you hear people talk about is that LCD's can have some problems keeping up with fast movement on the screen. It sometimes pixels a little or distorts for instance if you are watching a race and see cars buzzing by, the TV might have a little trouble keeping up with the images, but the technology has improved and this is becoming less of a problem now.
Anyway, that's your current TV tech in a nutshell. Hope that helps.
They are skinnier than CRT, and cheaper than Plasma
my monitor is a 17" tft lcd and it`s great. tv`s are bigger but the pro`s are a huge flat screen con the cost!
I was checking up on HD tvs and found that they tend to have a signal delay approx 1 sec this is due to down conversion of the signal the only one i found that up converts is the panasonic Viera which due to its v-real technology, it is however a plasma, but is considered one of the best TVs on the market.The cheapest i've found a 42" Viera was £899 at Dixons. Also the new scientist compared LCD to plasma and plasma came out tops for large screen movie watching where as if you want to watch TV it in a very bright environment go LCD.
Alright, so all I highly recomend LCD over a plasma or CTR. The LCD is more durrable and more relyable than a plasma. A plasma is going to ghost (keep images that are left on the TV too long with out moving. You will always be able to see the image once it ghosts in.). It take 6-7 hours for LCD to ghost. You CAN NOT repair a plasma. An LCD is repairable. A 42" CTR is HUGE. You better have a reallly strong stand if you want to be able to hold that TV. An LCD is slim, and isn't as heavy. Most LCD are able to hang on the wall if you want also.
If you are going to invest in a really good LCD, get the Samsung 1080p HDTC LCD. It is great, and has the highest and best HD you can get.
Hope I helped!
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Aero
if you are on a budget then lcd is cheaper than same size counterpart.
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