Plasma vs LCD

When many consumers go out looking for a new television today they are invariably choosing between a large flat panel Plasma or flat panel LCD screens. Which one is the best choice for you?

Not many people are going out to buy the regular large bulky Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) anymore. Most consumers buying a new TV are buying sleek sexy looking flat panel LCD or Plasma screens.

Both offer consumers a difference in price and quality. While the CRT models produce the best picture quality the market trend is for the thin style LCDs or Plasmas to put on the wall.

Looking at an LCD screen and a Plasma you’re not really going to notice too much of a difference in picture quality when you’re at the showroom buying a new large flat panel screen TV.

They are both going to look good, nice and thin and show a picture that isn’t going to be as good as the one you will see when you get home. This is because the picture quality in the showroom is affected by the reception in the building and the fact there are several television sets all running off the same feeder.

Both Plasma and LCD high-definition TV screens produce excellent quality pictures. Most experts believe that Plasma screens produce a slightly better picture than their LCD counterpart.

Plasma screens have the ability to show deeper blacks to help their picture quality but they do generally cost more than LCDs.

LCDs have only recently been able to compete with Plasmas in the very large screen market and are more than competitive in the products they offer.

LCDs use far less power than Plasma screens and have a greater life expectancy.

The consensus amongst most experts is that if you are in the market for a small screen then an LCD screen is your best bet. If you are in the market for a large screen flat panel TV then you should be buying a Plasma screen.

The Plasma flat panel screen is heavier than a LCD flat panel screen so if you are going to have your large flat screen TV on a cabinet so you can move it around the room as you change the furniture then you are probably going to want to buy an LCD flat panel screen for convenience.

Previously the main difference between the two different forms of high-definition television was the price and size of the two products. The price of LCD TV screens compares favourably with that of the Plasmas while the size of LCDs now also increasing with each new product release to catch up to the Plasmas who have traditionally been the larger of the two flat panel screens.