Why? I would take a modern day plasma anytime over an lcd.
Screen life - LCD last a lot longer
No screenburn - Which Plasma are suspectible too
Slimness- Because there is no need for gas filled or heavy glass fronts in a LCD screen
Brightness - LCD technology can generally deliver brighter pictures than a plasma
Power consumption - LCDs generally use less power than plasma TVs because they dont need to power hundreds of electrodes to stimulate phosphors.
To name a few
Fact
Plasma TVs can present moving objects without loss of crispness or detail.Plasma technology needs only one impulse per pixel to produce an image therefore its response time is almost instantaneous
Fact
Plasma TVs can actually be watched from very wide viewing angles without any significant loss in colour or contrast, thanks to the fact that they emit light directly from each of their screen cells or pixels.
However, LCD pixels merely ‘pass on’ a light originating from a single point behind them, therefore LCD screens can lose contrast and colour if watched from angles as small as 45 degrees.
Fact
In the early days, plasma TVs were susceptible to screen burn. However, this issue has been largely eliminated thanks to greater use of built-in screen-saving systems and major phosphors improvements
Fact
The reality is that plasma TVs don’t necessarily use any more power than LCDs – a fact which makes perfect sense if you think about how each technology works.
Plasma TVs, for instance, require just a single ignition of a plasma cell to cause a pixel to illuminate. Since darkness is achieved in plasma pixels by stopping electrical current getting into them, it follows that plasma TVs need relatively little power to reproduce dark scenes.
LCDs by comparison run at a constant power regardless of whether a scene is dark or light, due to their use of an always-on backlight.
Results from an independent research conducted by the AVT.O.P. Messetechnik laboratory in Germany, showed that plasmas tend to use the same – and sometimes less – amounts of power than LCD screens.
Fact
Plasma TVs actually have a lifespan that’s at least equal to that of LCD TVs. TVs using either technology will provide at least 60,000 hours of life under normal viewing conditions before they lose more than half their original brightness. This translates to 27 years of continuous viewing for six hours a day.
Plasma screens can actually be made to last even longer depending on the picture settings you use. For instance, keeping the contrast low could potentially extend a plasma screen’s life.
Fact
Generally, Plasma TVs tend to be developed and built completely ‘in-house’.
In the early days of plasma TV, most manufacturers tended to develop their own plasma research and technology, leading to a situation where many companies now have plasma production as an integrated business model. This means that from the panels to processing, plasma screens are generally made entirely within each particular company, giving them total control over the quality of their products.
LCD TVs, on the other hand, are generally built by using a variety of third-party components, with all the quality assurance issues that entails. And even more confusingly, LCD TVs are traditionally ‘OEM’d’ –some companies buy them from another manufacturer and simply put their own brand logo on them. So with LCD, the name on the front of the TV screen you buy may not necessarily be the name of the company that built the main part of the product.
Comparison between Plasma and LCD technology
Choosing the type of flat screen that best suits your needs can be confusing, especially with so many different variables to bear in mind. To assist you in making your decision, here is a side-by-side comparison of each technology’s main features.
Contrast
Plasma= Intense blacks, realistic colours and tones
Lcd=Bright whites, greyish blacks
Colour
Plasma=Widest gamut of colours
Lcd= Vivid colours
Screen size
Plasma= Best suits larger screens
Lcd= Best suits smaller screens
Response time
Plasma= Best crisp, detailed motion
Lcd= Not ideal for handling fast motion
Sharpness
Plasma= Very naturalistic
Lcd= Unnatural rendering
Image processing
Plasma= Focuses on picture enhancement
Lcd=Focuses on countering LCD weaknesses
Screen
Plasma= Uses screen-savers, durable surface (eg. glass, Perspex)
Lcd= Susceptible to damage such as touching
Viewing angle
Plasma= Widest viewing angle without loss
Lcd= Prone to Wash Out
Value
Plasma= Best for big screens
Lcd= Best for small screens
15 Love, your go.