What is the difference between Plasma Screen and LCD Screen? Which one is the Best?

Answer 1

Depends... Plasma screen gives better picture if you're watching in complete darkness, LCD gives better picture if you're watching in daylight (or with lights on). Plasma has a drawback that the picture can be "burned" - if you have the same picture on for a long time it will burn into the screen. Plasma used to be slightly better and more expensive, but LCD screens have catched up.

Answer 2

There are pluses and minuses to both. Here is a summary:

Plasma picture quality is brighter, better color, better blacks than LCD.
But LCD pictures can look quite good; we’re not talking big differences.

You can get LCD both in flat panel and rear projector. Rear projector can have much larger screens.

Sharpness is the same for equivalent pixel counts. Some newer LCDs have 1080 x 1920 resolution, most plasmas still in the 768 x 1024 range.

Plasma is heavier and uses more power than flat panel LCD.

There are reports that plasmas are not as reliable or they don't last as long, but that is no longer true with the latest models. (Both LCD and plasmas have 60,00hr expected lifetime.) Plasma phosphors dim slowly over time (but not as fast as CRT phosphors); but direct view LCDs use flourescent lamps which also dim and eventually burn out (some are replaceable). Projection LCD sets have bulbs of limited life, but are replaceable and the lifetime is a few thousand hours of viewing.

Plasmas are subject to burn-in. A stationary image left on the screen for a long time could produce a permanent ghost image. The most risk is when viewing a lot of 4:3 ratio pictures (non-HD), which are displayed with vertical dark areas on the left and right to fill in the wide screen. Newer plasma designs have minimized this problem and here are ways to avoid it: many sets have a "stretch" mode which widens the picture to fill the whole screen, or will use gray bars instead of black bars. Burn-in also be a problem with extended playing of video games if there is a background image that remains stationary.

Plasmas come in larger sizes, although large flat panel LCDs are coming out, but they are expensive. LCD projectors can be 70".

LCD contrast and brightness can be reduced when viewing from off-center (both flat and projector, but sets will vary). At present, plasmas have very reflective front surfaces which could be a problem in room with lamps and windows that can be reflected by the screen. LCD projectors have screens that do not reflect light very much at all. LCDs look better in bright environments, while plasmas look better in darker rooms.

Answer 3

Plasma had gotten an early lead in the plasma vs. LCD TV game on producing large format TVs such as the 42 and 50 inch models. Because they have been around slightly longer, the price for these larger models has already begun to drop $5,000 plus as the price we saw several years ago, all the way down to $2,500 or less today. This earns plasma one point in the plasma vs. LCD TV match off.

Until recently, LCD TVs were unable to produce anything much larger than 30 inches. That is now changing though and LCD TV manufacturers are now coming out with more and more 42 and 50 inch models which will create competition in plasma vs. LCD TVs.

The most popular size is the 42 inch and this is the size that manufacturers are producing more and more of in the plasma vs. LCD TV battle. Due to this overproduction, we will begin to see an even greater drop in prices of the 42 inch models. Currently in the plasma vs. LCD TV battle, plasma wins on the price because of their head start on producing the larger models. In the next couple years however, LCD TVs will be slashing prices even more and giving plasma a run for their money in the plasma vs. LCD TV match off.

If you are a customer who enjoys multimedia benefits in the same electronics source then LCD TVs beat out plasma in the plasma vs. LCD TV battle thanks to their PC inputs and memory sticks that allow you to use the LCD TV screen as a computer monitor. You can also play MP3 audio files and share pictures from you digital camera on many LCD TVs today. You will also get crisper graphics and text on a LCD TV rather than a plasma, which is perfect for any video game fan. As far as multimedia capabilities are concerned LCD TVs earns a point in the plasma vs. LCD TV game.

Why are LCD TVs are gaining an edge in the plasma vs. LCD TV battle? For one thing, LCD TVs have a longer life than plasma TVs, beating them out by about 20,000 life hours. Also, LCD TVs do not have the problem with burn-ins that plasma TVs face. LCD TVs gain a point in the plasma vs. LCD TV match off simply because they will last longer. While the 42 inch TVs rule for now, another plus about LCD TVs is that they are able to produce small and portable models also which is very popular among families with children who go on long car rides.

While they won’t destroy plasmas altogether, LCD TVs will definitely win the plasma vs. LCD TV popularity contest as their prices drop and reliability increases in the next couple years.

Answer 4

i'll go with LCD screen

Answer 5

all i know is that LCD is lead crystal display and they are very clear...

Answer 6

Give them both another year or two before you decide.