I keep seeing people answer other peoples questions about plasmas COMPLETELY wrong.
"They need recharging"
"The lightbulb burns out"
"They only last 2,3,5,... years"
"The radiation is too high"
"They get burn'in too easily" [MAYBE... they've gotten better over the years]
"The liquid may leak out" [WTF!?...liquid!?!?!] :LOL:
2006-12-16 12:33:06 · 3 answers · asked by Garrile N 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Being in the home theater industry for the past 5 years, I can vouch for your frustration. I was a tech writer for a projector and TV company, so I understand how all the technologies work and why certain ones are better than others.
I know where these misconceptions come from. First, many of these misconceptions were true in the early generations of plasma TV's. Second, it's forums like these that propagate these misconceptions. Third, you have uneducated sales people making up stuff, to make another sale on an LCD or rear projection TV. Lastly, I have even read newspaper and magazine articles use those misconceptions to persuade people over to different technology.
As a plasma owner, I can say all those misconceptions that you pointed out are completely untrue. I have owned a plasma for the past 6 months and have not experienced any of those problems.
If you want the best image quality and colors, the smart people are going to choose plasma over LCD. LCD image quality is too sharp and has oversaturated colors. LCD is great for a computer monitor, but the wrong technology for video.
2006-12-16 14:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by techman2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A couple of those were true of the early plasmas: limited lifetime, and burn-in problems. Some early Sony plasmas had defective power supplies which may have contributed to the reputation for poor reliability. Where those other ideas came from, I have no idea. As you state, modern plasmas have overcome the early problems, even burn-in (which is greatly reduced, but not completely eliminated as a problem). I try to counter these falsehoods in many yahoo answers. There was a recent article in the New York Times that did a good comparison between LCD and Plasma, and pretty much debunked those false statements.
2006-12-16 12:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,... I just saw a new one I've never heard of before on that other question with over 200 responses about LCD & Plasma...
Someone told the poor asker that all LCDs are plasma and that plasma TVs are like regular TVs only thinner...
I'm going to go weep for the stupidity of people now.
2006-12-17 00:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Lighthawk Demon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋