What is the life expectancy of a Plasma TV. For a 50" is LCD or Plasma the way to go?

Answer 1

LCD is the new technology and I advise everyone to get it insted of the old Plasma, I have bought a SONY 46" LCD tv and I love it. Make sure it is HD ready and has a HDMI port.

Answer 2

The generally life expectancy of a plasma is considered to be around 60,000 hours. This is increasing all the time as the technology improves. This would equate to around 5 years or more depending on how many hours your TV is on each day.

When considering the purchase of a TV you really should do your homework. Certain plasmas will not work above 6000 ft above sea level. In fact, the only TV that will work at those altitudes is a Runco brand television and they start around $10K. By far the best plasma money can buy!

I have both plasmas and LCD TV's in my home. Both are of high quality, but I prefer the LCD. If you do purchase a LCD, you must get a 3 chip LCD. The early LCD TV's only had a single processor and the image would become grainy during high action sequences. The processor is just not able to process the various images fast enough.

In my opinion, the best television on the market is the 40"
Sony Bravia. The processor is a 3 chip LCD and the TV is around $1800. There are 2 models of the TV and the $3800 version simply has more inputs on the TV. The Bravia has 2 HD tuners and can process Picture-in-picture in HD if needed.

The great thing about an LCD TV is the ability to change the bulb every few years and the picture will always be crisp. The major problem that is generally associated with plasmas is "burn-in". Modern plasmas do not have this problem, but once a single pixel of a plasma TV burns out, you CANNOT repair it. Plasma televisions have a gel layer that is positioned between two layers of glass and have an electrical charge applied on the edges to produce the picture. You cannot take these apart and repair a section of the screen without destroying the TV. If this happens you will have to live with the damaged area or replace the entire TV.

If you live in a major metropolitan area, be sure to purchase a TV with a built in tuner. If you have the built in tuner you can purchase a "over-the-air" HD antenna and receive more HD channels than currently offered with cable or satellite.

Keep in mind that when you go to the store that the images that they are broadcasting to the TV's is usually a true 1080i signal through a blu-ray disc, but when you get the TV home you will only be able to get a 780i signal through your cable provider. The cable infrastructure is not able to carry a true 1080i signal and the picture must be "upscaled" by your cable box or satellite box to receive a HD picture.

The only way to receive a true 1080i signal is through Direct TV and it requires a fairly expensive receiver to capture the signal.

Hope this helps.....

Answer 3

I've read that anything up to 32" should be LCD. Over that, plasma. Also heard that the life expectancy of a plasma is about 7 or 8 years.

Answer 4

Many, many people are underinformed here. Plasma does not run on ANY kind of liquid (LCD doesn't either), Plasma runs on Noble Gases (Radon, Neon, Xenon). The gases are illuminated by phosphors to create the picture/colors. They last about 10 years, but as those years go by, the brightness is being reduced incrementially, same goes w/ LCD. I'd go with and LCD, but I guarantee the price will be at least $500 more.

Answer 5

Not sue of the life expectancy of each but a Plasma is more "delicate" - you can't lay them a certain way when you move, some can burn images in if you pause a picture and leave it on. Plasma's have light glare when the sun shines on them thru the window vs LCD which the sun or lights do not affect. LCD's cost more per inch which I think says something in itself.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

5 years or so.

Answer 8

I asked a sales clerk and he said 15yrs. more or less

after that you'll have to change the liquid that
makes it work

Answer 9

i actualy dont know