Why are LCD TV better than the plasmas???

Answer 1

If you think LCD's have better pictures than Plasmas then you are looking at cheap, consumer grade Plasmas.

The professional Plasmas that we use are absolutely brilliant and vibrant, but not too many folks want to shell out $13,000 and up for those that we use.

In the consumer market, LCDs are more practical and do not develop as much heat (speaking of both in their consumer grade versions). The Plasmas we use are warm, but don't put off as much heat as their consumer grade cousins.

The introduction of DLP technology is the way to go now. Compare units with DLP side by side with non-DLP and you will see the difference.

In the past, the easiest way to determine the quality of any of the big flat screens was to walk toward the side of the units and see how much destortion developed as you moved further away from the center. The lower quaility models blurred easily and lost their brightness.

DLP is changing all of that quickly.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

LCD displays are not necessarily better than Plasma displays. Nor are all Plasmas better than LCDs. They are simply different technologies, and each has their pros and cons.

When you go into your typical mass market electronics store these days, they have the kids pushing the LCD sets pretty hard. Why? Margins. There's not a lot of mark up (profit) in low and mid end plasma displays. In the good ol days, a retailer could make 50% when they sold a plasma. Now it's 10-20% if they're lucky. Some sets are even sold at break even or slight loss. Yes, that's right, plasma tv's are now sometimes loss leaders for big stores.

Large LCD displays on the other hand, often have higher profit margins than comparably sized plasma displays. So why are they better? Because the store makes more money and/or the salesman makes a better commision.

Like I stated at the beginning, they're simply different technologies. One benefit to LCD displays is they are much lighter than plasma displays, which can be important if the set is to be wall mounted in a structure with metal studs like a highrise or some condos. Or if the set is to be installed on a cantilever mount (and arm that can hold the tv several feet off the wall). Plasmas are typically brigher than LCDs, have better contrast ratios, and use less power in real world use.

There is no blanket statement to be made. Sometimes one technology is better for the application, sometimes not.

Answer 3

LCD's are better because they use a light bulb to project the image. Plasma TV's use a pixel based projection which has a certain "life" of such. LCD TV's give a better resolution and have an infinite life of the system, while plasma TV's have a distinctive lifespan of the projection that they provide. Typically the life of a plasma TV has 9000 hours and after this is exhausted, there is not remedy. LCD TV's are limited to the life of the bulb that projects the image, however the bulb can be replaced indefinitely.

Answer 4

I think plasmas have a better picture and contrast ratio than lcd's. Lcd have a "screendoor effect" which is where you can see each individual pixel...in a sense like looking through a screendoor up close. If only plasma had a longer life span and didn't burn in I think plasma would be by far better, if you could afford to replace it every 5 years or so. But 10,000- 50,000 hours is a lot of viewing time.

Answer 5

I think LCD gives a brighter, sharper picture over plasma. LCDs are also lighter and use less energy than plasmas. Plasma tubes also slowly de-gas over the years, causing the picture to become progressively darker, and although this process takes years to become noticeable it is irreversible.

Plasmas have better black levels and are less expensive, however, but even that is changing as new technologies are coming out.

Answer 6

Some of the above answers are hilarious; especially the one poster who said you get burn in on plasmas in 5 minutes. Wow. Really? Jeez, so much misinformation abound.

People, read the following and maybe when someone asks you; you can give the correct answers about each technology and not talk out of your ***.


Edit: Obviously, the person that gave me a thumbs down didn't read the link I provided and will continue to give you all more misinformation in the future.

Answer 7

LCD is more versitile in light placement. Plasma is recommended to put it in a place with alot of light, in dark the colors don't show as well. Also, Plasmas are harder to move from place to place because if you lie it horizontally, you can leak out the gas (plasma) in the tv which can never be replaced, so you have to replace the whole tv.

Answer 8

plasma tv's burn in a picture in 5 minutes, that means that if you are playing a video game for instance, and you have lets say a health bar on the bottom of your screen, when you turn your tv off, that health bar will be there forever. thats bad..... and annoying, lcd's dont do that after hours on end, they will eventually do it, but no where near the time that plasmas will. that and lcd's picture is clearer

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Hi. Forget about LCD and Plasma,they will soon be replaced with newer technology screens. LASER TV is supposed to be available at the end of the year.S.E.D. (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display ) TV is not far behind laser tv.And also being developed is CARBON NANOTUBE . So we will have three new HD TV technologies to worry about which one to get And of course we already have 3D TV. Where will it all end?