LCD and Plasma Televisions

The LCD television displays a matrix of thin film transistors which supplies voltage to liquid crystal filled cells between two pieces of glass. When they are hit with an electrical current, the crystals filter white light generated by a lamp behind the screen. LCD monitors reproduce colors through a process of subtraction: They block certain colors from the white light until they are left with the correct color.

The LCD television manufacturers have had many improvements in try to keep up with the plasma television industry and the brightness of their viewing capability.

LCD television producers claim that their televisions last between 50,000 and 65,000 hours. The only worry you have with an LCD television is the backlight wearing out but it can be replaced if needed. You can tell if your backlight is going out if the colors on your television are getting lighter.

The leading manufactures of the LCD televisions include Samsung, Panasonic, JVC, Zenith, Sony and Philips.

The Plasma television has thousands of individual pixel cells that allow electric pulses to execute to the xenon and neon natural gases which in turn causes them to glow and produce the light. This light gives off the balance of red, green, or blue in each cell to display the proper color for you to view. The pixel cells are similar to microscopic florescent light bulbs. If you get up close to a plasma television you will be able to see the pixel cells for yourself.

The plasma television producers claim that these televisions will last about 60,000 hours which is similar to the LCD televisions.

The leading manufactures of the Plasma televisions include JVC, Panasonic, LG, RCA, Sanyo and Hitachi.

Overall the plasma television seems to have better quality in brightness, sharpness and even perrfection over the leading LCD televisions. Both the LCD and plasma televisions range in price and size but are very price comparable when you look at them side by side. The LCD televisions can also be known as an LED television as well. The main difference between the plasma television and the LCD television is that the plasma can only be found in a 32 inch television or larger. With the technology changing day after day you will sometime in the future be able to purchase a plasma television that is smaller than a 32 inch.

Kostandinos Papahatzis lives in Athens, Greece and specializes in Associate marketing through Web and mobile channels; one of the most recent projects was the complete revamp of his lcd plasma television web site.

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