When Should You Choose Plasma Over LCD TVs…

In my last post, we talked about surging sales of smartphones and HDTVs and market behaviour

You like rich, warm colors and deep black levels.

You’ll be sitting off-axis when you watch TV or movies.

You don’t watch many TV shows or play video games with static images on the screen for more than a few hours at a time. The possibility of screen burn-in still exists for plasma TVs, though it’s unlikely to happen with current models.

You’re able to control the amount of light in your viewing room — plasma screens are more likely to reflect room lights, which can be distracting.

You watch a lot of TV shows or play lots of video games with static images on the screen for extended periods of time, multiple days a week.

You do a lot of daytime viewing in a room with windows lacking blinds, curtains or drapes — most LCD screens resist glare, although some high-performance models have screens that are nearly as reflective as plasmas.

Low power consumption is a priority — LCD TVs are usually more energy efficient than plasma models with the same screen size.

In our of our recent posts, we wrote about surging sales of consumer electronics, lead by dirt cheap smartphones and HDTVs. Now, we would dig more into HDTVs and talk in-depth about various available options that are up for grabs.

The two most prevalent options under High Definition Television(HDTV) are LCD TV and Plasma TV. Technically, there are notable differences between LCD and Plasma technologies but the visual output appears to be similar. Only if one goes into finer details, there appears differences that makes one option outweigh the other one.

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The first among the two technologies, LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) is commercially more successful and cheaper compared to Plasma technology. As technology keeps evolving, it was pretty much expected that Plasma would offer more advancement over LCD but parallel advancement in LCD made things a little tougher for Plasma to completely outplay LCD.

To make it less technical and more judgmental, here’s what can expect if you opt for a Plasma TV over an LCD TV.

Rich, sharp colors and deep black levels
Relatively better performance with different viewing angles
Rarest possibility of screen burn-in, almost null possibility to happen with latest models.
Plasma screens are more likely to reflect room lights, hence perform excellent when viewed in dark room.
Ultra thin models
Meant to serve like a mini home theatre

If you’re interested in opting for Plasma TV then don’t forget to survey online about the latest offerings and Plasma models from major available manufacturers. Check out available Plasma TV Reviews and see if that fits your requirements or not. In festive season, you are sure to come across cost-effective Plasma TV offers so better grab the one that seems a Value for money deal.

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Prashant Sharma

Prashant Sharma is a Delhi based Entrepreneur who spent most of his college days polishing his marketing skills and went for his first business venture at 19. Having tasted failure in his entrepreneurial debut, he turned a Tech-enthusiast, specializing in web technologies later. Today, he heads AQR8 Media, a Digital Marketing and Technology firm and writes at TechPluto as well. Join him on Twitter , Facebook and Google+

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