LCD vs Plasma

Well you still are not sure which type of television system to buy. The price of the LCD television is really enticing. In fact, it seems too good to be true. On the other hand, the plasma set looks really good, but the price is too steep for you. In this article we are going to discuss some of the pros and cons of each TV set.

Most folks know what a pixel is but for the sake of clarity and simplicity it is safe to say a pixel is a dot. That’s right; there are thousands of pixels that make up the screen of your computer monitor and the screen of your TV set. The difference between LCD and plasma involves a few factors, but it lies with the pixels as well.

The primary colors that we see are red, green, and blue. This combination is better known as RGB. Every pixel that you see on the television screen is made up of different sections. Each section contains red, blue, and green subdivisions. This allows for the wide array of color diversity you see in modern television sets. Try and get really close to the television screen without hurting your eyes.

You will notice that each pixel can be seen almost as if it was sitting all by itself. As you start to move back you can no longer see that individual pixel. This is exactly the way TV works, with all of the pixels and their subdivisions working together to form the bigger picture.

Plasma technology uses a gas to produce one certain color for each pixel on the screen. This is it in a nutshell. With each pixel having a gas diffusion going on, if you want to think of it that way, you have a much broader range of color. This range of color allows for numerous advantages over an LCD set. Your blacks are black. There is no light emitted from a pixel that is turned off. The viewing angle is much wider than that of the LCD set. Plasma screens do not need a polarizer. Plasma televisions are also able to be much bigger than LCD sets.

LCD sets do not emit light from their pixels like the plasma TVs do. Lights pass back and forth over the pixels from behind, and when light shines through a filter, a color is produced. LCDs have a great advantage in today’s market. They are not overly priced and they serve as a middle man to switch the market over from analog to digital. Not many people can afford a really big plasma TV, which is where they perform at their best. Gradually, the LCD TV set will become the CRT set of old.

Plasma seems to be gaining a lot of ground though because of the absolute brilliant quality it provides. However, LCD is the main focus in the market today and who knows if that trend is going to continue. If more companies were to mass produce plasma television sets instead of LCD sets, then all of us would own a plasma television. LCD sets are here because they are less expensive to produce and until the day when both LCD and plasma are the same in price, I think the market will stay towards a popular vote for the LCD model.