LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) TV
Advantages
- LCDs are good for still images and make good computer monitors. So, if you're looking for a screen for TV and computer use, LCDs are a good bet
- Quality LCDs have excellent brightness level pictures.
Disadvantages
- LCDs are not good for fast-moving pictures. When an object moves quickly across the screen, the image "delays" (there are trails of pixilation or blockingess), because the screen can't keep up. For this reason, LCDs that are 37" or smaller generally have better image quality because the delay is less notice able than on larger LCDs.
- LCD TVs have difficulty with black levels
- LCDs are very expensive over 35"
- LCD image looks great when you'restaring directly at it, but if you are watching from a slanted view the quality of the image can diminish greatly.
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DLP (Digital Light Processing) TV
Advantages
- DLP screens are larger and are cheaper in the short-term than LCD or Plasma.
- Good brightness and color. DLP can illuminate a larger screen for more people at a cheaper initial cost than Plasma.
Disadvantages
- There's a high maintanence cost. The
DLP TV is basically a video projector in a
box. You have to replace the lightbulb,
which has limited durability.
- DLPs take up a lot more space than
Plasma and LCD and are not wall
mountable.
- DLPs don't have as good field vision as
Plasmas, meaning you can't get as good
picture quality when viewing the screen
at an angle.
- DLPs are not known for having that great
of picture quality.
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Plasma TV
Advantages
- Top name brand plasmas have a fairly
long life, lasting about 20 years at a six
hours per day pace.
- A plasma screen has a field vision of
about 180 degrees without loss of picture
quality. That means you can watch the
screen from any angle.
- Plasmas are very bright (about 4-5 times
brighter than the average TV)
- They have great contrast ratios (enables
them to show better shadow detail)
Disadvantages
- Plasmas can have burn in problems.
Plasmas do not make as good computer
monitors as LCDs. If you were to leave
the Plasma TV on for 24 hours a day and
there was an image that remained con
stant on the screen (like a logo), you
would run the risk of that image perma
nently burning into the screen.
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