To all,
Just thought I would pass along a big money saving tip that may be beneficial to some. Lots of the techy retail shops (bestbuy, circuit city, etc.) will most likely be dropping the price on their plasma monitors/tv's for the holiday season. Be very careful when purchasing any plasma product and be alert to the features and the downside of owning plasma screens. The better bet would be to wait a few months and look into LCD tv's/monitors. The picture quality, black levels and contrast ratios are catching up to plasmas and the price will be coming down once the three new Korean manufacturers are up and running. I had a guy at best buy trying to sell me a pioneer plasma monitor yet had no idea about what features the product had.
Bikeman
aha...finally someone to answer this...whats the difference ( other than price ) between a plasma and aflat screen LCD?????
Ali
aha...finally someone to answer this...whats the difference ( other than price ) between a plasma and aflat screen LCD?????
Ali
Ali,
OK, here we go...Plasma technology consists basically of hundreds of thousands of individual pixel cells, which allow electric pulses (stemming from electrodes) to excite rare natural gases-usually xenon and neon-causing them to glow and, thus, produce light. This light illuminates the proper balance of red, green, or blue phosphors contained in each cell to display the proper color sequence from the light. Each pixel cell is essentially an individual ity bitty florescent light bulb, receiving instruction from software contained on the back electrostatic silicon board (that's where you plug your cable into).
Whether spread across a flat-panel screen or placed in the circuits of a projector, all LCDs are kinda the same. A matrix of thin-film transistors (TFTs) supplies voltage to liquid-crystal-filled cells squeezed between two sheets of glass. When hit with an electrical charge, the crystals untwist to an exact degree to filter white light generated by a lamp behind the screen (for flat-panel TVs) or one shining through a small LCD chip (for projection TVs). LCD monitors reproduce colors through a process of subtraction: They block out particular color wavelengths from the spectrum of white light until they're left with just the right color. And, it's the intensity of light permitted to pass through this liquid-crystal matrix that enables LCD televisions to display images chock-full of colors-or gradations of them.
Ok, that's the technical description. I have been using both plasma and LCD technology in my productions for years. Whether, in sophisticated projection systems or dynamic media displays, they have their purpose depending upon application.
OK, here we go...Plasma technology consists basically of hundreds of thousands of individual pixel cells, which allow electric pulses (stemming from electrodes) to excite rare natural gases-usually xenon and neon-causing them to glow and, thus, produce light. This light illuminates the proper balance of red, green, or blue phosphors contained in each cell to display the proper color sequence from the light. Each pixel cell is essentially an individual ity bitty florescent light bulb, receiving instruction from software contained on the back electrostatic silicon board (that's where you plug your cable into).
Whether spread across a flat-panel screen or placed in the circuits of a projector, all LCDs are kinda the same. A matrix of thin-film transistors (TFTs) supplies voltage to liquid-crystal-filled cells squeezed between two sheets of glass. When hit with an electrical charge, the crystals untwist to an exact degree to filter white light generated by a lamp behind the screen (for flat-panel TVs) or one shining through a small LCD chip (for projection TVs). LCD monitors reproduce colors through a process of subtraction: They block out particular color wavelengths from the spectrum of white light until they're left with just the right color. And, it's the intensity of light permitted to pass through this liquid-crystal matrix that enables LCD televisions to display images chock-full of colors-or gradations of them.
Ok, that's the technical description. I have been using both plasma and LCD technology in my productions for years. Whether, in sophisticated projection systems or dynamic media displays, they have their purpose depending upon application.
very interesting....we won't be in the market for a TV for about 6 months...
I knew you were good for something...
I was going to buy hubby a plasma tv for Christmas. Now I'll wait until Father's Day.
Thank you so much for all of that info. I had no idea what I was looking at.
I was going to buy hubby a plasma tv for Christmas. Now I'll wait until Father's Day.
Thank you so much for all of that info. I had no idea what I was looking at.
