| I have been saving for almost a year now to buy a | | | | manufacturers are investing billions of dollars in |
| LCD TV along with a home theatre system. My idea | | | | research. The leading brands in this category are |
| of relaxing and de-stressing is watching a good movie. | | | | Samsung, Phillips, Sony, LG and Sharp. By 2011 the |
| Nothing can be better than watching a movie of your | | | | production of number of LCD TV is expected to go |
| choice comfortably at home on your favorite couch. | | | | up to sixty one million from about twelve million in 2006. |
| A year back when I really wanted to buy a LCD TV | | | | The LCD TV market is expected to be worth 25 |
| the price was well beyond my budget and a luxury for | | | | million dollars by 2011. |
| someone who had just started working. But in a last | | | | Some leading manufacturers even employ the Original |
| couple of months when my hunt for a good bargain | | | | Design Manufacturers (ODM`s) and Electronic |
| with a renowned brand name and affordable price | | | | Manufacturing Services Providers(EMS), to meet the |
| started again, I realized that the prices seem to have | | | | growing demand. The competition between the brands |
| come down considerably. With reduced prices LCD | | | | on the size, quality of the picture and cost has |
| TV has been giving tough competition to plasma TV | | | | benefited the consumer the most. |
| and has even overtaken them in many international | | | | Apart from the prices there are a whole lot of |
| markets. | | | | features to be compared between the leading brands. |
| The LCD stands for liquid crystal display. There are | | | | I have technically become very aware of the features |
| liquid crystals pressed between two glasses, which is | | | | of the LCD TV after my research on them for a few |
| electrically charged to form an image. The plasma TV | | | | weeks now. I just wanted this buy of mine to be |
| picture may be slightly better than LCD because they | | | | perfect. For me watching television is not just about |
| can render black better than LCD therefore, providing | | | | moving images but about an experience that has to be |
| good contrast. | | | | perfect. |
| Though minute details are better seen on LCD | | | | After a whole lot of research in electronic malls and on |
| because of more pixels on the screen, they were | | | | internet I finally bought LCD TV that is a best buy for |
| available only in smaller sizes earlier giving plasma TV | | | | me, well within my budget. I placed my prized |
| an edge over them. They are now available in all sizes, | | | | possession just beside my home theater converting |
| even in sizes bigger than forty inches and are as good | | | | one small room into a mini comfortable theater. |
| or better than plasma TV performance wise. | | | | There are bean bags thrown around with a carpet |
| LCD`s are used as computer monitors extensively. | | | | and an air conditioner. Now, my friends cannot really |
| They are not only flat and light weight but also | | | | resist my cozy room and invite themselves over |
| consume up to thirty percent less energy. Another | | | | almost every weekend. Many land up with the movie |
| interesting factor that caught my attention was 60,000 | | | | of their choice that sometimes is very annoying to me. |
| hours stuck on the LCD`s. This is the number of hours | | | | There are some friends who stay back at night after |
| that the LCD can be viewed with optimum picture | | | | late night show and some who come in with food. |
| quality. A slight negative is that LCD TV is not very | | | | Although, I love to spend time with them my effort |
| clearly visible from acute angles. | | | | now is to convince them to have their own LCD TV |
| Since more and more individuals are getting hooked to | | | | so that I can get my new LCD TV all to myself. Some |
| television and computer monitors are becoming a | | | | seem to be convinced while others are happy to treat |
| necessity for individuals all over the world the | | | | my LCD TV as theirs. |