| The Good | | | | They are not currently available in the larger sizes |
| An LCD TV is very thin and light and therefore great | | | | greater than 40in. When made in larger sizes, they are |
| to save space. Anyone who has an LCD monitor for | | | | more expensive than plasmas. |
| their desktop computer will relate. Remember the large | | | | The use of filters and a white backlight can reduce the |
| chunky one ones we used to all have? That is what a | | | | quality of a true red green and blue output. Blacks look |
| standard television set is like now. Along with great | | | | more like dark grays because some of the white light |
| picture quality there is almost not static image burn-in | | | | always passes through. |
| problems because the fluorescent backlight is filtered | | | | There is a possibility for reduced angle of vision. As |
| by the liquid crystal in solid state. | | | | the white light passes directly through an LCD pixel |
| | | | and the nature of polarizing filters, the viewing angle is |
| LCD's are economical meaning they are good for the | | | | decreased. You will notice loss of quality for blacks |
| environment. LCD TVs use less power than Plasma | | | | and colors at angles greater 20 degrees off axis. |
| TV's or CRT TV's and in some cases less than half | | | | To be fair I think the good outweighs the bad and they |
| the power! | | | | are extremely good value for money compared to the |
| The Bad | | | | plasmas unless of course you want a really big screen. |