| Mini flat screen TVs provide all the advantages of | | | | the cost of electricity as they consume less power |
| conventional flat screen televisions and an additional | | | | comparative to conventional monitors of same size. |
| one as well. | | | | They can on average be used for as much as 60000 |
| There are plenty of reasons to switch to one of new | | | | hours. They can easily be connected and powered by |
| TVs. They provide superior motion resolution and | | | | a car battery, so that passengers can enjoy their |
| wider viewing angles. They offer very little glare off a | | | | favorite show even while traveling. |
| screen, even when the room is very bright. They are | | | | Mini TVs have their own disadvantages. Because of |
| portable and very light weight and cost less than 300 | | | | the portability, it is easy for thieves to make off with |
| US dollars. You can easily mount it on your living room | | | | them. More cons are found in the technological |
| wall or keep it in the smallest of space. One of the | | | | aspects. 'Burn In' - the damage to a pixel making it to |
| most compelling reasons is reduction in area needed to | | | | stay in either on or off state is a major issue. This |
| house the TV. Old TV sets took away a large portion | | | | decreases the contrast and reduces the picture quality. |
| of the 'den'. By hanging it on a wall you improve the | | | | Poor scaling result in after affects like jagged edges |
| quality of the images. Most modern TVs are built to be | | | | and conflicting details. Scaling compounds the effects |
| at optimum quality when wall mounted. | | | | of poor quality of an incoming signal. |
| Presently only LCD or Liquid Crystal Display | | | | Mini Flat Screen TV has a inherent delay that cannot |
| technology is used in making mini flat screen TVs. This | | | | be overcome. This causes motion blur due to slow |
| uses pixels made of a layer of aligned molecules | | | | response time. The more popular brands have |
| flanked by two electrodes. Two polarizing filters are | | | | minimized the artifacting and artifacting is not |
| placed perpendicular to each other so that the other | | | | noticeable in minis. |
| blocks light traveling past one filter. Control of the | | | | LCD display uses a back light that shines through the |
| voltage given to a pixel allows controlling the amount | | | | panels. LCD TVs tend to experience problems in |
| of the light that travels through. This gives varying | | | | getting the 'full black' color and resembles a very dark |
| shades of the same color. Pixels are separated into | | | | gray. While many LCDs can double up as either |
| three parts that are red, green or blue to produce | | | | computer monitor or a Mini TV, it is usually has very |
| color. Each part is separately controlled and work | | | | poor video display when used as a display for PCs. |
| independent of the other two. | | | | Consider the display contrast ratio, aspect ratio, |
| Many mini flat screen TVs can be connected to | | | | resolution, dot pitch, brightness, response time and color |
| personal computers or laptops and in this dual usage | | | | reproduction when you are deciding on buying a mini |
| can save money for the users. They can help reduce | | | | flat screen TV. |