| You want to buy a flat screen TV and you are not | | | | and a special treatment to that glass panel makes the |
| being able to decide whether to go for Plasma vs | | | | screen to resist glare and reflections from lights. The |
| LCD TV. At the very first instance, you should know | | | | anti-glare treatment given to the glass screen lowers |
| that the question of burn-in is not a problem as it was | | | | the reflectivity of the glass to a great extent. When |
| before with Plasma TVs. It could be said that it is not | | | | watching the TV in a dimly lit room, you do not get the |
| as bad as it was with the older Plasma TV models. In | | | | surrounding lights reflected from the screen of your |
| order that you may decide on which type of TV you | | | | Plasma TV on to your eyes. If you intend to watch |
| are going to buy, there are three questions which you | | | | TV with the room lights on, it is a good idea to buy a |
| need to answer. Few guidelines are presented below. | | | | Plasma TV with anti-glare coating. The top Plasma |
| Reflections and Glare from the Screen | | | | TVs available in the market today use anti-glare |
| The first question is if the room where you going to | | | | screens for the purpose to reduce reflections from the |
| watch the TV is well lit or dark. This brings up the | | | | ambient light in the room. |
| question of ambient light. The light in the room is one of | | | | Plasma vs LCD TV Response Time |
| the most important factors in choosing Plasma vs LCD | | | | Generally speaking if you are watching content with |
| TV or the other way around. The quality of images in | | | | high speed scenes a plasma TV will offer an |
| a Plasma TV lowers as the amount of ambient light in | | | | advantage versus LCD TV. This is because its |
| the room increases. LCD TVs generally perform | | | | response time is lower. This puts the Plasma TV right |
| better in a well lit room when compared to plasma | | | | on top for sports, and games. If you watch fast |
| TVs. | | | | moving scenes as sports on a LCD TV, you will see a |
| Plasma and LCD TV offer different picture quality, and | | | | blur around the edges of the moving objects. Note |
| depends on the amount of ambient light present in the | | | | however that if you use to play games a lot of time, a |
| room. A Plasma TV offers a better quality of the | | | | plasma TV is not such a great idea because of it's |
| images in a low ambient light environment. A much | | | | susceptibility to burn-in. There are LCD TVs on the |
| better picture quality is offered by Plasma TV in a | | | | market now with fast response time, and one could |
| dark room, having a better contrast ratio, and dark | | | | get a model with response time of 5ms or lower. You |
| black levels in comparison to a LCD TV. If you watch | | | | just have to keep in mind that if crisp picture is |
| a Plasma TV in a well lit room, the picture would look | | | | important for you, a low response time (high refresh |
| dimmer than what you will find in a LCD TV. This is | | | | rate) is a feature you should be looking for. |
| mainly due to the glare and reflections from the | | | | Screen Size |
| ambient light. | | | | If you like a large flat panel, Plasma TV offers a slight |
| But this slight problem in Plasma TVs has been | | | | price advantage over LCD TVs. Also, presently there |
| somewhat taken care of. With anti-glare screen being | | | | are no Plasma TVs in the market below 42 inches, but |
| used in some of the best Plasma TVs, the effect of | | | | it is likely that we will soon see Plasma TVs with 32 |
| ambient light on image quality has been greatly | | | | inch screen size. So basically if you want a small |
| reduced. The screen in a Plasma TV is made of glass, | | | | HDTV your only option is an LCD TV. |