| Both plasma and LCD technology are the latest | | | | generate light. The light in turns lights the pixels and |
| technology available in home entertainment. They are | | | | together the pixels form a image. Now this happens |
| less bulky than the traditional cathode ray tube | | | | quite quickly up to 50 frames per second. |
| televisions and offer better resolution and high quality | | | | I would recommend getting a plasma tv if you are |
| pictures. | | | | watching movies etc. It has a higher colour resolution |
| So which one is better? Plasma TV or LCD TV? | | | | and clearer picture image than LCD TV. |
| Since they are priced almost the same, it can be | | | | LCD TV uses a panel of cells that are filled with liquid |
| difficult to determine which is the better one. | | | | crystals. When the electricity is passed through these |
| The answer depends on what you plan to do with it. | | | | cells, the liquid crystals allows lights to pass through or |
| The technology behind these plasma and LCD is quite | | | | be filtered. By blocking the different wavelengths of |
| different. | | | | lights, the different colours are displayed. It works in a |
| For plasma tv, it is made up of thousands and | | | | way like a prism. |
| thousands of small pixels with the color scheme RGB | | | | I would recommend a LCD TV if you use it for digital |
| (Red, Green and Blue). These primary colors can | | | | photography or playing computer games. The |
| combine to produce millions of variations of colors. | | | | response time are better for LCD TV compared to |
| A plasma tv consists of two panels that are filled in | | | | Plasma TV and can be used as a monitor for your |
| between with neon gas or xenon. As electricity is | | | | computer. |
| passed through the gas, it becomes liquid and can | | | | |