Plasma TVs - What’s So Good About It
James Fraley asked:
The big advantage of plasma style TVs and why they are so popular is their versatility. You can put them almost anywhere. Their sleek design makes mounting them on a wall child’s play and because they’re so thin, they hardly take up any space in whatever room you place them in.
When the first plasm TVs hit the streets, there was a huge price difference between the larger models and the smaller ones. Today that price difference has all but disappeared. In fact, the difference has dissipated so much that the price difference is almost negligible. Today, the smallest plasm television you can buy is a 32 inch diagonal.
But anyone thinking of getting a plasma TV today should opt for a large screen, assuming that they have the room in their house. The biggest plasma television built to date is the Panasonic 150 inch diagonal of which, at last count, there were only five in the world. Undoubtedly there will be larger TV screens in the future. The limiting factor today is not the plasma TV technology. Rather it’s the difficulty of manufacturing a glass screen larger than 150 inches that won’t be prone to cracking.
One thing that buyers of plasma televisions should be prepared for is higher electricity bills. According to the Environmental Protective Agency a plasma television will use five times more energy than an equivalent LCD screen. Most people when they purchase a plasma TV will buy one with at least a 36 inch diameter. And even though this is at the smaller end of plasma televisions, the electricity usage from a TV this size can equal that of a medium sized refrigerator. Right now, the typical consumer has no way to judge the energy efficiency of any particular model. Eventually, however, you’ll begin to see the Energy Star tags appearing on plasma TV models so you can at least compare one model to the other in terms of energy use.
From an aesthetic and decorative standpoint, the huge advantage of a plasma TV is the ease with which you can re-arrange your room and give it a completely different look. The old bulky CRT televisions, especially those with large screens, would take up a tremendous amount of living space, limiting your options on how your furniture could be arranged.
A regular TV normally requires that you have a furniture piece on which to place the television. But the new plasma TVs can practically be placed anywhere. They can be hung on the wall, placed on a piece of furniture, suspended from the ceiling, placed in a hidden wall, and so on. It can be treated a furniture or as art. From being one of the least versatile pieces, it has gone to one of the most versatile.
The technology for Plasma TVs has been around for over forty years. From simple points of lights used to perform simple laboratory experiments, the technology has advanced to the point where it is used to power millions of television sets across the globe. Similarly, the quality of the images displayed has increased more than a thousandfold since those early prototypes.
The big advantage of plasma style TVs and why they are so popular is their versatility. You can put them almost anywhere. Their sleek design makes mounting them on a wall child’s play and because they’re so thin, they hardly take up any space in whatever room you place them in.
When the first plasm TVs hit the streets, there was a huge price difference between the larger models and the smaller ones. Today that price difference has all but disappeared. In fact, the difference has dissipated so much that the price difference is almost negligible. Today, the smallest plasm television you can buy is a 32 inch diagonal.
But anyone thinking of getting a plasma TV today should opt for a large screen, assuming that they have the room in their house. The biggest plasma television built to date is the Panasonic 150 inch diagonal of which, at last count, there were only five in the world. Undoubtedly there will be larger TV screens in the future. The limiting factor today is not the plasma TV technology. Rather it’s the difficulty of manufacturing a glass screen larger than 150 inches that won’t be prone to cracking.
One thing that buyers of plasma televisions should be prepared for is higher electricity bills. According to the Environmental Protective Agency a plasma television will use five times more energy than an equivalent LCD screen. Most people when they purchase a plasma TV will buy one with at least a 36 inch diameter. And even though this is at the smaller end of plasma televisions, the electricity usage from a TV this size can equal that of a medium sized refrigerator. Right now, the typical consumer has no way to judge the energy efficiency of any particular model. Eventually, however, you’ll begin to see the Energy Star tags appearing on plasma TV models so you can at least compare one model to the other in terms of energy use.
From an aesthetic and decorative standpoint, the huge advantage of a plasma TV is the ease with which you can re-arrange your room and give it a completely different look. The old bulky CRT televisions, especially those with large screens, would take up a tremendous amount of living space, limiting your options on how your furniture could be arranged.
A regular TV normally requires that you have a furniture piece on which to place the television. But the new plasma TVs can practically be placed anywhere. They can be hung on the wall, placed on a piece of furniture, suspended from the ceiling, placed in a hidden wall, and so on. It can be treated a furniture or as art. From being one of the least versatile pieces, it has gone to one of the most versatile.
The technology for Plasma TVs has been around for over forty years. From simple points of lights used to perform simple laboratory experiments, the technology has advanced to the point where it is used to power millions of television sets across the globe. Similarly, the quality of the images displayed has increased more than a thousandfold since those early prototypes.
