Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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May 2004
Since this subject of the msg board had no post, and since im bored enough to do this for free, lets review the very basics of the two technologies.
PLASMA: (Definition)
One of the four states of matter. (The other three are solid liquid and gas.) Consists of a gas of positively charged and negatively charges particles with approximately equal concentrations of both so that the total gas in approximately charge neutral. A plasma can be produced from a gas if enough energy is added to cause the electrically neutral atoms of the gas to split into positively and negatively charged atoms and electrons.
Plasma TV's are on the market longer than LCD thats why they've progressed so much.
One might find a problem in plasma not being able to change resolution since they're sold on a preset resolution. Plasma is reportedly having less trouble with the black areas and having less and less motion "shadowing" in everymodel. The problem you might find is the "not so noticable" motion blur. Which is more obvious on objects with detailed textures on them and move.
LCD:(Definition)
A screen for displaying text/graphics based on a technology called liquid crystal, where minute currents change the reflectiveness or transparency of the screen. The advantages of LCD screens are: very small power consumption (can be easily battery driven) and low price of mass produced units. Its disadvantages presently include narrow viewing angle, somewhat slower response time, invisibility in the dark unless the display is back-lit, difficulties displaying true colors and resolution limitations.
Even though LCD technologie was around before plasma (mobile phones, calculators, digital watches..tetris handhelds) it was used as a "vivid moving image" display type with computers. The technology was ideal because it was flexible (changing resolutions easilly) and was a space saver. Plus it consumes less energy than a CRT, it became the ideal choice for offices and "wannabe" users that didnt believe that CRT was and IS the king of image. Lcd has a narrower viewing area (NOT AS NARROW AS REAR PROJECTION UNITS) making them accessible only to viewers that are sitting inside those parameters. The technology fails to deliver natural "black areas" and its usually something between dark-gray to Silver. On the other hand, most units are well out of trouble on the "motion blur" factor, they reproduced around 85% of the texture that moves and sometimes even more, but creates Motion artifacts in doing so. ofcrouse the technology is advancing more rapidly than plasma...and most of those problems will be solved in a way or another.
Notable LCD Models: Philips AmbiLight
- EXTERNAL LINK -
Notable PLASMA Models: An array of plasma products from SAMSUNG
- EXTERNAL LINK -
PLASMA: (Definition)
One of the four states of matter. (The other three are solid liquid and gas.) Consists of a gas of positively charged and negatively charges particles with approximately equal concentrations of both so that the total gas in approximately charge neutral. A plasma can be produced from a gas if enough energy is added to cause the electrically neutral atoms of the gas to split into positively and negatively charged atoms and electrons.
Plasma TV's are on the market longer than LCD thats why they've progressed so much.
One might find a problem in plasma not being able to change resolution since they're sold on a preset resolution. Plasma is reportedly having less trouble with the black areas and having less and less motion "shadowing" in everymodel. The problem you might find is the "not so noticable" motion blur. Which is more obvious on objects with detailed textures on them and move.
LCD:(Definition)
A screen for displaying text/graphics based on a technology called liquid crystal, where minute currents change the reflectiveness or transparency of the screen. The advantages of LCD screens are: very small power consumption (can be easily battery driven) and low price of mass produced units. Its disadvantages presently include narrow viewing angle, somewhat slower response time, invisibility in the dark unless the display is back-lit, difficulties displaying true colors and resolution limitations.
Even though LCD technologie was around before plasma (mobile phones, calculators, digital watches..tetris handhelds) it was used as a "vivid moving image" display type with computers. The technology was ideal because it was flexible (changing resolutions easilly) and was a space saver. Plus it consumes less energy than a CRT, it became the ideal choice for offices and "wannabe" users that didnt believe that CRT was and IS the king of image. Lcd has a narrower viewing area (NOT AS NARROW AS REAR PROJECTION UNITS) making them accessible only to viewers that are sitting inside those parameters. The technology fails to deliver natural "black areas" and its usually something between dark-gray to Silver. On the other hand, most units are well out of trouble on the "motion blur" factor, they reproduced around 85% of the texture that moves and sometimes even more, but creates Motion artifacts in doing so. ofcrouse the technology is advancing more rapidly than plasma...and most of those problems will be solved in a way or another.
Notable LCD Models: Philips AmbiLight
- EXTERNAL LINK -
Notable PLASMA Models: An array of plasma products from SAMSUNG
- EXTERNAL LINK -
