Plasma TV

For years, television has evolved and changed to different sizes, features and qualities. The process of technology is unending. Technology has been integrated to many things and the most visual example of that technology integration is on televisions.

Television or what they call “boob tube” evolved in the early 1930′s. There has been a lot of development as the years passed. Currently the most talked about when it comes to televisions are the so called “Plasma TV”.

Now, what exactly is a Plasma TV? Maybe some of you would just say that it is a wide slim TV that you can hang around in your room where you want it or when you want it. Now, the bottom line is this, Plasma TV is not just your ordinary TV. The display that you will actually see is made up of thousand cells. These cells are glass compartments infused with a certain gas called “neon-xenon gas”. This gas is now plasma suspended.

So what now is plasma? Plasma is a matter that contains number of particles that are electrically charged. When the neon -xenon gases are then electrically charged, it will give phosphors of different colors, such as red, blue and green. These colored elements are the pixels that are contained in the Plasma TV.

Now what are the Plasma TV advantages?

It’s very easy to watch. A Plasma TV works well under any light conditions. Even the brightest of the lights can’t wash out the pictures. Your Plasma TV screen will not be affected by the glares of backlight unlike the ordinary TVs that you have to set it in such a place where you can see it easily and clearly. Plus it is such a cool TV, very sleek and stylish.

It is wide; the picture is very colorful and smooth. Maybe you actually notice in the ordinary televisions that sometimes there are annoying lines running through the display. In Plasma TV’s you will not encounter such things because they are made up of pixels, making a more colorful and smooth images. Truly a Plasma TV gives a superb resolution, an exceptional color that sets it apart from other televisions.

Plasma TV is multi functional. The plasma display could either be a home television monitor, regular TV, an HDTV capable and even a home video. Also you can use it as your computer monitor. Video formats can be accepted by Plasma TV. Different inputs are included in Plasma displays such as video, component video and one to two RGB inputs right from your computer. The average life span of a Plasma TV is for about three and half years even if you watch and use it 24/7.

A different technology was used in the Plasma TVs. Most TVs suffer distortions brought about by some magnetic fields. Plasma TVs are not affected by this even if you put it near the speakers.

Plasma TV design is very unique, it is slim and has a very light weight. Some of the Plasma TVs are just 6 inches thick, surprisingly incredible. Also it is very light, some of them only weigh 50 pounds. This makes it easier to move it around your house wherever you want it. It is very space saving. The unique design really catches attention, because it is very elegant, you would really like to buy your own.

This is the Plasma TV and its characteristics. Who would not like to buy his own? Elegant, space saving, and multi functional, just to name a few. Truly, Plasma TV really delivers. Enjoy real time entertainment with this unique TV. Watching TV will never be the same again. Plasma TV, a wonderful work of technology.

By: Bob Janeway

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A guest visiting your home will be quick to notice the TV set in your living room, especially if it is displayed prominently. If it is a flat widescreen TV, your guest is likely to ask whether it is plasma or an LCD TV. You should not really find it unusual for such a question to be posted at you. As it is, the LCD vs. plasma TV comparison and which one is better are very common topics among electronics consumers.

When you look at both plasma and LCD TVs, more often than not they will appear the same to you. However, their appearance is where the similarity between these two ends. The technology that LCD and plasma TVs use is very different from each other.

Plasma TVs Contain Gas Trapped In Pixel Cells

If you have a plasma TV screen in front of you, try to take a good look at its screen while the TV set is turned off. Behind the screen, you will see hundreds of individual pixel cells with bars of green, red and blue phosphors. Each of these pixel cells also contains a pair of tiny glass panels. Between these panels is trapped a type of natural gas, usually neon or xenon, in plasma form.

When you turn on your plasma TV set, the gas in these pixel cells are charged at particular intervals to produce light. This light then illuminates a particular phosphor color and together they create the image we see on the TV screen.

LCD TVs Have Light-Blocking Crystals

An LCD TV, as its name suggests, have liquid crystals contained in transparent panels. Unlike plasma TVs, these liquid crystals do not produced light when charged. Both the flat panel and the projection type of LCD TVs have a separate light source to illuminate these liquid crystals.

When light hits these crystals, what happens is that the crystals block color wavelengths from the light until they are left with the needed color. These colors create the composite image that you see on your TV screen.

The LCD vs. plasma TV debate is something that electronic consumers have tackled on and on repeatedly since they first became available in the market. The comparison is natural since they both deliver high resolution quality images.

By: Harwood Canfield

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Just as with nearly everything else, there are myths circulating about lightweight, flat panel Plasma TV screens.

Understanding the myth of plasma screens and high altitudes has to do with knowing that plasma screens were developed to perform their best located near or at sea level altitudes. Therefore, it makes sense that a plasma TV would have to work harder at higher altitudes to compensate for the difference of exterior pressure.

This compensation results in the generation of heat, which in turn turns on the screens built in cooling fans, which may or may not be included in any particular system. If the Plasma TV screen has cooling fans, they usually transmit a reverberated hum. Hearing a definite buzzing sound signals that the plasma TV does have cooling fans. It is also understandable that the life span of a plasma TV be to some extent shortened.

However, some plasma TVs shows resilience in running at paramount condition of up to 5000 feet, which is pretty good. Technology works every hour developing new innovations for our use. If they can hang Plasma TV’s on the wall, they’ll soon be hanging Plasma TV’s on the walls atop mountains.

Talk with your local dealer over information concerning high altitudes, and be open to buying an LCD or DLP with thin flat screen panels, if there isn’t an available plasma TV for your location. Remember the more an item is requested, the more likely the demand for that item will be satisfied. Your local plasma TV dealer would have the most up to date information concerning these and other issues, so be sure to ask.

Understanding the myth of leaking plasma TV’s, has to do with knowing that it is not possible for gas to leak from its sealed pixel celled structure. Each element of the plasma screen is separate from the others by being sealed as well as the changing plates are sealed. When an unusual amount of pixel space of the screen display goes dark it is not possible to just fill it up again. Plasma gas does not refill, the complete panel should be replaced.

Understanding the myth of Plasma TV’s adaptability with an old VCR has to do with knowing that made for consumer use plasma TV are adaptable with an old VCR which has a component video outputs, AV and S-Video. Unfortunately, VHS is to slow in resolution with an inconsistent and poor color quality for entertaining pleasure on a Plasma TV.

Understanding the myth of Mercury poisoning has to do with knowing that you are more likely to come in contact by eating fish with traces of mercury weekly, than to have a reaction to a scant amount of container filled mercury of a TV viewing screen.

Understanding the myth of energy use has to do with knowing that studies show that the energy use of both the Plasma and LCD TV’s function more or less the same.

By: David Tanguay

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