Is it an art… a painting…. a picture frame…..oh, yes, it is a Plasma TV. Such is the beauty of Plasma TV.  Aesthetically, Plasma Televisions literally represent a moving painting, and, technically, electrons criss-cross the Plasma matter for creating stunning on-screen pictures.  Plasma TVs have been around for several years now,  and, thanks to advancements in technology,  their prices have come down over the years.  Today,  a new Plasma TV is quite affordable for the average consumer around the world.  Of Course, it is common knowledge that Plasma TVs produce the best of clarity, colour and contrast while their average lifespan runs into not less than 100,000 hours.  These days,  Plasma TVs have ultra slim, sleek, slender  looks in all their richness and splendor. They also save space by being wall mountable and adding to the beauty of your home, be it the living room or lounge, the Plasma adds sheen, for sure.

Not without hurdles or competitors, though. Of late, thanks to further improvements in display technology, LCD TVs and LED TVs, with their own unique features, have  been thronging the Television market reiterating the factor of  healthy competition.  All said and done,  if you ask the true technology junky about his choice of Television,  the answer would be rather quick and swift,  the Plasma TV.  Mainly because,  Plasma TV technology has surpassed expectations, time and again,  in terms of picture quality,  durability, cost, size and of course, the heart warming screen value, in other words, it offers more screen per screen.  High definition television viewing with the Plasma is a delight.

All the top giants featured at the Consumer Electronics Show,  2010 with Panasonic, Samsung, LG and Sony, all set for the  launch of their own versions of the 3D TV,  this year.  TV Sales, the world over, includes a variety of ranges such as the CRT, Plasma, LCD, LED and the latest innovation, the 3D TV coming in the form of 3D Plasma TV, 3D LED TV and so on.  Prior to the CES, the 2010 TV sales forecast had been tilting towards a clear majority for the LCD and LED TVs.  Of course, the CES put to rest all such speculations by awarding the Panasonic 3D Plasma TV with the coveted Best of CES  Winner Award.  What happened to the TV Sales forecast, Post-CES 2010, as they say, is history.

It is common knowledge now that the World anticipates much better sales for Plasma TVs, hereon, with Panasonic churning out and promoting 3D Plasma TVs by increasing the capacity of its Plasma panel  plants the world over by leaps and bounds.  When industry majors had written off the Plasma TV in 2009 with Pioneer closing down its Plasma business and Samsung, LG and Sony moving towards LCDs and LEDs, there was still a glimmer of hope for the Plasma,  thanks to the never-say-die  attitude of Panasonic.  Today, with the Panasonic 3D HDTV Plasma TVs set for an April 23, 2010 launch in Japan and a spring launch elsewhere in the world,  Panasonic takes the cake for catapulting Plasma to a top position in the television market, giving the Plasma TV a futuristic angle and magical looks as well.

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NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announces today the 17-inch AS171 to the AccuSync Series, replacing the popular ASLCD73VX-BK display. Joining the recently introduced 19-inch AS191, AS191WM and 22-inch AS221WM, this standard-aspect ratio display is designed for small-to-medium-sized businesses and continues to promote environmental consciousness, a standard in the AccuSync Series.

The energy-efficient 17-inch AS171 display consumes 21% less power than its predecessor. It shares the certifications of its AccuSync siblings, an EPEAT Silver rating, and ENERGY STAR 5.0 and TCO 5.0 compliance, giving users confidence that these displays are environmentally preferable purchases. The monitor’s 2-step ECO Mode technology allows users to maneuver between two energy-savings modes, while its ergonomic tilt function brings users flexibility and enhanced comfort.

Yup, we’ve got more 3D from the IFA in Berlin.  But make no mistake: if this show is anything to go by, then 3D is on its way.  Being here has allowed us to understand a little bit more about how the technology is developing.

Until now, when people mentioned 3D, what came to our mind was Pixar animations or video games: in short, products for young people.  However, the demos we’ve seen here have been much more wide-ranging (sport, films, games, concerts …) and a cross-generational audience.  From 8 to 80, we saw just about everybody trying on the glasses, and above all a lot of people aged over 35.  Maybe youngsters are up-to-speed with 3D already?

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LCD and plasma HDTV’s are a must have for any home theater. If you wish to enjoy the finest color and quality available today, an HDTV is a wise investment. If you want the ultimate in home theater viewing however, than you’re going to need to take it one step further and have your HDTV mounted on your wall. Wall mounting a TV is a stylish choice for any décor and is also a great way to conserve precious floor space. There are many mounting options available to suit a variety of different needs.

The industry standard for wall mounting an HDTV is the standard flat or tilt mount. These wall mounts mount your HDTV flat or slightly tilted against the wall. These mounts are very low profile and often times cannot be seen. This mounting solution gives the appearance that you have mounted your TV like a picture on the wall. It is perfect for living rooms and home theaters, where multiple viewing angles are not generally utilized.

If you have an oddly shaped room and you think you’ll need to severely adjust your TV’s angle from time to time, then consider purchasing an articulating wall arm. These mounts allow you to effortlessly pull your TV away from the wall and offer varying degrees of articulation based on the model you choose. In some cases the TV can be pulled up to 30 inches away from the wall. The number of angles you can adjust your TV to depend on the size and weight of the TV itself. Smaller TV’s can be adjusted more easily due to their lightweight nature, while larger heavier TV’s may require mounts with fewer options to help withstand the extra weight.

The key to choosing a great TV mount is to avoid over kill. If the mount you are considering includes features that you don’t need, then consider something simpler. There is no need to break the bank on a TV mount that offers options that you won’t be utilizing. Take the time to consider how exactly you will be using your TV mount and what you will need it to do. Fancy mounts may look stylish, but they can also be costly and unnecessary. You may find that a simple economic flat TV mount is all that you need.

At first glance, the image quality is good if not excellent.  A brilliant contrast, very natural colors and sharp pictures are all very pleasing to the eye.  Activating the Motion Plus 100 Hz modes cranks up the response time, and with it turned off, only a very small amount of afterglow is present but does not present a nuisance. Activating this setting doesn’t affect the fluidity of moving images, as long as you don’t set it higher than ‘Medium’, above which there is a noticeable change.

The Samsung LE856 has an amazing image quality and several brand new features that herald the future of TVs. Its biggest fault is that its screen is often prone to reflection – and that is easily solved by choosing its location carefully. Read more…

Sony‘s previous TV, the KDL-46W3000, was a serious disappointment, with pictures largely ruined by overt smearing and motion blur. So we can’t say we’re expecting very much from the new 40in Sony KDL-40W4000. Terrific is the 40W4000‘s black level response. Sony has been making stead improvements in this department with every successive LCD generation, but it’s really leapt forward here to the point where dark scenes genuinely look as credible and as rich as they do on many plasma offerings. Colours, meanwhile, enjoy consistent tones without sacrificing the vibrancy that’s long been a Sony LCD trademark. What’s more, the new Bravia Engine 2 processing helps colours achieve seemingly immaculate blends, with no striping or patchiness.There’s also practically no video noise aside from a very occasional shimmer over some patches of fine detail, and this applies to standard as well as high definition.In fact, with the set’s sound also outperforming many of Sony’s previous flat TV models, it’s really hard to find much fault with the 40W4000 at all. Read this and dozen of other expert and user reviews @ Testfreaks.

LCD rear projection television should not be confused with LCD flat panel televisions. Rear projection LCD uses a powerful light source through a transparent LCD chip made up of individual pixels (which displays the moving video image) and projecting that image through a magnifying lens, to a mirror, which then reflects that image, onto a screen. Because the chip is so small the panel of a rear projection television can be made very thin and light unlike in televisions that use the CRT (cathode ray tube) technology.

Although they are still far from being hanged up on the wall like plasma or LCD flat panel televisions they can save quite a lot of floor space. They are also cheaper than plasma and LCD flat panel and come with wider screens. LCD rear projection technology is also brighter and offers more contrast. LCD screens are less likely to suffer burn in so they can be used as computer monitors at the same time unlike plasma screens that are likely to burn in fast because a computer would be on for longer.

Plasma television is almost always a flat panel; this is because it uses technology that allows it to be housed in a smaller panel. Similar to the technology of the fluorescent lamp, the display of a plasma unit contains xenon gas between two glass panels. The gas is injected in the form of plasma; when the gas is charged electrically it lights up red, blue and green phosphors and so an image is created. Red, blue and green phosphors make up a pixel.

Meanwhile traditional CRT models use a large vacuum tube, where and electric beam scans the surface of the tube to light up the phosphors and is the reason they have to be housed in larger units.

Plasma televisions are considered to provide better quality picture than LCDs especially in the larger sizes. They display high definition content and colors better than LCD but LCDs perform better in smaller sizes especially for computer screens and small televisions sets for the kitchen and bedroom. However, most people consider bigger plasma screen of 40 inches and more for the living room for movies.

Plasma televisions offer a better price to size ratio than LCDs but LCDs are offers more models in the smaller sizes than plasma which has mostly larger screens. Smaller LCDs screen are better for computer and games usage and for sets in the bedroom and kitchen. Source: http://www.flatscreenhdtvguide.com

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Unfortunately for consumers, there are a lot of TV options out there. There are LCDs, DLPs, plasmas, flat-screens, projection screens, large sets, small sets – and all in high-definition. With so many choices and more being added every day, even the most educated in high-definition technology can find their heads swimming.

Local TV expert and owner of Bond’s Television and Electronics, Bob Bond, offers up some information to keep us afloat.

“The old format is four units horizontal by three units vertical. The new technology is 16 units by nine units,” Bond said.

That means if you want the same size image as your old 32-inch screen, you’d have to buy a 40-inch HDTV. Good rule of thumb: The diagonal dimensions of an HD set should be 25-percent larger than your current analog TV.

But aspect ratio isn’t the only thing to consider. How the picture is transmitted to the screen is another. You’ll need to choose between 1080i, interlace scanning, and 720p or 1080p, progressive scanning.

“1080p is the highest quality unit. It’s unlikely that that will be broadcast soon. The only thing that has 1080p is like your Blue Ray or High-Definition DVD’s,” Bond said.

Even cabling is different. You can use standard analog cables, but they won’t give you true digital quality. A single cable called an HDMI will do a straight digital transfer from your DVD player or cable box to the set. Although HDMI are transferring audio and video digitally, it is still advised not to buy the cheapest ones on the market.
A word of advice: dont feel pressured to buy. Just get the manufacturer’s name and the model number of the set and check it out on the manufacturer’s Web site. There’s probably even a glossary with definitions to all the HDTV terms.

Don’t worry about getting an image if you choose not to buy an HDTV. If you have cable TV, your cable company will convert local digital TV stations for both analog and digital customers. You just won’t have that digital quality. If you get your programming the old-fashioned way–through rabbit ears–the government has a coupon program that allows you to get a converter for about $40.

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OK are you going to go with a Plasma TV (older technology, been around since 1964) or do you go with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for the Flat Screen TV?

So what exactly is Digital TV and what these things called Flat Screen TVs? Here quite often we see the terms TFT, LCD and Plasma being bandied around as if they are the same yet though they may be similar technologies LCD and Plasma Screens are very different in practicality.

In a nutshell Flat Screen TV�s can either be Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) sets or can be Plasma screen but the two are different. One of the major differences between the two technologies probably lies in the fact that with LCD TV�s because the main technology used is TFT (Thin Film Transistor) by and large the screens are able to be much more energy efficient and potentially much smaller and more mobile.

So lets get down to basics and start looking at individual TV�s.

The first LCD TV that we recommend that you take a look at here is the Sony KDL-32V20000

The KDL-32V20000 is a 32in LCD TV and the prices for these are around 1300 pounds sterling or 2600 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD ready the answer is yes. The Sony has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and and the type and number of multimedia interfaces the the Sony KDL-32V20000 uses are HDMI and 1. The type of tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the KDL-32V20000 is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So given this information, what would be our view of the KDL-32V20000?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 10 out of 10 and closely tied in to the picture quality is the sound quality and our score for this would be 10 out of 10 Connectivity is important for most of these new media TV Sets and such our score would be 8 out of 10 If we take a look at the overall “featureability” our score would be 10 out of 10 and with regards to ease of use and overall value for money our opinion and score would be 8 and 8 out of 10 respectively.

Taking verything into consideration our overall view of the package would be this TV is very bit as elegant as the rest of the TV’s from Sony and has a performance to match. The visuals are a joy to behold with good performances across the board. The audio is pretty damn good also and the speaker system give a performance that is almost unrivalled. OK the price is slightly more than contemporary units from other manufacturers but in this case we feel that this would be money well spent – always assuming that you had access to the funds in the first place.

The next LCD TV that we recommend that you take a look at here is the Samsung LE-32R87BD

The LE-32R87BD is a 32in LCD TV and currently these TV’s can be found for 700 pounds sterling or 1400 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD ready the answer is yes. The Samsung has 2 (1 RGB) scarts and and the type and number of multimedia interfaces the the Samsung LE-32R87BD uses are HDMI and 3. The type of tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the LE-32R87BD is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So to take an initial view how would we rate LE-32R87BD?

The most obvious place to start with as far as TV’s are concerned would be the picture quality and our score here would be 10 out of 10 next we would look at the sound quality and our view of this would be 6 out of 10 Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 10 out of 10 Overall with regards to the actual “featureability” of the set our score would be 10 out of 10 and the final individual verdicts would relate to the ease of use and overall value for money and our scores here would be 8 and 10 out of 10 respectively.

The overall verdict would be that this TV is great value all round. The design and performance marks it as yet another great TV from Samsung.

Remember that all the prices we use in these reviews are very much designed for illustration purposes only and in some cases you may well find the actual price cheaper but also in some cases, more expensive.