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Plasma.
Contrast.
Advantage: Plasma. For scenes with a lot of dark and light images shown simultaneously-as with content originating from DVDs, video games, and NTSC TV signals-plasma TVs will consistently outperform LCD TVs.
COLOR SATURATION
Advantage: Plasma, with the following caveat: While plasma displays are especially good for moving images, LCD technology is better at displaying static images with particular crispness and even coloration.
VIEWING ANGLE Advantage: Plasma
Plasma manufacturers have made much of their 160° viewing angles, which is about as good as horizontal and vertical viewing angles get. This owes to the fact that each pixel is lit by itself, not from some central light source. Hence, each pixel is more readily visible because its brightness is consistent with every other pixel on the screen.
VIDEO PLAYBACK Advantage: Plasma
PRODUCTION SIZE & COST Advantage:
Advantage: Plasma. Even though production costs and retails prices have come down for both technologies, plasma still has the edge as far as production cost and capacity go.
LCD.
FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS "Computer use"
Advantage: LCD, except at "harsh" viewing angles
LONGEVITY Advantage LCD X2
SCREEN INTEGRITY Advantage: LCD
VOLTAGE REQUIREMENTS Advantage LCD X2
Now you make the final decision ;)
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