Which one to buy …LCD/PLASMA

Flat panel TV

LCD(liquid crystal display)screen are just like those on laptop PC’s. Where Plasma screens have innumerable gas-filled picture elements that get illuminated by electrical signals.

Both provides more picture clarity than CRTsCRTs

Being very thin , they take up less room than CRT’s , intrestingly some can be hung on the wall.

Plasma screens tend to have shorter life spans than LCD’s –over time ,the picture quality tends to degrade. The weight of Plasma TVs may require a professional to wall-mount them .

If we look over range and cost

---LCD range from 15 to 23 inches in size .
---Plasma between 32 and 50 inches .

---LCD starts at Rs60,000.
---Plasma starts at Rs2.3lakhs,some 50-inch cost around Rs5 Lakhs.

And if you are sensitive about future results then you must know that Plasma TVs use up over twice the power consumed by a conventional TV set with a cathode ray tube . So , be warned that buying an expensive plasma TV could also inflate your electricity bills .

So LCDs are good choice.But since they ‘ll soon replace CRTs to become standard ,
So wait till prices really drop …………