There are many ways to watch video. Your PC and your mobile phone are just two of them. But nothing compares to watching it on a large flat screen TV. Sports and movies in high definition add to your enjoyment. When you can see the dimples on the golf ball or the faces in the crowd, you feel you are in the event.

Flat panel TVs come in two different technologies - at least as of now.

Plasma TV

The definition of the Plasma TV from Wikipedia says - A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display common to large TV displays (32" inches or larger). Many tiny cells between two panels of glass hold a mixture of noble gases. The gas in the cells is electrically turned into a plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light. Plasma TV's have a great clarity and black levels and are better that LCDs for showing motion. They also have great viewing angle. That means that you can see the picture in more areas of your room than with an LCD. The have the disadvantage of drawing more power that LCD.

LCD TV

LCD has been used in small devices and computer monitors for a very long time. You can now find LCDs in almost any size. From Wikipedia this is how LCD TVs work. LCD televisions produce a colored image by selectively filtering a white light. The light is typically provided by a series of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) at the back of the screen, although some displays use white or colored LEDs instead. Millions of individual LCD shutters, arranged in a grid, open and close to allow a metered amount of the white light through. Each shutter is paired with a colored filter to remove all but the red, green or blue (RGB) portion of the light from the original white source. Each shutter–filter pair forms a single sub-pixel. The sub-pixels are so small that when the display is viewed from even a short distance, the individual colors blend together to produce a single spot of color, a pixel. The shade of color is controlled by changing the relative intensity of the light passing through the sub-pixels.

They have the advantage of lighter weight and less power consumption. Their main disadvantages are shallow viewing angle, and poor high speed reproduction

We can help you through the intricacies of picking out your TV, but the main things you need to think about are:

• Number and type of ports - mulitple HDMI would be the minimum
• Direct internet access - do you want to display your pictures direct on the TV
• Where will you be using it - inside, outside, dark room, bright room
• Wall mount - maybe you should look for a new super thin TV

Stop by our showroom and let us talk to you about your options.