I have owned both and if you buy a plasma tv , make sure it has burn in protective properties to prevent artifacts from remaining on the screen. By artifacts I mean , for instance, the station logos like TNT, CBS, SCYFY that normally appear in the right lower corner of your screen. They, and any fixed images as such, are always there causing the gas pixels in a plasma tv to degenerate faster, whereas an LCD tv uses liquid crystal and has less chance of burn in or artifacts from making themselves part of the screen. Other than that , the picture on both sets can be awesome on the higher cost brand name products as well as some of the other less expensive less popular brands of TV. It's just the matter of longevity. I owned a 42" Haier which has since been replace by a Toshiba Regza 42" LCD and am much happier with the LCD tv due to the burn in issues I was beginning to have with the Haier plasma tv. Otherwise the performance and picture quality was still equal when viewing HDTV or DVD's. My suggestion to you is to check on-line at www.consumersearch.com on the differences then go to a television store / sales rep and have him explain the same differences and benefits before you purchase either.
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No because the LCD or plasma technology is relatively new. It also depends on the maufacturer. Panasonics plasma tv has a 100,000 lifespan versus 60,000 of an LCD. Plasma and LCD are not the same type of tv either.
The difference between a plasma and widescreen lcd tv is that a plasma has less of a viewing range. They both have great video quality.
plasma get hotter then LCD or led and plasma has some gasses in it
== == LCD is best when compared to plasma because crystals have very good property regarding refletion.....so it is better to use LCD rather than using plasma...The plasma have disadvantage that its is not as stable as an LCD.
No most people consider lcd tvs better than plasma tvs. Plasma tvs are harder to fix than lcd tvs. Lcd tvs also have a clearer picture than plasma tvs do.
LCD televisions will typically outlast there Plasma counterparts.
LCD TV's last longer than plasma TV's.
LCD monitors use far less energy then plasma monitors.
Plasma and LCD televisions are two different forms of HD television and have their benefits. Plasma televisions don't require backlighting while LCD televisions have better native resolutions.
lcd's are more durable than plasma. Lcd's offer good picture quality even in poor lighting. lcd is more power efficient than plasma. lcd's are lighter in weight. Plasma has slightly bigger screen size than lcd. I feel lcd is more effective with digital cable because it has higher image resolution than plasma.
Plasma is super heated gas and LCD is liquid crystal. Buy LCD since Plasma loses its ability to retain heat over time. LCD downfall---the backlight burns out and they are easily damaged.
LCD T.V.'s last longer than plasma T.V.'s