Plasma TV ---the BIG pictureA plasma TV has an indescribale WOW factor that blow friends away. When they see your TV hanging up on the wall they will invariably ask you, "Please turn it on a moment." When you play back you DVDs recorded from your DVD recorder who would argue that your plasma TV doesn't have the biggest, brightest and most vivid pictures avaialble.TV technology today stretch the imagination. Gorgeous LCD and plasma images in widescreen format beckon. I've added these articles (LCD TVs and plasmas) to DVD Recorder Review because they are a natural compliment to DVD recorder and digital video recorder technology.
LCD TV technology is rapidly improving.
If LCD TVs interest you follow the link to
LCD TVs.
Sure plasma TVs are pricey but like a beautiful date on prom night these TVs will seduce those bucks right out of your pocket. (The prices are coming down--aren't they???).
A plasma TV is usually 4-6 inches deep so you won't be able to put your digital video recorder on top of it. Most screens range between 32 and 63 inches diagnally. In the most popular 42 inch category purists agree the Panasonic is king. Like the Philips DVD recorder it is a perrennial bestseller.
There's a rediculous myth going around that these TVs will burn out after a few glorious years of viewing. This is false. A Panasonic plasma TV has 20,000 hours of useful life before the screen will lose half of its brilliance.
Do the math. If you sat in front of one of these babies with 40 hours a week of DVDs (all recorded from you DVD recorder) you'd still get 10 years of viewing pleasure.
Plasma prices, like digital video recorders, have begun to fall. At the time of this writing the videophile voted champ in the 50 inch range is between the Pioneer Elite and the Fujitso. In the 42 inch range the Panasonic rules.
A plasma TV come in two basic flavors. EDTV (enhanced defintion TV) and HDTV (high def TV). The EDTV version probably suits the average viewer. Additionally EDTV is significantly cheaper.
A true videophile would stick with the HDTV. The difference betwen the two is the # of pixels (picture elements) on the screen. When you see the specs on these TVs it's the 2nd number you're interested in. I.E. 852 x 480. The 480 means it's a EDTV. If the 2nd # is 720 or above it's a HDTV.
EDTVs can display the full detail of 480 p such as the output generated by a progressive scan DVD recorder. An interesting note on these plasmas is that despite their higher resolution HDTVs don't always have better picture quality than the EDTV models.
Some EDTVs match if not exceed the picture qualities of the HDTVs because EDTVs naturally match the display (480 p) at which a progressive DVD recorder plays.
Like DVD recorders, the best plasma TV pricing is not always easy to find. You can use this chart to find a plasma TV that will fit your needs. Each $$$$$ will open to a new window that will give you current plasma TV pricing. After viewing the pricing just close out the window. You'll return back to the pricing chart. So far I've only used Amazon and BUY.COM to get current pricing. I'll be adding other vendors to get the best plasma TV pricing available. For now the TV pricing at these vendors will have to serve as a barometer.
I've bought all of my audio visual equipment on line. Some of it came from www.tvauthority.com and some of it came from Plasma Concepts. I have found both of them to be reliable with excellent pricing. These vendors advertise on the AVS Forum , their service was excellent. Here's a link to their site.
The TV Authority
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