Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Comparing Your HD TV display type options


If you're on the market for an HDTV, there are some price ranges you should be aware of. Most of the high end HDTVs will come in 1080p, and the lower end or entry level models will come in 720p fixed-pixel resolution. The type of HDTV you will pick will depend on where and what the HDTV will be used for.

Most plasma and projection HD TVs will cost more than LCD HD TVs while LED TVs do also cost somewhere in the region of plasma and projection TVs. Also there are different screen sizes, for most LCD TVs, the screen ranges from 26 – 60 inches. LED HD TVs meanwhile come in 40inches plus, plasma and projection HD TVs come in ranges of 42 inches to about 100 inches in some instances.

If you are going for the big screen, you might want to go for the projection or plasma HD TVs but there is another thing you will have to take into account, the function time. Because of the display technologies that are used for these two types of HD TVs, they are designed to be used in dark rooms and for less viewing time than that of LCD and LED HD TVs. LCD and LED HD TVs on the other hand can withstand prolonged viewing hours and are designed to be used for frequent TV viewing.

Also although LED and LCD sound like different technologies, they are based on the same display design. This essentially means the main differences between the two types of HD TVs will come from the backlighting as LCD uses CCFL backlighting (which consumes more energy) while LED uses LED backlighting which uses less energy while producing a brighter resolution. The benefits do come with a price, LED TVs cost more than their LCD TVs counterparts so if you are on a strict budget, you may want to skip LED. The real benefits of LED TVs are in the energy department and in some instances the resolution.

Not that the HD resolution will be different but that the color mixes and balances will be brighter and more accurate on certain LED TVs when compared to an LCD TV. LCD and LED TVs will of course pose challenges with more acute viewing angles when compared to projection and plasma HD TVs.

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