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[FrustratedUser]

... answering this question.

Spent an hour at the local BB browsing TV sets and stuff.
42" Plasma TV, mmmmmm drooool!
But then, suddenly my 2 braincells, who are usually fighting eachother, synched and created a question. w0000t!
What is a 'plasma' display? Somekind of LCD or similar? Then again if they are, howcome fast moving scenes looks so good without ghosting when a computer LCD can look crap in fast moving scenes?

ConfusedUser

 

[Maleficus]

Arent u supposed to be frustrated and not confused?

/useless reply

 

[Anubis]

dont know but good question. id like to know also

 

[Colt45]

im gonna go out on a limb and say they use plasma.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Arent u supposed to be frustrated and not confused?

/useless reply

That is the second stage.

 

[Deeko]

I learned that in my Circuit City training. But since I don't sell TV's, I promptly forgot it.

 

[everman]

Try this , I think I"ll read it myself.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Colt45
im gonna go out on a limb and say they use plasma.

Hmmm, interesting, LOL

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: everman
Try this , I think I"ll read it myself.

Cool, thanks for the link

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

tghe technology is completely different from LCDs. Plasma TVs work by exciting phosphors on the screen (much like CRTs do). On the other hand, LCDs rely on transistors switching states to block light coming from a backlight.

says howstuffworks.com

Plasma televisions create pictures with an array of cells that receive a constant flow of low-pressure neon and xenon gas. The cells are arranged in a matrix between sheets of thin glass and are covered with electrodes. When an electrode applies a charge to a particular cell, the voltage ignites the gas, changing it to plasma, which emits ultraviolet (UV) light. The UV light activates colored phosphors on another layer, and the phosphors emit visible colored light (this is the same basic process that occurs in a fluorescent lamp).

Each cell is dedicated to a particular color -- red, green or blue. Each pixel, the individual dots that make up a television image, has three different cells, one for each color.

Plasma displays offer great picture quality, but not always the best. They may take the lead as the preferred future technology, but at this point their performance advantages may not justify the price, which is upwards of $6,000. The real benefit of a flat plasma screen is its compact size, and if you have a small theater space, this may be reason enough to shell out the extra money.

another article on plasma TVs
How LCDs work

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: everman
Try this , I think I"ll read it myself.

Cool, thanks for the link

I second that and has gained a lot of knowledge.

 

[everman]

Really interesting and very different from an LCD. I love that site