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What is the difference and pros and con between a flat panel HDTV and a LCD HDTV?
Question : What is the difference and pros and con between a flat panel HDTV and a LCD HDTV?
With all other aspects being about the same except price, I was trying to compare a 40″ Sony flat panel to a Sony LCD of the same dimensions. Which one has a better picture or some quality that makes it noticeably better than the other? Due to not presently being able to view them side by side in a store, I am trying to compare what I can via online shopping. Your response doesn’t have to address Sony brand, but rather HDTV Flat panel to HDTV LCD. Thanks.
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Best answer:
Answer by Stephen P
LCD HDTVs are flat panel HDTVs!
Large flat panel HDTVs can have either LCD or Plasma screens.
Unless you ask about specific models (with links), you are likely to get “fuzzy” answers.
LCD is a type of flat panel HDTV. I guess you mean LCD vs Plasma. Here are some pros & cons of them
Pros of Plasma
- Better contrast ratio
- better ability to render deep blacks, more color depth,
- better motion tracking (response time)
- more availability in very large screen sizes.
Cons of Plasma
- more susceptible to burn-in (although this is not as much of a factor now, due to technology improvements in the past few years)
- more heat generation (as well as more power consumption)
- screen glare in brightly lit rooms
- heavier weight, and more delicate to ship.
Good brand that I would recommend for Plasma is Panasonic or Samsung
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Pros of LCD
- LCD television advantages include no burn-in susceptibility
- cooler running
- less screen glare, more functional at high altitudes
- longer display life (although improvements are being made in Plasma screen life)
- looks better in brightly lit rooms
- less power consumption than Plasma.
Cons of LCD
- Lower contrast ratio
- not as good rendering deep blacks
- not as good at tracking motion (although this is improving, especially with the implementation of 120Hz refresh rates (and some now offer 240Hz) on higher-end models).
Good brand for LCD that I would recommend is Samsung or Sony
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