3D TVS: Plasma or LCD?

By Marshall Black

The waiting is over, with the 3D HD TV´s already on store shelves. Individuals are getting anxious, yet yet there is still many concerns that need to be taking care of in regards to placing that big 3D movie theatre experience in your home. In this article we will be adressing those technologies that go into 3D televisions and solve some questions about 3D television.

With all the thrill surrounding 3D HD TV´s. There comes a lot of rumors and misconceptions. In this post we´ll cover all the facts, rumors, and over-blown whinning that will clear some things up once and for all. First off you will need 3D glasses if you want to watch 3D Television, but not to many individuals are excited about this, but it´s a minor price to pay for having a 3D movie theater in your living room. Plus a lot of... if not all 3D televisions have the standard TV format. 3D television can be switched on and off at the viewers will.

Another cool thing about 3D TV is that there are converters that turn your existing 2D media into 3D. Right now there isn´t very many 3D DVD collections out there, but you can bring new life to your old Blue Ray or DVD collection by converting them to 3D. Some 3D TV´s like the Sony XBR52HX909 are going to have installed converters so you can view 3D TV right out of the box.

If you want to experience full HD 3D TV you´re going to have to buy a new Television. The hope of buying an adapter and installing it to convert your previous TV to 3D is UN-likely. The reason being is that 3D TV requires a higher refresh rate around 240Hz, which is double what you find on LCD´s on store shelves. Some 3D televisions use something called 'active shutter technology'. You´ll only be paying a slightly higher price on the TV, however the 3D glasses may cost $50-$100 a pair. Other 3D televisions that use polarized film may be a bit more costly, but will offer cheaper 3D glasses.

3D TV has came and went throughout history, remember virtual boy? So naturally people are a bit skeptical of 3D television of being a success. It has a lot of challenges to over come in the home. One thing is the ambient light reducing the 3D effect.

The biggest challenges to the 3D effect are those big clunky looking 3D glasses. Its almost seems like over 50% of the people do not want to wear them. Quite a few individuals actually complained of headaches and eye strain experiences. While the demo TV´s look legit. 3D television is still a rookie in the consumers home. This being because it´s so new.

So with the pros and cons weighed out and the 3D HDTV experience being so fresh on the market. It´s hard to make a decision. It seems the 3D market is scouring for some potential prospector´s. The only down side is the glasses. However keep in mind that normal 2D television can be watched at anytime where glasses aren´t needed. So that problem is solved.

So, whats better 3D LCD HDTVs or 3D plasma television?

While everybody is quick to discuss 3D TVs. When your buy television most individuals overlook one important thing and that is 3D on what? 3D LCD or 3D plasma? Many people think theirs not a big difference? Well that´s not the case...

3D Plasma television in most experts opinions. Why? Well, plasma television sales have went down while LCD HDTV have gone up. When it comes to 3D Plasma television has two really big advantages. Those advantages are contrast and speed...

But first,, the contrast. Due to the high quality theirs a big difference between black and white. its refereed to as a contrast ratio. Plasma´s is almost usually bigger than LCD HDTV, why? If a plasma television is black. It means its turned off, when LCD HDTV is black this means that the LCD pixels are still reflecting light, but in the darkest possible way. Lets say that even if the LCD could go all dark like plasma. It cant do it as fast. Plasma can go back to black around 60x faster than LCD. This means that sports and video games are much better.

As mentioned earlier about Plasma prices. Plasma´s have dropped compared to their high definition cousins like LED and LCD. Due to demand issues this naturally will bring the price down. i.e. a standard 42-inch LCD HDTV and a basic 42-inch plasma television is around $500 vs $750(standard) Comparing prices to Plasma God. Ironically its a win, win for plasma 3D vs LCD 3D, because cost less and has better quality of picture.

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