Plasma TVs still outperform LCDs in picture quality. Black is really black, and white is really white. At the same time, the cost of a "plasma" is less than a model of the same diagonal LCD TV. And an added bonus is that the screen of plasma TVs does not attract dust. But this technology also has several unpleasant features. First of all, it is a tendency to burnout. Therefore, the Plasma TV is not very suitable for displaying small characters (such as the channel logo). However, you should not be afraid of this — in order for the pixels to begin to burn out, a lot of time must pass.

Plasma TVs weigh quite a lot and consume a lot of electricity. At the same time, the system heats up noticeably; fans are used to cool it, the noise of which, although not very loud, can be annoying. And over time, it will only get stronger. And the heating level of overall models can be so high that it becomes uncomfortable to be indoors with it after several hours of viewing.

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little electricity. However, they are not able to provide the same high level of colour reproduction, contrast and brightness levels as plasma. And with the viewing angles of the LCD, not everything is safe yet. But in other respects LCD is not inferior to plasma models. A few years ago, "plasma" was clearly ahead of LCD TVs in terms of such an indicator as the response time of the matrix. Today, this problem is no longer relevant — in 99% of cases, the response time of LCD matrices is enough to display dynamic scenes without the appearance of loops.

Thus, we conclude that it makes sense to purchase "plasma" if you use TV as a home theater, that is, exclusively for watching movies. Or games on a game console. And we advise you not to save, take a model with a large diagonal — you will not regret it. Of course, provided that the size of the room allows. If the TV will be used mainly for watching TV, you should definitely opt for LCD. This technology may not provide perfect image quality, but it is much more unpretentious.