| It was not until 2007 that the LCD TV sales were | | | | long time, say one hour, the screen will get the |
| able to overtake the sales of CRT-based TV. The | | | | impression of the same. So, there is some |
| cathode ray tube-based televisions are still in | | | | advancement in better viewing in plasma ones but |
| vogue and popular, but, it is just that the other | | | | some of the technological hurdles remain to be |
| technology based TV sets are fast replacing | | | | crossed. On parameters of size and cost and |
| them worldwide. | | | | longevity, the plasma and the LED TVs are on |
| People believe that the liquid colour display (LCD) | | | | equal footing. Plasma TV scores over the LED in |
| technology is more practical and far better than | | | | colour contrast ratios. |
| the old CRT technology. There is no longer | | | | Since quite sometime now, there renowned |
| heating of the TV, the TVs got slimmer because | | | | companies have been adding the three dimensional |
| the vacuum tube goes out, the screens got | | | | viewing to their basket of product offerings to |
| wider, the contrast ratios also improved, the | | | | the customers. The technology for the 3D |
| viewing from bigger angles is better and the | | | | viewing has also come of age. When it was quite |
| clarity of pictures becomes amazingly close to real | | | | new, the viewers were required to wear special |
| life colours. A further improved variant of the | | | | glasses to have the 3D experience. The modern |
| LCD technology is the Light Emitting Diode (LED) | | | | day technology does not require the same. There |
| technology. LED-based TVs are essentially LCD | | | | have been mixed reviews about the feelings of |
| only. The only difference lies in the backlighting | | | | the people towards it. Some of them did not |
| device. The LED TV makes use of the light | | | | have good experience of it at all. 3D TV plasma |
| emitting diode for back lighting purposes while the | | | | technology is yet to find total acceptance from |
| LCD ones make use of the CCFL bulbs for the | | | | the customers. |
| same. | | | | With the increasing use of digital technology in the |
| Plasma TV is yet another flat display technology | | | | TVs, the resolution of the pictures has improved |
| option available to the consumers. This makes use | | | | vastly. The TV cables used for the same are of |
| of the chambers or plasma cells for producing | | | | far superior quality, capable of transmitting high |
| colour variations. A major plus of these TVs over | | | | resolution pictures, text and videos without any |
| the LCD or LED ones is that these offer good | | | | compromise in their quality. The improvements in |
| viewing experience even at large viewing angle, | | | | the TV cables are enabling greater support to the |
| say more than 75 degrees from the center. | | | | new age TVs. |
| These generally come in screen widths of bigger | | | | Its innovation all around − in the display |
| size. However, the only major drawback seems | | | | technologies and also in the supporting accessories |
| to be of the ‘burn-in'. This means that if you | | | | − that is poised to increase the competition in |
| allow one picture to remain on the screen for a | | | | the TV market. |