Advantages and Disadvantages of LCD TV

Aug 12
07:28

2010

Rose Pleasure

Rose Pleasure

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Before buying something you always make sure that what you buy gives benefit for your family or for your safety alone. But we cannot hide the fact that even the most advantageous thing on earth has its own disadvantage. Researching for the advantages and disadvantages of a thing is crucial for you to weight if you do want to buy that certain thing or not.

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There are now many different television technologies that most of us hardly understand its differences. All of them are great and fascinating but among all what is the best. One of this new technology is the Liquid-Crystal Display TV or commonly known as the LCD TV. We have seen the sensational promotions of the LCD TV and maybe some of you have been deaf already for the many acclaimed advantages the LCD TV has. Below are the advantages and disadvantages of the LCD TV that might help you in deciding whether to have one or not.

Advantages
LCD TV has an excellent contrast and brightness. It has an anti-glare technology that makes it better under brighter conditions and its brightness range is also wider. The LCD TV blocks the light in order to create blacks that made it fare in better lighting condition. Since liquid crystal does not emit light like other glass,Advantages and Disadvantages of LCD TV Articles the screen of a LCD TV does not reflect light like other TV screens.

The LCD TV has a good viewing angle. Common LCD TV has a 175 degree viewing angle, meaning you can view the image from center up to 87 degrees on both sides just about any angle.

It has a longer life span compared to other television technology. Since a life span of a TV is measeured in half life hours or 50% of its original brightness the LCD TV has over 30 000 hours or 16 years of viewing at a maximum of 6 hours per day.

The Liquid-crystal TV has no static pictures like channel logos or it has no problem with burn-in and it has a greater picture resolution. The power requirement is also less with less heat being generated. One most advantage of LCD TV is it does not emit radiation from the screen. So there are lesser chances of getting a cancer when constantly watching TV.

Other advantages of LCD TV include greater durability and are easily to be installed compared to other TV. It can cope with high altitude so people leaving in high places can have the LCD TV. Since it is lighter than some TV it can be easily ship with less shipping expenses. This kind of TV is helpful during this crisis moment for this can be bought at a lower price with lower maintenance.

Disadvantages
The LCD TV has a very slow refreshing rate because this TV is used for data display that does not require a fast refreshing rate. Meaning very fast moving objects will look like mechanical because the screen cannot cope up. Viewing experience may decreased but there are now fast refreshing rate LCD TV but you need to have a 35 inches or over screen size.

Initially this LCD TV where designed to be computer monitors. It is advisable that you buy an LCD TV with a built in tuner if you want your LCD monitor to be used as a TV and a computer monitor.

When buying a 30 inch display LCD TV with no name units there is a possibility that some pictures are un-viewable in fast moving video.

In terms of contrast and brightness there is a tendency that the black will become a dark grey rather than black. Since the images are being displayed through an LCD panel it has a difficulty going fully black.

The LCD TV is good when watching at the very center, but the more you get farther from the center though you can still look at the images at the screen you cannot fully watch the images very well.

Most common problem of LCD TV is pixel failure. Sometimes the pixel failure is above the minimum failure rate of 10%. Meaning for a 320 000 pixel screen 3200 can be dead.

You have now known the various advantages and disadvantages of an LCD TV so everything is up to you now whether to have it or ignore it.