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Unbeatable.panasonic 42 plasma 1080p,

Panasonic, the leader in high definition and Plasma TV,This LCD Projection TV has the best picture of any hdtv 1080p I have ever seen. I build homes for multi-millionaires and I have seen some incredible TV’s, theater rooms, with $50K audio systems wired in; and I have never seen a TV with a better picture. I bought this TV within a week of Consumer Reports rating it as the best picture they had ever tested, and I was still surprised at how breathtaking the picture was.
You cannot overrate this panasonic 42 HDTV and its capabilities to deliver a picture like none you’ve seen before. I do implore you, however, to invest in a blu-ray DVD player and a high quality HDMI cable for the full effect. The picture, when playing a blu-ray DVD on the new Panasonic blu-ray DVD player, along with a high quality HDMI cable (Panasonic makes maybe the best available for only $25) is unbelievable. The definition is so amazing that your opinions of beautiful big screen actresses may come back down to earth after seeing the the blemishes in their complexion that you never would have seen on a regular TV. This TV is the pinnacle. There is no TV better.

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For myself, it came down to a few important items. First, 42 plasma tv was not going to be adequate given the problems with watching highspeed programs like sports or action movies. Secondly, I needed a screen that was capable of producing an excellent picture both in HD and on non-HD. Finaly I wanted to buy from a corporation that had an outstanding reputation and produced excellent products. With that said, this plasma television has been all of this and more. I am extremely impressed by this product. The picture is outstanding on non-HD, and it is exceptional on HD. I have a PS3 and the 1080p picture is surreal. The clarity of the picture and the sound is excellent and I would recommend this product to anyone who is looking for an new flat-pannel television. Being the only 42in 1080p plasma on the market singles this product out, but after owning the item and observing it’s capabilities, it definetely lives up to it’s hype.

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Quite unlike the conventional CRT TV that came in limited sizes and had to be accommodated in a specific way, flat panel LCD TVs and rear projection televisions can be wall mounted or placed on the floor, depending on space available. Select the right TV based on the size that will fit in your room.

LCD Wall Mount and Floor
A flat panel LCD or plasma TV can be hung on the wall, after considering viewing position. If it is a heavy TV it might not be a good idea to try to fix it on the plaster directly. A wall mount TV is suitable when you have sufficient space.
Suppose you don’t have the wall space to wall mount your TV, go for an LCD or plasma TV with a stand. Rear projection TVs can also be freestanding and are less expensive than LCDs and Plasma TVs. Your rear projection TV can come in huge sizes like 70 inches and it can even come HDTV ready. Their weight is similar to plasma TVs though the technologies differ.

Big Screens
The general choice when choosing big screens is between flat panel plasma TVs and the more affordable rear projection DLP TVs manufactured by Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung, RCA and Mitsubishi. Screen size starts from 42″ and onwards. The technology used is digital light projection, producing images that have deep blacks for good contrast. To watch these TVs, you’ll need to sit in such a way that you are directly in front of your TV to be able to experience the best picture in terms of brightness and contrast.
Rear-projection LCDs on the other hand are thin and light with great picture quality. The pictures however, tend to be dark at times and the black reproduced by them is not the best black. Rear Projection CRT is considered yesterday’s technology bigger and bulkier sets. Picture quality can be better than even LCD or DLP televisions in high definition rear projection CRT sets.

Get The TV That Fits Your Room
First, measure the spot where you want your TV. Get the length, depth and width. Home entertainment systems need empty space on either side as well. Remember, your TV need not fill the entire area. To maximize space usage, decide on the right screen size. Different screen sizes suit different rooms. So, if you have a small room, flat panel LCDs in the range of 15 to 21 inches or CRT tubes TV in the same size range, portable TVs and combos that include TV, DVD, VCRs are ideal. If your room is narrow, consider a rear projection TV or a flat panel LCD or plasma television. Big rooms can take larger sized LCD TVs, rear projection TVs, and wide screen plasma TVs.
What used to be a matter of just making a decision on price range while buying a Television set has now become a challenge, making a decision between different kinds of technologies. While price and size still make all the difference, picture quality has come a long way with DVD quality and high definition signals in the market. You need to look at whether the picture quality you saw at the retailer’s store is the same when you view the TV in your home.

Author: Marc Crohn

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Plasma, TV has vivid colors, fast refresh and great contrast? Plasma TVs are the TVs that mostly likely catch your eye as you stroll down the aisle in your local best buy. Plasma TVs have exceptionally bright, distinct and vibrant colors.

But as with most good things in life there is a downside to consider. Plasma TVs have high power consumption and a relatively short lifespan. But then again you may well be buying a newer type of higher technology TV yet again in the future. After all having the latest TV technology has become an essential status symbol in many if not most middle class American homes. If you only wanted a TV you could of well gone to Wal-Mart or Costco and purchased a very acceptable picture older CRT TV very inexpensively.

Some tests have shown that the ability for a plasma display to show true black decreases by 13% over the first four weeks. Over a period of a few years this could show blacks as light grays in your image.

The high power consumption may not bother you if you don’t mind paying a bit more for your electric bill, but the real issue just as in laptop computers is the amount heat generated and the damage done to these electronic devices and the screen of your new and very expensive plasma TV by that heat.
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The heat comes from the million tiny fluorescent tubes on a heavy glass substrate that produces the image. This design is also part of the longevity issue. The high heat produced in a small area burns out the phosphors sooner than the phosphor on a traditional CRT. And, in tying everything together, this can also result in image burn-in especially on channels that display their logo continuously in the lower right corner.

LCD TVs are much less expensive than plasma, but also tend not to have pictures that are as sharp or bright. The other downside to LCD displays is that the pixels are relatively slow to change state. Fast moving objects such as a hockey puck or baseball bat get blurred where they might show more crisply on a plasma or good quality CRT.

Projection TVs are yet another option. Projection TV technology now produces much sharper, more vivid images that in previous years with deeper blacks that rival the CRT, and beat most of the plasma and LCD displays. This is the way to go for display sizes of 50 inches or greater.

The main drawback for any of the projection technologies is the lamp used as the light source. The typical metal halide projector lamp only lasts 1000 to 2000 hours and can cost several hundred dollars to replace. Longer life span lamps called ultra high performance (UHP) have recently come on the market that use mercury vapor instead of argon and have lifespan ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 hours.

Most consumers use their TVs on an average basis of 1,000 hours a year. That means that if the bulb is in the range of $ 300 - $ 500 dollars the cost of “running the projection TV” at a rough guide of 1,000 hours of use per bulb is several hundred dollars a year. The projections of bulb longevity are often done in best case not scenarios not the ordinary setup where the homeowner may even impair the ventilation of heat accidentally by TV and furniture placement chosen by the wife for appearance rather than electronic longevity.

Not so conceptually the projection TV bulbs seem to be very proprietary bulbs sold by the projection TV manufacturer. Bulbs for Sony projection TVs are made and distributed only by Sony. You may find a less expensive bulb say a Hitachi. However it is a judgment call. The Sony bulbs although more expensive are much more popular and easy to find on eBay - even used bulbs. But projection TV bulbs are very fragile and may not survive shipment by mail.

As with LCD display, manufacturers are moving towards high intensity LED technology to replace lamps and get lifespan measured in years. Of course, that technology is not cheap, but prices should come down as they become more available in the next several years.

On the horizon we can look forward tothe next tound on new high tech type of TVs- SEDs. What is SED?

SED is Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display. These should be coming on the market in about 2008/2009. Japan will probably start seeing them by the end of 2007. They are a flat panel display, much like the LCD displays now, but have characteristics resembling that of the CRT for contrast and image quality. This comes from basis of the design: each pixel is basically a tiny CRT. It uses less energy than plasma since it’s easier to generate an electron beam (as a CRT does) than it is to excite photons in a gas (as the plasma display does).

There is no production display of SED TVs yet available. As well there is no data yet for other performance or reliability factors.

In the end enjoy your purchase. You may well purchase a plasma TV now, pay it off, confess you really enjoyed the plasma TV and yet purchase yet again the newer SED TV for your home for its better, more advanced picture and as a status symbol for your home. It never ends.

Author: Kerry A. Francis

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If you are thinking about the purchase of an LCD projector there are some important factors that need to be considered. You will need to determine how, where and when you will use it. Will you use it in your home or for a business application? With the growth of Home Theater Systems many consumers are choosing to opt for an LCD projector. LCD projectors are becoming smaller and more portable every day and can be the integral part of any business meeting. LCD projectors and laptop computers, DVDs, Camcorders, and other video sources work well together in many formats.

The cost is one of the most important factors with today’s economy. The LCD projector is not a stand alone device. You will need to buy a dedicated screen for the image display. You will need to get the correct video or computer cables that will be necessary. The projector’s lamp and its brightness is a critical factor in the determination of the correct projector for you. If you will be traveling for business you may want to have back up cables and projector lamps available, just in case. LCD projectors may be getting smaller and more portable but they are still fragile. If you will be traveling for business you should invest in a good LCD projection case.
Many cases are light weight and come with wheels attached for easy mobility.

With all these considerations in mind let’s look inside the projector to see what makes it work and the difference in performance. Some of the technical terms to know a little about when shopping for LCD projectors are: resolution, aspect ratio, brightness, flexibility and contrast. All of these relate to the image quality. If you bring the projector home and find out that it does not meet the standards that you thought it would it may end up being a costly mistake.

The resolution of the projector is important. If you will be using it with your laptop it is best to match the resolution so that the signals will be compatible. A projector’s resolution is the amount of pixels it has to create an image. The pixel is the smallest point in an image. The higher the resolution the more pixels and the sharper more defined the image will appear. The resolution is displayed with two numbers such as – (854×480 low resolution) or (1920×1080 high resolution). The first number represents the number of pixels that are in the horizontal row of the image. The second number represents the number of pixels in a row going vertically. The higher the resolution the more the projector will cost.

The higher the resolution the more superior the image quality will be. If your intentions are to relax at home and watch DVDs you really don’t need a projector with an extremely high resolution. If you will be using it with a laptop for a presentation with a lot of text and graphics a higher resolution projector is recommended.

The brightness of the projected image is determined by the projectors output and lamp specifications and the reflective surface of the screen that the image appears on. Brightness is measured in lumens. The higher the lumens a projector can produce the brighter the image will appear. The light level in the room figures in
the brightness scenario. A room with low ambient light and a bright projector will help decrease the amount of contrast in the image. Room size and the distance from projector to screen will also come into play with the brightness of the projected image.

The contrast of an image is the amount or ratio of bright white to a deep black hue that makes up the image. A high contrast projector is best used for video or DVD formats. They deliver a rich, highly color saturated image with good shadow definition. A higher contrast will give the image depth and dimension. A projector with high contrast is best suited for Home Theater Systems where videos and DVDs can come to life. Using a high contrast projector is a waste if you will be using it for business showing simple text or graphs.

The aspect ratio describes the horizontal vs. vertical rectangular shape of the image on the screen. There are two standard aspect ratio formats. They are 4:3 used for standard TV and 16:9 used for HDTV. This calculated 4 units of width for every 3 units of height. However, you will find that many DVDs and videos come with many different aspect ratio formats and will not always fill in the whole rectangular image. There is no one solution or fix to this problem. First you must decide on what formats you will view the most and go with the knowledge that the downside of the image is marginal.

Other not so technical features that you may want to incorporate into you LCD projector. A zoom lens will be useful when setting up the projector for multiple functions in a variety of room sizes and settings. The lens shift is also useful. For the optimal image the projector should be at a height that is as close to the center of the screen that you are projecting onto. The lens shift will move the projector lens left, right, up and down without having to move the projector. If centering the projector to the screen is not an option. If your projector has it you should use keystone correction.

The projector using keystone correction internally corrects the difference of the angle between the height of the screen and the height of the projector. Moving the projector in some meeting rooms is impossible or must be dealt with prior to the presentation.

There also may come a time when you might want to hook up a second computer or DVD if so you must check out the availability of multiple external ports. Check to see if the projector has a built in speaker or look for ports that will give you the capacity to plug into an external system if need be.

One more factor is weight. LCD projector comes in all shapes and sizes. If your business takes you on the road you will need a projector that is portable and easy to set up and breakdown. There are now projectors that weigh less than 5 pounds. The lamp and the lamp housing are the main hold ups in shrinking the projector much further.

The lamp and its lamp life should be considered before the purchase of any projector. An LCD projector lamp is the most important portion of the projector that you will have to replace at one point or another in the lifespan of the projector. You can find lamps that have a long lifespan of 2000hrs. If you use your projection daily that time will disappear quickly.

Some projectors come with multiple lamp modes. In the standby mode the projector may still be turned on while the lamp is off. This mode is useful if your meeting is in one room and your lunch is in another room. The lifespan of the lamp can be extended using this mode. All you have to do when returning from a break is to switch the lamp into active mode. There are also projectors that have a secondary mode. In the secondary mode the lamp is not projected at % power. This mode can be used in a smaller room or setting where distance and brightness is not the top concern. The third mode should always be used when you are finished using the projector. This is the fan mode. You may laugh but this is an important mode. If you turn the projector off without giving the fan time to cool off the lamp may cool too quickly, resulting with a cracked lamp. Turning the projector on and off to quickly is not good for the lamp or the projector itself. Both of these action are not recommended if you want to have your new projector around for awhile.

If you take some time to do some research before you invest in an LCD projector you will end up with a better product to use and enjoy. I hope that the above material helps you get started on the road to your new projector.

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Televisions previous to the Plasma TV explosion used the (CRT) cathode ray tube to give users the ability to watch television. CRT televisions works by shooting out a beam of negative charged particles called electrons into a large glass tube. These negative electrons

For the past 75 years, the vast majority of televisions have been built around the same technology, the cathode ray tube (CRT). In a CRT television, a gun fires a beam of electrons (negatively-charged particles) inside a large glass tube. The electrons illuminate phosphor atoms inside the tube (screen), this allows the TV picture to be produced by illuminating different areas of the phosphor coating, this is what gives you the CRT television.

Now welcome to the new face of television, Plasma TV. Plasma has taken the home theater market by storm because of their amazing picture quality and very thin design. The idea of plasma display panels began in 1964 at the University of Illinois. The first displays were very primitive using only points of light created in the laboratory. As time went on digital processing, and other technology, made vivid plasma displays a reality.

Plasma televisions use a much different type of technology thatn CRT models, they use something called pixels. Using a video signal the pixels on the flat screen light up with a high-energy beam of electrons that are separated into the 3 primary colors, red, green and blue. From the illuminated fluorescent lights pixels you get the full color spectrum that produces a full range of colors that give you the image on the screen. Each pixel on the screen has three fluorescent lights in it, a green, red and a blue fluorescent light. Each fluorescent light in the pixel can produce 16 million colors, giving you amazing colors and overall picture quality that you can’t finder in regular CRT televisions.

Another feature that you can’t find in CRT TVs is the widescreen design found on Plasma televisions. The (16:9) aspect ratio is the same dimensions used in movie theaters. This feature gives Plasma flat screen high definition television models a cinematic feel, that is great for watching feature films, concerts, Monday Night Football or anything else you can imagine.

And unlike conventional television models, there are no scan lines on plasma televisions, so the picture is much sharper. The viewing angle is far superior than CRT, there is 170 degree viewing angle so you can basically watch the TV from any area in the room. As I mentioned before Plasma Tvs are very thin, only 3.3 inches in width. This makes them perfect for hanging on your wall, freeing up space in your home. Just like a picture frame, you can now hang your television on your wall!

So who manufacturers these thin TV displays? You can choose from numerous brand names which I’m sure you are familiar with such as, Sony, Sharp, Hitachi and Samsung to name a few. Plasma isn’t the only technology available if you are a HDTV buff, you should also check out LCD televisions and rear projection TVs.

And if you want to find a cheap plasma TV, check out the discount deals available through internet, particularly Amazon.com and Ebay.com. Those 2 online merchants are trusted and can offer not only new, but used and refurbished models for even bigger savings.

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You found the perfect television. It’s a great high-def TV, with every bell and whistle you were looking for, and it’s exactly the right size to fit into the open spot in your living room. You can even afford it, with cash left over for the surround sound system you need as well. Only one problem: your wife hates it. Too big, too intrusive, and too attractive to all your college friends.

Don’t despair: there are plenty of solutions for installing the perfect high-def TV in your home, and some of them will eliminate any appearance of a television in your home - or make your television so attractive that your wife will insist on having one.

The Invisible TV: DLP TVs

A DLP TV is a projection-style set, which are much nicer today than they were twenty years ago when they were the mainstay of any bar setting. The best news is that not all projection televisions are locked into a case; today, you can get sets that look basically like an old slide projector. The scalable image they project will look good on a blank white wall, or on a portable or wall-mounted screen (mountings can be hidden beneath things like decorative shelves if necessary). This is a great solution for a small space, where one room performs several different functions.

The Camouflaged TV

You don’t have to go invisible, though. There are plenty of furnishing options for all but the largest television sets: armoirs, closets, and shelf sets can make your TV part of the living room, yet discreet. With the right shelf setup and a screensaver, you can even transform your plasma television into a fireplace; the flickering flame gives your room a romantic and homey atmosphere, and only close inspection reveals the truth!

Wall mounted televisions don’t work well with this solution, but there is a unique solution: a mirror cover. A transparent guard covers the screen, transforming the appearance of your high-def TV into a nice wall-mounted mirror. Turning on the set, however, allows the picture to show right through the cover. Certain sets allow for other solutions, though: screen saver-type technology can transform your set into a fishtank, or show the gradual setting of the sun over a tropical island.

The Ultimate Solution: A TV Room

One of the most popular new home improvement choices is a media room dedicated strictly to the television. This allows you to mount your surround-sound system in a perfectly-engineered room, with seating and other amenities that will have your friends over for the Superbowl, her friends over to see the latest chick flick, and for both of you alone to watch the movie of your choice, ending the evening with that romantic flickering fireplace.

Any high-def TV can transform the décor of your room, whether it’s your formal living room or the den, a dedicated TV room or your loft apartment space. Just a little creativity and shopping around for what’s out there will net you great rewards.

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When you are thinking about which Television to buy, you need to carefully consider size and location, especially if your options are a Plasma TV, LCD flat screen TV or a rear projection TV. Flat screen TV technologies are limited by screen size. You can get LCD TVs in a variety of sizes ranging right from tiny to the very large. Plasma TVs are best viewed starting from 37 inches. The HDTV screens tend to be a lot wider than their height, appearing rectangular. Because of this, the space requirement varies from TV to TV. The specialty of flat screen TVs is that they can also be wall mounted or placed on stands, making them a space saving unit.

Room Size
A 30 to 40 inch HDTV might be suitable for a small room particularly if you plan to place it in an entertainment unit or against a narrow wall. But for a big room where you have sufficient wall area, a rear projection TV of a larger size will look good. For those who plan to go in for the home theater system, front projections TVs are a good choice. After you’ve decided where you will place your TV, you need to consider how far you will sit from your TV screen when you watch it. If there is enough distance, a large screen TV is fine. But if viewing distance is very limited, and you opt for HDTV, bigger need not mean greater picture clarity. You cannot view a small screen from too far off or a huge screen from very near.

Viewing Distance, Angle And Lighting
The best way to figure out the ideal distance to maintain between you and your screen is to divide the screen size by 5. Seat yourself so that you are looking directly at the middle of the screen. While considering performance of TVs, the angle at which you view them matters a lot. With plasma TVs, which have a 160-degree wide viewing angle, you can put them anywhere in your room. The viewing angle for LCD TVs is lesser at 120 degrees; while rear projection TVs are at 90-100 degrees. So if you are not sitting directly opposite the TV the lesser the viewing angle, the less satisfying the picture quality. Bright lights are suitable for plasma and LCD TVs but for projection TVs you must have little or no light.

Picture Quality
A perception of picture quality can vary from person to person, and TV to TV. It depends on how the TV is constructed and the internal processing method. The TV must have good black levels since these produce better details. CRT TVs are capable of better black levels. Digital TVs like plasma, LCD and DLP produce black that looks more like dark gray. When the picture shows good contrast, the impact is much more. Incidentally, there’s something called “burn in” that happens in Plasma TVs that ends up showing ghostly images on the screen, especially when you are watching a favorite sports channel or happen to be enjoying video games.

Thus, viewing criteria and location are important considerations when you shop for your flat TV.

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Author: Marc Crohn

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