An important process in buying a Plasma television for your home or office is to be well informed before making any decisions regarding the purchasing of the product. Below we have complied a list of some of the pros as well as the cons of owning and purchasing a plasma television.

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Size: These units are designed to be both light weight and space saving, which is one of its biggest advantages and appeal to customers. The screen size of a plasma has the ability to have a super wide screen and yet have very little depth to it. The sleek design and the ability to fit it in most places an ordinary television would not, makes the plasma a desired addition to a room.

Picture: Plasma televisions have the ability to display over 16.77 million colors, which provides a lifelike quality to the display

HDTV/EDTV: Plasmas are either considered his means that the HDTV (high definition television) or EDTV (enhanced definition television) Which means that the unit is capable of displaying a higher quality of resolution then most televisions. The HD monitors display a resolution at a least 1280x720  and EDTV is at a resolution of at least" 854 x 480

VIewing Angle: Plasma tv's have some of the best viewing angles around, having the best direct view of the television, which beats out most ordinary television units.

Flat Screen: Cuts down on glare and distortion

Magnetic Field: Plasmas experience no magnetic field interference, allowing speakers to be placed on top and right to the unit without effecting your television viewing.

Multiple Purposes: Plasmas are able to use VGA and SVGA, which means

that they can be used for multiple purposes, gamers have been known to make good use of plasmas, as wide screen computer screens or hooking up their video game consoles. Many retailers and commercial businesses have come to make use of this feature as well.

Brightness: The Plasma television has a built in Uniform Screen Brightness factor, that allows the picture on the screen to have the same amount of brightness throughout your viewing, there will be no dull spots like in rear projection screen televisions.

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Size: A smaller television does exist, an LCD television uses the same technology as a laptop and can be found in the same weight as the plasma, but its harder to find them in the bigger sizes like the plasma. In those cases you do find one, they tend to be more expensive.

Price: the price of a plasma may be considerably cheaper then a big screen LCD television, but the cost is still considerably more then ordinary sets or direct view and rear projection sets.

Damaging Units: Due to the fragile unique designs of the television sets, plasma tvs are prone to breaking more easily and often, and you must use extreme caution with the unit to ensure that no damage is caused that could be irreversible.

Life Span: Plasmas tend to have a shorter life span then most televisions due to its inability to change a burnt out tube or backlight. Plasma life spans differ according to different manufacturers, but on average last about 20,000 - 30,000 hours, commonly referred as the half-life (basically meaning by this point the unit will have lost half its brightness)

Burn-In: There is a possible chance for images to be burned into the television display, due to the materials and assembly of the unit itself. The image will only burn into the screen if it is displayed repeatedly for extendedly long periods at a time, this problem can be avoided by not keeping images on screen longer then about 20 min's at a time. To avoid this simply change the channel or turn unit off.

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