Remember the heat of the competition between Oasis and Blur? Both groups producing similar types of music yet only room for the egos of one group. So where are Blur now? Just a distant memory.
Like many great things to come from the entertainment industry, there is often a degree of pushing and shoving to be done before one side wins out over the other. At the beginning there seems to be much of a muchness and the success of one side or the other can depend on fashion and opinion just as much as quality so all a manufacturer can do is their best and hope their product wins over.
Currently, we have plasma and LCD TV's which are in competition by their manufacturers to beat the first path to the top of the TV sales tree. Both kinds have their fans and their critics but, once again, they're much of a muchness when you look at the detail. Plasma TV's stormed into the lead quite early on but remember, it wasn't the hare that won the race!
People love plasma TV's such as the Panasonic Vierra or LG or Samsung models. They come with huge screens, generally bigger than any LCD screen. The colour is sharp and the sound crystal clear. They are also blessed with a pretty good price tag.
However, they also come with a powerful hunger for electricity and this is the biggest issue with them. They are a drain on the planets resources and as such have come under the scrutiny of EU authorities until what we see now - an EU directive banning the manufacturer of plasma TV's over a certain size.
On the other hand, LCD TV's such as the Bravia X Series, come with huge screens, sharp colour and crystal clear sound. Yes, that's right, pretty much the same as the plasma. In their early days, LCD TV's were unlike plasma's in that they didn't come in the same extreme sizes. But times they are a changing. LCD's come in size ranges from monitor to massive. They have also come down in price to meet the plasma so what do they have that could mean they win the race?
The main advantage to the LCD is that they use a fraction of the power of a plasma and for anyone remotely concerned with the environment, for leaving a planet for our children, then this has to be the first option. Why go for big, clear and well priced with a massive power usage when you can go for big, clear, well priced and environmentally friendly?
For those who doubt that LCD could match a plasma for size check out the measurements on the Bravia KDL - 55X4500. A whopping fifty five inches of everything you could get from a plasma, apart from the environmental damage.
So rave all you like about the plasma - of course, they're great from an entertainment aspect. They look great, the sound great, they last well and they're competitively priced but for those of us who think outside the box, so to speak, the LCD TV should be the TV of choice to continue to enjoy our viewing and our world.
Take your pick.
Author Resource:-
Shaun Parker is an electronics expert with many years of experience in the home entertainment industry. Find out more about Bravia LCD TV's at http://www.sony.fr/hub/bravia
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