The big thing is price - TFT (thin film transistor) is cheaper than plasma for 34î panels and smaller, plasma is cheaper over 40î. There are obviously other factors which sway us one way or the other.

TFT Lower power consumption than plasma Long panel lifetime No burn-in effect Good contrast especially in daylight Good viewing angle & colour reproduction

PLASMA Large screen sizes up to 60î Video performance: good ìBlack Levelî (especially in dark environments) Fastest response time High Resolutions possible (excellent at displaying rapidly moving images)

TFT panels use a technology made up of a light source, liquid crystals, a polarising filter and red, green and blue filters. As voltage is applied to the transistor, the orientation of the liquid crystal will change allowing light to pass through onto the polarising filter.

Plasma screens are made up of a layer of electrodes and a layer of pixels (each with different colour phosphors) sandwiched between two glass panels. The space between these panels is filled with gas which when stimulated by an electrical signal turns to plasma which in turn emits UV light - this causes the phosphor to glow red, green or blue.

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