An LCD or plasma TV is one of the most striking pieces of equipment that you can add to your home entertainment center. In a handful of years, these new technology’s have rapidly overtaken the older cathode ray displays With plans for billions of dollars to be pumped in to the LCD industry in the next few years, LCD and plasma televisions are going to become more popular and more numerous.

When you have your new television home, placement becomes a prime concern. There are quite a few factors to take into account in order to maximize your viewing pleasure and to ensure that the picture is at its sharpest.

The first thing to take into account is height. The optimal height for an LCD or plasma TV puts the center of the screen at eye-level when the viewer is seated. Resist the urge to hang your new television at eye-level when you are standing. You may be tempted to do so from experience hanging pictures, but the angle will be unpleasant for viewers and will not show the screen off to its best advantage.

The second factor is viewing distance. When planning to get your LCD or plasma TV is wise to take into account what kind of space you have available. Is the room you have in mind going to be able to accommodate the device?

Similarly, you can calculate viewing distance by multiplying one of the screen’s dimensions, like height or width by a fixed number. Viewing distance for an LCD or plasma TV will be less than it would be for a cathode ray television because high resolution displays reduce the visibility of scan lines; with few scan lines, viewing distance can be made narrower, because the viewer will not notice the scan lines.

One simple way find an optimal viewing distance to use a ready-made formula. Take the screen size in inches and divide it by four. Some rounding might be necessary. For instance, for a 42 inch screen, the ideal amount distance from the viewer should be around 10 feet.

As your LCD or plasma television will certainly be one of the jewels of your entertainment center, it becomes important to give this component a similarly beautiful setting. Hanging the television on the wall is a popular option and the UK’s leading online retailer http://www.tv-wall-brackets.co.uk can help you.

With its new popularity, LCD and plasma televisions are getting the royal treatment from furniture designers, giving you many options to choose from. These LCD television stands enhance the look of your television, providing a more pleasant overall look for your home entertainment center. These specialized cabinets take into account the unique shape of the LDC television and create a desirable space where you can store media as well as mount your television.

Remember that good planning is paramount in any good purchase. With something as impressive as an LCD or plasma television, the question deserves some serious thought.

Image Retention - Isn’t it just an issue with Plasma TVs?

What is Image Sticking? Many are aware that if you leave a static image for a prolonged period on a plasma TV, you may risk phosphor burn-in. The result is that once you remove the static image, you would still be able to see a faint outline, or ghosting of the original image, even when you change the picture content.

LCD TVs do not suffer from burn-in, yet as surprising as it may seem, they still suffer from image retention when a static or semi-static image is left displayed on the screen for too long.

The intensity of image retention depends on various factors, not just the duration the static image remains displayed on the screen. Issues such as image makeup, operating temperature, and the LCD panel brand itself, should also be factored in.

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Myths about plasma television persist even though these flat panel entertainment wonders have been around for a while and are widely used in home, offices and public areas.

Like all decisions in life, the decision to purchase a plasma television has both pros and cons. But that is not this article. This article is about the debate about what those pros and cons are to help you sort out the raging shouting matches on the technology forums.

Like any good, religious technology debate the debate between plasma televisions and LCD screens is as hot as between PC and Mac fanatics.

Anything I say here will be seen as wrong, even with the numbers to back it up, by one of the camps. Since I have worked at the electronics department of a major department store before, I have seen the ups and downs of both camps. Which is why there is a CRT in my living room. Now that all biases have been aired, let’s try to see the debate:

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