Two Plasma Flat Screen TV's From Vivadi And LG Well Worth Taking A Look At.

People are quite often of the opinion that Plasma Displays are very much the latest in a series of technologies in use within the Flat Screen TV industry of today whereas in fact it is one of the oldest of the technologies available

If we look at the basics of the technology behind it we find that in its simplistic form it is the heating up of tiny cells with inert gasses trapped between two panels of glass that comprise a Plasma Display Screen.

If we take a look at couple of Plasma Flat Screen TV�s we can see exactly what there is in the marketplace right now.

First up is the LG 50PC1D?

The 50PC1D is a 50in Plasma TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 1500 pounds sterling or 3000 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The LG has 3 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the 50PC1D uses is HDMI and 2. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the LG is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So how would we rate the LG 50PC1D?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 6 out of 10, as the other half of the "Sound and Vision" double act our opinion of the sound quality would be 8 out of 10. With regards to the availability and number of relevant connections, our score would be 8 out of 10. If we take a look at the overall "featureability" our score would be 8 out of 10 if we then take a look at the ease of use and overall value for money then our scores would be 6 and 6 out of 10 respectively.

Taking verything into consideration our overall view of the package would be that the overall performance of this Plasma we felt was rather good if not let down slightly by a noisy picture but on the other hand compared against similar machines this is on the cheap side so that has to be a plus also.

(The next Plasma Flat Screen TV to look at would be the|Next up amongst the Plasma Flat Screen TV�s to look at would be the} Vivadi Saturn HD50.

The Saturn HD50 is a 50in Plasma TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 8000 pounds sterling or 16000 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Vivadi has 1 (no RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the Saturn HD50 uses is HDMI and 2. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Vivadi is available from limited outlets only.

So how would we rate the Vivadi Saturn HD50?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 10 out of 10, as the other half of the "Sound and Vision" double act our opinion of the sound quality would be 10 out of 10. With regards to the availability and number of relevant connections, our score would be 10 out of 10. If we take a look at the overall "featureability" our score would be 10 out of 10 if we then take a look at the ease of use and overall value for money then our scores would be 8 and 6 out of 10 respectively.

Taking verything into consideration our overall view of the package would be when you look at the scores we gave it you get a fairly good picture of what our team felt when they reviewed. This may sound slightly stupid and very obvious but now and then you can give a Tva good score on a technical basis but not really "fall in love" with the entire package. In this case the big down side is the price it has to be said but if you have the cash or can get your hands (legally) on the money thenm do whatever you have to do to get one of these pieces of kit. The Picture quality alone just leaves most people speechless!

From 2006 onwards industry analysts noted that effectively LCD TV�s were overtaking plasma displays particularly in the large 40inch plus market where basically plasma previously enjoyed a massive dominance since the inception of technology. Another interesting industry trend is that effectively manufacture of plasma displays has consolidated from about 50 odd plus brands available but these are only from five manufactures so the upshot of that is that plasma technology is fighting back in terms of economy of scale because as you can imagine with 50 brands from five manufactures there are certain economies of scale with regards to the reduced duplication of internal technology.

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Stephen Morgan writes quite regularly on the Internet about TV and Home Entertainment issues and more on the above can be found at Best Flat Screen TV and also at cheapplasmatelevision.biz

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