The Top 3 Problems With Plasma TVs
It's easy to be instantly drawn to a plasma TV screen, especially one that is displaying full HDTV programming. The visual beauty is amazing. And plasma TVs tend to be among the lower cost thin screen technologies that are available today. But there are a few problems inherent to the design and you should at least be aware of them before making a buying decision.
The first is that plasma TVs use inert gases that are illuminated to display colors on the screen. The way that this is accomplished makes for very high contrast, vivid images on the screen, but it also can be affected by high altitudes.
If you live above 6,000 - 7,000 feet above sea level, you should know that plasma TVs have to work much harder to produce the same image than they would at lower altitudes. This may not cause an immediate problem, but over time the monitor wears out much faster due to the extra work load. So if you happen to live in high altitudes, just bear this in mind when buying a plasma TV.
The second problem that plasma TVs can exhibit is a susceptibility to screen burn-in. This happens whenever any static image stays on the screen for a very long time and is still faintly visible even when the image changes. It is said to have been "burned-in" to the screen, and can be very irritating to see a ghost pattern still visible as you watch TV.
The easy way to avoid this problem with older plasma screens is to make sure that you don't leave the TV on when you are not watching it, and especially when pausing a video game for a very long time. Thankfully though, newer plasma screen TVs have technology built in to address this problem that subtly shifts the image to surrounding pixels as you watch and essentially keeps the image moving although your eye does not detect it.
The third plasma TV problem that we will discuss is the heat it generates as it runs. Plasma screens often cause so much heat inside the unit that manufacturers usually install a fan to cool it down while operating. This actually works very well, but on some models the noise that the fan makes can become an annoyance. So listen for this problem carefully before you buy.
None of these problems are major enough to say that you shouldn't buy a plasma screen TV, but they should be understood beforehand so you can use the equipment properly, and choose the
right plasma TV when you buy..
Plasma vs LCD TVs
For a layman, there seems to be no difference between a plasma and LCD TV. Both provide high-resolution, high-contrast images and both are flat, sleek and can be mounted on a wall. The difference lies in the technology that drives them.
Plasma TVs work with inert gases like xenon or neon, which are excited by electric pulses from specialized cells called pixels. This makes the gases glow. These glowing gases, in turn, produce the correct blend of red, blue and green light on the pixels.
The pixels are illuminated by a fluorescent light bulb, which is driven by semiconductor software on the motherboard.
LCDs are actually thin film transistors (TFT), which contain liquid filled crystals between two plates of glass. LCDs work by blocking out unwanted light. When the signal hits the TFTs, they contort to a required angle, thus allowing only the requisite amount of light to pass through. A lamp behind the screen or a thin LCD bulb provides illumination to...
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Quantiscript Delivers on 30nm nano-imprint Templates with QSR-5™
Sherbrooke, Qu?bec, Canada (ContentDesk) November 30, 2005 -- Quantiscript Inc, a leader in development of novel resist solutions for the semiconductor industry, released results demonstrating commercial viability of nano-imprint templates with pattern features down to 30 nanometers, using its novel QSR-5" Resist solution.The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) describes challenging specifications for the 32nm technology node including limits on Line Edge Roughness (LER) for very dense patterns which cannot be met by todays commercial resist solutions. Quantiscript has developed novel resist solutions that use evaporation and plasma-based deposition techniques to achieve ultra-thin layers of resist down to 30nm, not achievable with todays spin-coated deposition processes. Thin resists have demonstrated benefits in achieving high resolution dense patterns with low LER and are key to achieving the 32nm technology node specifications.Quantiscript patterned its own...
Quantiscript Delivers on 30nm nano-imprint Templates with QSR-5™
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CRE Partners with Innovations Award Nominee at CES
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) January 26, 2006 -- CRE Computer & AV Solutions works with Innovations Design and Engineering Award nominee, Empower Technologies, at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest technology event of the year.
This leading global-embedded technology company launched three award-nominated products at CES in Las Vegas this January, and they partnered with CRE Computer & AV Solutions to provide technology products and services for their product launch.CRE Computer & AV Solutions assisted Empower in creating an interactive demonstration of one of their new products.
CRE provided the necessary audiovisual rental equipment along with certified technicians for delivery and installation, and service and support.
By working with CRE Computer & AV Solutions at CES, we were able to have a great show and I look forward to using their expertise again said Damian Romanov, Empower Technologies Sales and Marketing Representative.CRE...
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Visiting BURGER KING? Becomes a Multimedia Experience
BURGER KING? has made its product line more attractive and improved customer service through modern entertainment and information technology.Scala Inc. (www.scala.com), the leading provider of digital signage control software, today announced the installation of InfoChannel? as BURGER KING's digital signage software solution.BURGER KING? Deutschland has equipped its restaurants with plasma displays and interconnected its individual restaurants via a communications network. With its very own TV channel, the "King Channel", and a digital menu board, BURGER KING? has not only made its product line more attractive but also improved customer service through modern entertainment and information technology.Thanks to the new digital menu board, guests receive product information and prices through a combination of video, moving product images and animated texts of unique high-resolution quality. The digital menu board not only enhances the colored...
Visiting BURGER KING? Becomes a Multimedia Experience
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Pre-Diabetes: Gamblers Understand the Odds
Do you gamble? Play Texas Hold'em poker, casino games, or lotteries? Then understanding your odds of winning is part of the challenge. Are you planning on living a long and healthy life? A life free of aches and pains? A life full of excitement and adventure? Great, then understanding the odds of developing diabetes will surely cause you to take immediate action. It is estimated that one in three Americans born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes. Those are terrifying odds. Already, more than 18 million Americans live with diabetes and that number is growing.
What is even more alarming is the fact that 5 million people don't even know they have diabetes. A new buzz in the medical community calls it- Pre-Diabetes. Today, roughly 41 million Americans have pre-diabetes which left undetected and untreated, progresses into full-blown diabetes. The challenge with pre-diabetes is the fact that the condition doesn't like to reveal itself with noticeable symptoms. Because there are...
Pre-Diabetes: Gamblers Understand the Odds
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