Today's trend of flat screen televisions has really taken off. It has almost gotten to the point that it is socially unacceptable if you don't have a flat screen television in your house. Buying a flat screen television can be a very delicate process, however, and most people cower at the thought of spending thousands of dollars on a mere TV. There are three different types of flat screen televisions on the market today, all of which vary completely in performance and pricing, but all will get the job done sufficiently, and better than a standard TV.
The cheapest of the three types of flat screen televisions on the market today is the LCD TV. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display, and gives you a very nice picture. This TV is cheap because LCD technology is very common and extremely easy to build monitors and televisions with, so manufacturers are able to make huge profits off of even extremely low prices. These TV's are great for main entertainment rooms, but are more common in guest bedrooms and kitchens, because of their low price. You can still get a 1080p picture out of an LCD TV, and if you aren't very concerned with all the details that the other two types of TV's provide, then it will work just fine.
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The second type of TV is a plasma screen TV. Unlike LCD TV's, this material burns at a very high temperature, which in turn allows the screen to display much darker blacks, for a more realistic image than LCD TV's. A plasma screen TV can cost two to three times more than a standard LCD television, but sometimes the picture difference between the two really says it all. If you go into a store and compare plasma and LCD TV's from the same manufacturer, you will notice a huge difference. One downside of the plasma screen is that it is really heavy compared to a LCD TV. The screen can weigh as much as 113lbs for a standard (43") sized screen.
The last, and best, type of flat panel TV is a new technology just recently developed by companies like Samsung, Sharp and Vizio. This technology is LED backlit LCD displays. These TV's use a standard LCD display from their normal models, but use LED lights as the backlights to make for a visual experience unlike anything else. Because of the LED backlighting, these television can be up to 90% thinner and lighter than standard LCD TV's. Also, the LED lights take up absolutely no power whatsoever, and they have the ability to turn on at full capacity and off in split seconds. Because they have this ability, LED TV's have no warm up time, which means that the blacks are actually black, basically as black as black can get, and the 3D imaging of the screen is more realistic than ever. An image will look so real on an LED TV, that you could swear that you could touch it.