Plasma TV Reviews Provide Picture Of What To Expect
Depending on who you ask, you may get a different opinion on the differences between plasma and LCD televisions, as well as which resolution is best and whether it utilizes interlaced or progressive scanning. When you are ready to make the investment in a new plasma TV, reviews can be helpful in comparing different traits from different manufacturers. However, the information available in many plasma TV reviews may not be complete unless they contain unsolicited remarks from people that actually own and use the set.
There are some things contained in plasma TV reviews that may be meaningless to the average television viewer, but overall some of the aspects of the set's performance should be important to everyone. It should also be noted that regardless of information contained in plasma TV reviews if the incoming signal does not provide high definition programming, no matter how good or how expensive the television is, the picture will not look much better than the one on the old analog set.
One of the first things to consider is the resolution of the screen. Often listed in pixels, it represents the digital reproduction of the broadcast signal. Consider that a DVD offers resolution at 720-pixels wide by 420-pixels high, using a 13:9 aspect ratio, any plasma TV reviews that list less resolution will not improve the picture on the screen.
Look At Progressive Vs. Interlaced Scanning
A majority of plasma televisions offer a resolution of 1920-pixels wide by 1080-pixels high, offering extreme sharpness and detail in the picture. By reading through plasma TV reviews users have often stated they prefer the picture seen on the better resolution screens. The scanning of the picture may not be important to some, but for others it is important enough to mention in plasma TV reviews.
With interlaced scanning, the image is sent to the screen one line at a time, with every other line of the picture being filled in on successive scans. For example, on the first scan the even number lines will be displayed and on the next scan, odd number lines will be visible. Obviously, the scans are so fast that the viewer will not notice the difference. In many plasma TV reviews they mention that to see the difference, a picture taken of the screen will show the blank spots on the screen during the subsequent scans.
Progressive scanning starts with line one and displays each line of the image in order, offering what some claim in plasma TV reviews to be a more realistic rendition of the television image.
