| New is goldIf you are on the lookout for a new TV | | | | experienced certain problems like the ghost images |
| and if your budget permits, you have several choices | | | | during action display. it was also necessary for the |
| today. One aspect may be saying goodbye to your | | | | viewers either to remain in straight line with the screen |
| now outdated and bulky CRT television. Another | | | | or having a slight angle. Today, the modern |
| aspect may be that you desire to enjoy the | | | | technological inventions have taken care of this |
| sharpness, colour combination, flat posture of the | | | | problem and LCD TVs with Plasma displays are now |
| television that are prominent in new TVs. It may also | | | | dominating the consumer market of electronic |
| be a case that you are a technical person and want | | | | media.The entry of the giant screen LCD TVsA |
| to enjoy the new visual wonders of cutting edge TV | | | | couple of years back, in October, 2004, LCD TVs with |
| of modern age. Even you may be a sports lover | | | | 40-45 inches screen appeared in the market. There |
| wanting to enjoy the real fun of the World Cup Finals | | | | was a fierce competition among the leading |
| or US Open Tennis Championship at Flushing | | | | companies like Sharp, LG, Samsung and larger screen |
| Meadows. As the technologies advance from time to | | | | TVs appeared in the market one after another. |
| time, your visions get better and better.The aspects to | | | | Sharp's 65 inch screen TV was followed by |
| be considered while going for a new TVA number of | | | | Samsung's 82 inch TV.Advantage of LCD over |
| things which might be required to be taken care of | | | | conventional TVsLCD TVs are among those latest |
| before you really bid farewell to your old for a new | | | | high-definition televisions that have rich-in-picture quality |
| one. Some of the aspects are: - | | | | and colour combinations. Most of the LCD TVs offer |
| 1. Is it really worth going for the new television set at | | | | high contrasting capabilities too. In bright light |
| the expense of the old one? | | | | environment the images are quite attracting and |
| 2. Does your budget permit having the latest and the | | | | captivating. Since back light is in built in the monitors, the |
| best of the TV sets? | | | | brightness is just as it should be. Old day Cathode Ray |
| 3. If you really go for the new one which TV you | | | | Tube (CRT) televisions were huge and bulky. In |
| should opt for? | | | | contrast the LCD monitors are flat, lighter and takes |
| The choiceWhen the question of buying a new | | | | very little space, being slimmer and trimmer. They may |
| television set with all modern technologies is | | | | even blend in the natural background of the room or |
| concerned, perhaps the best option would be to have | | | | can even be hung on the wall, which was not possible |
| a LCD television, having PAL broadcasting standard | | | | with the conventional TVs.The LCD technologyThe |
| compatibility. It will be obviously better than a NSTC or | | | | Liquid Crystal Technology uses millions of crystals |
| a SECAM broadcasting compatible television set in the | | | | enclosed in a liquid base. With electricity passing |
| sense that PAL happens to be the most widely | | | | through, the heat-sensitive crystals that are enclosed |
| accepted broadcasting standard, not only in Asia and | | | | between two panes of glass allow light to pass |
| Europe but now in many parts of America too.About | | | | through. They are further manipulated in varying |
| PALAs already stated, PAL or Phase-Alternating Line, | | | | degrees. This on turn results in production of pixels of |
| is the broadcasting standard that is widely accepted in | | | | a broad range of colours. When electric current |
| most part of the world. While Asia and Europe is fully | | | | interacts with the liquid crystals, it blocks the light. The |
| covered with TV sets having PAL broadcasting | | | | result is a set of gray and transparent crystals. The |
| standard compatibility, France faithfully follows the | | | | widely used crystal type is the twisted nematic or TN |
| earliest SECAM standard. A part of America earlier | | | | liquid crystal. In this case the tiny transistors are laid on |
| preferring the NTSC standard is now preferring | | | | a polarized glass substrate. Specific rows are turned |
| PAL.The SystemPAL is an analogue broadcast | | | | on to allow the electric charges to reach their target |
| standard. It uses in all 625 alternating lines. PAL | | | | columns. Hence at one time only a particular pixel |
| operates in most of the countries where it is used on | | | | capacitor is charged. The process is repeated and |
| the 50 Hz frequency. The system encodes colours | | | | micro-increments are affected. The final result is over |
| and produces better and sharper picture qualities with | | | | 256 shades or levels of brightness for each colour |
| magnifying colour luminance.Why PALNearly all the | | | | pixel.History of LCD TVLCD TVs date back to the |
| countries in Asia and Europe with the exception of | | | | year 1888 when the Austrian scientist Friedrich |
| France, are using the PAL broadcasting standard | | | | Reinitzer invented the properties of liquid crystallization. |
| today. United States and Japan however, still have a | | | | But it took another 80 years, and in 1968 the first LCD |
| majority of NTSC standards. PAL appeared on the | | | | was developed. This was done by RCA. Originally, a |
| commercial arena way back in the year 1967 and has | | | | LCD monitor happened to be less than twenty inches |
| as many as eight different types in use. These are | | | | of size, but later larger LCD monitors appeared in the |
| types B, G, H, D, I, K, N and M. The countries that use | | | | market. Certain models go up to 50 inches size. Side |
| PAL mostly are China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Laos, | | | | by side, with the development of technology, the prices |
| Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, United | | | | also started to become competitive favouring the |
| Kingdom, some European countries, some countries in | | | | consumers in general. Today, a customer has got |
| South America and also in Africa.What if the LCD | | | | multiple choices available before him in terms of cost, |
| PAL compatible TV does not work with other | | | | design, model, pattern etc. One of the best |
| standardsTechnological development and new | | | | characteristics of a LCD TV is that the monitor has a |
| inventions have been able to sort out major part of | | | | life of 25 years or sixty thousand hours of normal use. |
| these problems since there are numerous beautifully | | | | These capabilities are the result of the fact that in a |
| modeled TVs in the market that are configured in a | | | | LCD, the light source can be replaced. However, there |
| way to be compatible with almost all the broadcasting | | | | is no burning-in in case of LCD TVs since they do not |
| standards like PAL, NTSC or SECAM. Another | | | | use phosphor dots and use colour filters in the tabular |
| advantage of these LCD TVs are, that, they are | | | | pattern. While the first LCD TV did not prove to be |
| thinner and take less space and also weigh quite less | | | | good enough due to ghost images in action |
| to be portable enough for general convenience of the | | | | broadcasts, today LCD is a real pleasure to watch. |
| user. Since they are portable and light weighted, they | | | | Due to the reverse pull down correction, the quality of |
| can be carried anywhere you travel more-so since | | | | picture is very good. Distortions in transmission or in |
| they are compatible to all standards, you will be able to | | | | data packets in transit, are now a rare happening.The |
| see local programs at the new place with your own | | | | top namesLCD TVs of all sizes and brands are now |
| TV without requiring additional devices, technical | | | | available in the market. The biggest name in the fray is |
| modifications or add-ons.Advantages of LCDA | | | | Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Hitachi, LG, Phillips etc. |
| multi-system Television set may not be your ultimate | | | | Generic LCD TVs are also available on the net. The |
| choice owing to various reasons like the cost, | | | | prices of LCD TV can be as low as $200 and as high |
| specifications, design etc. But you may always prefer | | | | as $1,000. But the price fluctuation depends on the |
| monitors with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) since they | | | | brand, quality, etc. LCD TVs come in as flat panels, |
| offer you a number of advantages not available with | | | | rear projections etc. Today they are also available in |
| conventional television sets. A television set with LCD | | | | portable models and even wireless models.Points to |
| utilises the liquid crystal technology for visual output. | | | | ponder before buying new LCD TelevisionsLast but |
| Ordinarily these devices use Thin Film Transistor (TFT) | | | | not the least, there are a few points you should |
| for its functions. In older days when LCD TVs made its | | | | remember while going for a new LCD Television. |
| first appearance in the consumer market, it | | | | |