Plasma Screen Televisions - Are They Dead?

Why is everyone asking if plasma televisions are dead? The plasma screen television is one of the marvel inventions of this decade, yet more and more people are turning away from them as fast as we adopted them. LCD is the current favorite for the majority of consumers, no doubt due to its lower price. LCD screens are also known for performing better in brightly lit rooms, which is a major reason why they look better on store floors and thus, sell better than plasma in most cases.

So should you consider buying a plasma TV or should you stick with LCD?

Recently two big names in the plasma manufacturing world dropped out of the market: Pioneer and Vizio have both announced that they are no longer making Plasma Televisions, instead choosing to focus on more successful product lines like LCD TV's. This represents both the high and low end of the plasma market which indicates that both ends are feeling the pinch.

In addition to that, the CEO of LG has also hinted that they might be stopping plasma production some time in the near future although this is yet to be confirmed and they are continuing to release plasma TV's in 2009.

So the market is now left wide open for Samsung, LG and Panasonic and they are expected to see solid plasma sales in 2009. There is no reason why you should not buy a TV from these brands - provided you can afford the increased price compared with LCD.

You can now buy entry level plasma TV's for as little as $800, such as the Panasonic TC-X1 720p 42". This will be a good quality TV if Panasonic's PX80 series is anything to go by. Of course, you could get a full HD 1080p LCD screen for a similar price - but will you really notice the difference in picture quality from 720p to 1080p? Most people don't.

Plasma screen television technology is far from dead. LCD is just catching up and I can see both having a very equal market share in time to come as Plasma costs come down and LCD technology improves even more. A Plasma TV will generally outperform an LCD in a side to side comparison so your decision is going to 100% depend upon your budget more than any other factor.

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