LCD Advantage

Liquid crystal display is here to stay. Newer televisions bring newer technologies and along with those technologies come a higher price tag, yet at the same time, a higher form of quality. Quality is important to everyone it seems in this day and age. Why shouldn’t it be though? I love a good quality picture. Let’s take a look at what a LCD television has to offer you and me.

Flat panel or LCD monitors, screens, computers, you name it. They are much easier on the eyes than your conventional curved analog screen. The picture is brighter yes, but it reduces eye strain and this is another core component of quality. Besides those factors, LCD TVs can perform much better in low light conditions because the picture they produce has a much stronger vibrancy.

What else does an LCD television have to offer? Well have you considered the weight? A grown man can lift a flat panel, flat back television system all by himself. This is of course if he is not a really skinny person with any muscular weight. LCD televisions are less than half the weight of their old CRT counterparts. Do you remember the television set at grandma and grandpas? They were massive sets of furniture, almost as big as a single sofa seat.

One downside to an LCD is its viewing angle. The viewing angle of a television is roughly the same for a computer monitor. A good LCD television will have a viewing angle of at least 160° degrees. What does this mean? Well when folks talk about viewing angle they refer to how far you can move to the left and right of the screen without starting to lose the color, image, and so on. LCD offers a greater dot pitch ratio than older standard televisions as well.

Seeing again as how the same technology is in a television, which is in a computer screen, we will reference the computer monitor again. Most televisions will state their dot pitch. Dot pitch refers to the amount of space on the screen in between each individual pixel. I would say to go with something no higher than .28 dot pitch. Anything higher and your picture will start to lose quality drastically.

What else are we missing with this picture? We are missing the actual picture itself. You see, with LCD technology came the ability to produce a wider image, a widescreen image as it is known. Grandma’s television is most likely in the standard NTSC 4:3 ratio format. Most LCD televisions today come in a 16:9 ratio format. This format is growing in popularity even after it has been on the market for many years.

There are many different ways of mounting the television of your choice. Mounting can be done on a wall, a table, even hanging from a ceiling. When you install the television into your home, always remember to keep a few things in mind. Make sure you know the weight of the object, the viewing angle that people will use, and if there is any interfering light with the screen.