If you’ve stuck faithfully with an LCD TV, one with a bulky body or poor quality picture until now, the leap to plasma can be a huge change. There’s a lot to consider, not least new digital, HD, and blu-ray technology! While learning everything you can about your investment is important, just as important is un-learning all the myths that exist surrounding plasma TVs. Ready?
The first is that plasma TVs have a relatively poor half-life, making them short-lived. While this might have been true in the ’80s, since then the popularity of plasmas has skyrocketed. Popular LG plasma TVs now come equipped for 100,000 viewing hours. To put that into perspective, you could watch it for four hours a day for the next seventy years!
Next, the cost. People still assume a plasma TV is going to cost the Earth. In fact, some of the larger manufacturers are making some seriously affordable home plasmas, for example mid-range Panasonic plasma TVs come in around the £400 mark.
Hard to install? Not anymore! No longer the bulky boxes they once were, plenty of plasma owners manage to wall-mount their purchases. Of course, if you’re not into DIY, you could always just pop it on the table!
Lastly, it is often said that plasma TVs are really fragile, easily coming apart, smashing or leaking from their screens. The truth is that they’re no more delicate than any other TV; although you should take care to keep them upright. Obviously.
