Plasma is better overall for TV watching than LCD

< > I'm talking from personal experience. At my uncle's house I have a hard time seeing his plasma from a distance, but not with the LCD I have at home. < > I refute the reliability of my opponent's sources in this case. The first one has nothing to do with angle why the second one is a biased site made by Panasonic, a plasma TV distributor. The third site mentioned says that plasma TV's USE to have a better viewing angle, but now LCD's have caught up if not surpassed plasma TV's. The fourth site does not mention the viewing angles. < > My opponent partially concedes his point. However, to put it bluntly, what he states is wrong. Plasma TV's don't have the anti-glare technology the LCD's do. It doesn't take much light to affect the plasma screens viewing. If you've ever compared a Plasma to an LCD in the store you'll notice that even with just the top light it glares. Saying that light will hardly ever come in to play is entirely incorrect. In the "average" home as my opponent is talking about, people won't have a closed off room with no windows as to not let light in. This means that the "average" viewer will have to deal with glare for the better part of the day. Light is a huge deciding factor and LCD's cope better with it. < > Actually I said that in perfect conditions for a Plasma TV, not average, Plasma has better picture quality, but "average" is not perfect. < > In a dark room at night the plasma has the advantage. However, the "average" person does not have a dark room and does most of his TV watching during the day. People don't watch a couple movies every night. Maybe once or twice a week. Compare that to the amount of time they spend watching normal television in the day, the LCD is farly superior. Now for some more points of my own using my opponents own sources and some of my own: LCD's have a longer screen life than plasma tv's. They generally last 60,000 hours or more while plasma TV's only last 30,000-60,000 hours (. http://www.buzzle.com...). Plasma screens also lose their brightness over a long period of time, known as Life to Half Brightness, or LTHB (. http://www.webopedia.com...). LCD's have a higher picture resolution while watching HD. h(ttp://www. buzzle. com. .. ) LCD's are better for video games because of plasma TV's tendency to (and this can happen with TV shows as well) to have screen burn in and ruin the TV. (. http://www.buzzle.com...) LCD's are much lighter and thinner than plasma TV's allowing easier movement of the TV and mounting it on the wall. (. http://www.buzzle.com...) We've been talking about the "average" consumer, and the "average" consumer isn't looking for a huge 42" or 60" television. The average consumer is looking for something in the 30s. The lowest sizes of plasma screen TV's that are commonly placed in the market are 42" which is larger than the "average" consumer is wanting to buy. (. http://www.buzzle.com...) LCD's consume 30-40% less power than plasma TV's do. This saves crucial money and power in a time where most of us are heading into a depression and need to save as much money as we can. We're also slowly running out of oil (and although I believe we have plenty of time) the more efficient we use our energy the longer we'll last and the longer we'll have to find an alternative(. http://www.webopedia.com...). Now I know this isn't the "average" consumer, but it still affects the effectivenss of a plasma screen. The problem is that at an elevation above 6,500 feet plasma TV's don't work. (. http://www.webopedia.com...) I await my opponent's response. Good luck. :)