PLASMA Television RESPONSE TIME!

Should you be concerned with response times when buying a Plasma?

If you want a High Definition television for watching sports, fast action movies or intense games should you be concerned with response times?  Well, If your going to buy a plasma HDTV then the answer is no.. You should not be concerned with the panel response time because plasma TV’s response times are much faster then LCD TV’s response times. This is due to the way the technology paints the picture on the screen! If you can think at the speed of light you would be correct in saying that plasma’s can do the same because Plasma Tv’s emit invisible UV light. The UV light then strikes the RED, GREEN, and BLUE phosphors on the rear of the glass display enabling them to produce visible light. This process happens at almost instantaneously and at the most  .002 ms (milliseconds)! Much faster then the fastest LCD response time currently at 2 ms (milliseconds) “at which you will most likely spend a small fortune for an LCD television with a high-end specification such as a 2 ms response time. A par panel response time for an average LCD television is between 10 to 6 ms (milliseconds).

Your next question might be how does panel response time affect what I am watching? Good question! When fast action high definition scenes exceed the TV’s maximum display capability you get slight distortion on the screen, this is known as motion blur or judder. With plasma televisions motion blur “judder” is pretty much non-existent because light has no lag time and a plasma television is driven by light. Remember, LCD’s have come a long way and 20 ms response times have become a thing of the past. Plus LCD’s have become cheaper then they used to be making them a viable solution, competing hard, and even surpassing plasma television sales in the US!