See TV in a Whole New Light with Plasma HDTV
Plasma is injecting new life into the way that we watch TV. The term “plasma” was once restricted to a description of blood cells and ionized gases. Today, “plasma” is the stuff that seems to give modern television a life of its own.
The television industry has evolved at an alarming rate over the past fifty years. Television sets have morphed from small screens with rabbit-ear antennas, to wall-sized flat screens. The media has grown as well, taking North American viewers from three main networks to countless satellite programming choices.
Buying a television used to be as simple as choosing from a few models at the local department store. Today, viewers are faced with many factors in choosing a new set. There are analog and digital sets. Some are HDTV ready while others are simply HDTV enabled. Screens can be plasma or LCD, true flat or virtual flat. The decision can be so overwhelming that it’s necessary to educate yourself about the basic elements present in modern day television sets.
Analog
Analog is the type of television signal that has been used over the past fifty years. Using this technology, television signals were sent and received in basic analog format. While analog televisions are the least expensive to buy and can provide decent quality, there are several drawbacks. The most prominent disadvantage to using the analog format is that the television signals are able to accommodate a limited amount of data for the screen and sound. The analog signals are also easily, and often immediately, corrupted. Even still, analog systems are still the basis of the television industry, and the service will be available for years to come. So don’t worry if you have an analog set. You’ll still be able to use it, long after other formats dominate the market.
Digital
Digital TV signals allow television stations to send date that is much more dense, and includes more definition. There is also less degradation of signal. This increased level of density creates a much better quality sound and picture, particularly through DVDs.
High Definition Television (HDTV)
High definition is quickly passing traditional digital as the new standard in television viewing. Customers are able to enjoy the highest levels of audio and video quality when television stations transmit signals in high definition television (HDTV) format. To enjoy this format, your television set must be able to receive and process the specialized signals, and display them on an HDTV-enabled screen. All of the elements combined will create a stunning visual and audio experience.
Digital television and HDTV are commonplace in today’s industry, but you won’t be able to appreciate the pristine levels of sound and picture on your old television set. We are in the midst of a digital video revolution, thanks to recent advancements like DTV, DVD-Video, HDTV, digital satellite broadcasts and computer video. One giant leap forward in modern television technology is plasma display technology.
Plasma screens entered the US market toward the end of 1999, but the concept was initially put into place at the University of Illinois in July 1964. These first displays were nothing more than points of light formed in laboratory experiments. From this starting point the technology began to improve, and by the late 1960s it had advanced to the point where scientists were able to put up geometric shapes. Today, thanks to the development in high speed digital processing, materials and advanced manufacturing technology, brighter full-color plasma display screens are widely available.
The development of plasma televisions has made technological leaps and bounds ahead of other television technologies. In fact, plasma televisions are now the fastest-selling ‘new’ television technology on the market. Compared to conventional televisions, plasma screens provide a higher resolution, and many new plasma televisions are capable of displaying HDTV signals. In addition to superior picture quality, plasma televisions are easily mounted to the wall for a theatre quality viewing experience.
With a world of programming choices and mind blowing new technologies like HDTV signals displayed on plasma screens, your television experience need never be boring again.
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