Plasma HDTV

In 2004, an industry survey indicated that plasma HDTVs were the hottest item of the holiday season. The survey also revealed that plasma TVs have gained a significant social status. It's the same sort of social force that brought neighbors together when the first televisions appeared in the 1940s. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed would gladly host event-viewing parties at their homes if they had a plasma HDTV.

Plasma television technology has been responsible for a revolutionary approach to TV viewing. When combined with the high pixel density of HDTV, plasma TV offers wide-angle viewing, detailed images, and excellent digital color fidelity. How do you determine whether a plasma big screen TV is also an HDTV? To be called an HDTV, a TV's display must have a built-in ATSC tuner.

While all current commercial plasma TVs offer a widescreen format, some of them are not capable of supporting HDTV. However, due to the extreme complexity of the manufacturing process, plasma HDTVs are more expensive than non-HDTV displays. Why then, should you consider the added cost involved in purchasing a plasma HDTV?

If you are planning on watching many high definition television broadcasts, a plasma high definition television set is the logical choice. Although a Sony HDTV costs between 50 and 100 percent more than a non-HDTV model, for this price differentiation, your pixel resolution will increase from 852 X 480 to 1024x768. This holiday season, it's a safe bet that Santa will receive plenty of requests for a Sony plasma TV.