Even after years of being on the market you'd be amazed how often we hear this one...

Q.What are these insanely skinny (flat panel) TV's all about?
A.Well, simply said it is just flat panel technology that produces extremely bright images. The panel itself actually contains chambers of plasma gas for every pixel. Pixels are what make up the image you are seeing everything you're watching that new episode of Lost on TV. They are thousands of tiny little dots of color that comprise into one picture.

Q.So I'm watching tiny dots of color on my TV?
A. Not Exactly. The plasma gas is lit up by a network of 'electrodes' that make the gas glow. And, that is what you see on your television, glowing gas.

Q.Great, why would I want glowing Plasma gas TV in my house?
A.Because it looks great.

Benefits:
   1. Because the screen brightness comes from the plasma itself, these flat panel TV's have a wide viewing angle. Everyone in the room will be able to watch comfortably.
   2. Plasma Television models have wide 16:9 aspect ratio screens and a high enough pixel count to achieve HDTV quality images.
   3. Unlike LCD's TV's, Plasma panels are broadly available in larger screen sizes
   4. Plasmas also do not need any magnetic shielding from your home audio speaker system.

Limitations:

   1. The Black levels (The darkest level of black seen on the screen) and contrast of a plamsa TV still cannot compare to those of tube TV's
   2. Unlike LCD's plasma can be affected by image retention and "burn in." Extra care needs to be taken when selecting aspect ratio and using video games to avoid the possibility of image retention. (Burn in is the result of an image sitting unchanged for too long on the television. This creates a semi-permanent "Copy" of the that image that sticks on the screen after you've changed the channel.