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LCD TVs Boast Rapidly Improving Benefits

In the modern television electronics filed, the landscape is
constantly changing and what was true just a few months
ago may not be true now. As HDTV broadcasting stands to
come into it's own as this year progresses, there are
Several surrounding technologies that are on the fast track
for improvement as well.

One of those is LCD monitors used for displaying the HDTV
signal. Actaully there are three major competing screen
technologies at this point and they all have certain unique
characteristics that can influence your buying decision. Of
course, any of them would be a major improvement on the
old CRT displays that have been in prevalent use for many
years now. These three monitor types are LCD, DLP, and
plasma screens.

For the sake of this article, let's discuss LCD monitors and
how manufacturers are making improvements that are
diminishing the drawbacks that have been associated with
LCD TVs.

The main advantages of LCD monitors is that they are thin and
light, relatively speaking, and can display an incredible
range of colors, making them a favorite of many viewers.
They can also be used for computer displays as well, for
those that are so inclined. At the same time though, some
of the disadvantages that drew complaints were the limited
viewing angles and the high expense associated with larger
screen sizes.

Well, those problems are starting to be addressed by the
major LCD makers, and the latest LCD TVs boast a much
improved viewing angle. Previously, you pretty much had to
be sitting right in front of a LCD monitor to be able to get
the best picture and as you moved sideways away from the
center of the TV the clarity and sharpness diminished fairly
rapidly. That irritating situation has been much improved in
the latest LCD monitors and now you can view them easily and
comfortably from as much as 150 degrees to either side.On
the price front, that too has been improved as the cost for
larger screen sizes continuesto drop and so now LCD screens
that are larger than 40 inches have seen their prices
fallmuch faster than those in the smaller sizes. So as
LCDs become more accepted in the television viewing world,
some of the least desirable peculiarities of them have been
steadily improved to the point where there almost isn't
any really good reason not to own one.

Article written by Jim Johnson.