The Plasma TV Blog

The news here is good. Power consumption is a critical issue in this time of rising power costs, and the increased use of a wide variety of electrical devices in the home is a cause for concern. The new generation of televisions are not only providing larger screens and pictures with startling resolution and clarity, but they will not be putting any additional strain on the pocketbook, at least not once you get them home and plugged in.

The LCD television is a good choice for those concerned about power consumption. The majority of the televisions and monitors using LCD, or Liquid Crystal Display, have been able to operate without the need for cooling, and thus fans and other cooling devices are not present resulting in a major reduction in power consumption. The LCD unit also differs from Plasma display units in that a backlight is used, providing a steady light source that is blocked to produce the image. Whereas the Plasma consumption, which is low to begin with, can fluctuate when the images have a lot of bright colors and motion, the LCD does not.

With the light source coming from this backlight, it provides a platform for improvement in power demands, and recent units have been released that have shown almost a 50% reduction in wattage use. This is indicative of the general cost trend in this new technology and its increasing applications for home use. Not only are the basic units becoming better as they become less expensive, but the cost of using them is steadily dropping as well.