| Prices of the flat screens are continuing to go down | | | | there in that scene that you are watching. Not |
| dramatically. Soon, broadcasting will be in the digital | | | | considering the price you paid for your plasma, and the |
| format. Finally, the time came for the transition from | | | | quality, if the signal of the input is still in analog format, |
| analog to digital to be complete. The first full colored | | | | you cannot see any difference in the quality of the |
| plasma was released in 1999. From then on, | | | | picture. |
| improvements were made on the plasma TV to be | | | | Most satellite TV Service broadcasts all the signals in |
| what we now view today - sharper images. We can | | | | HD format. If the program from which it came from is |
| expect more improvements in the years to come. | | | | sent to those which are not running on high definition |
| Older television sets have 4:3 picture ratio. The | | | | format, the signal received will be similar to the images |
| contrast in movies is 13:9 where the whole image can | | | | seen in an analog television. |
| e viewed in the screen. With the innovations in plasma | | | | Even though we have the high technology of plasma |
| technology, images are now also on 13:9 ratio. | | | | TV and the prices are going down, many people are |
| Modern televisions are capable of the 4:3 ratio. Some | | | | still not sure to purchase a plasma TV because of the |
| older televisions stretch the image until the top and it | | | | unavailability of high definition signal in their respective |
| ends up looking distorted. The newer televisions utilizes | | | | areas. |
| an algorithm to compute for the biggest image size | | | | There is only one minor setback in plasma TV and |
| and then they do a scaling in order to fit the image | | | | that is the size of the monitors. Many of the models |
| onto the screen without getting distorted. | | | | are only available in the range of 42 inches. So if you |
| Plasma technology has made screen image as sharp | | | | are looking for a smaller size TV, there are many LCD |
| and vivid as in real life. It seems as if you are actually | | | | TVs available in the market. |