Purchase Choices: LCD TV vs. Plasma TV

Yes dear, I totally agree with you. LCD TVs are better! Its a LCD for the home then!
Now its the waiting for the finances to get one. Hee... 42" and above ya?
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Plasma Television vs. LCD TV panels
Top Ten things to Consider
Two parallel technologies of flat TV screens, Plasma and LCD technology compete for a position at the zenith. Here is a comparison of the two competing technologies.

Plasma, as the name suggests is a screen where gas-like- precisely charged particles create the sensation of viewing pictures. A Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen uses a film of liquid crystal sandwiched between two glass plates. Application of slightly varied electric charge creates images.

1. Screen Size
Plasma screens of up to 65 inches are available. A Panasonic 103” plasma screen and the 102 inch-ers from LG and Samsung are the world champions. Of course this Panasonic 65” plasma is already a dream. Up to 45” LCD screens are available for consumers. A 100” LCD by LG is not so much affordable by consumers. This Sharp 45” LCD panel even has a HDTV tuner on board.

2. Picture Quality
Plasma TVs have a definite advantage here over LCD counterparts. The difference is visible when viewing black. LCDs give a glare, where plasma produces solid black color. It is to be noted that LCD technology gradually corrects this weak point. The color saturation is also better with Plasma TVs.

3. Viewing Angle
Plasma screens generally have a wider viewing angle than LCD. You don’t have to stay right in front of a Plasma screen to see what is shown. That much freedom is not available with LCD screens. LCD screen doesn’t have a light source of its own, but should be projected by a fluorescent light source from behind the screen. On a plasma screen the gas molecules emit light when given some sort of controlled electric charge as input.

4. High Speed Action
Plasma screens give you better catch of the action of a football match or an action movie. The image lag is considerably lower with a Plasma screen.

5. Price
Plasma screens are now definitely cheaper than LCD TVs.

6. Resolution (more pixels per inch)
Higher ‘native resolution’ ? if you are looking for highest resolution pictures, LCD is the way to go. LCD screens have more pixels per inch than plasma screens.

7. Power Consumption
Another advantage is it consumes lesser power than plasma screens and in some cases you can expect up to 30% power savings over plasma screens. The power saving is partly due to the absence of fluorescent lighting.

8. Extreme Performance
When taking to higher altitudes, LCDs perform better than Plasma screens. This is because the plasma particles become stressed because of the pressure differences. LCDs have no such problem.

9. Shipping and Handling
Shipping and installation of a plasma TV can also be costlier than that of an LCD (HD)TV screen. This is because of the sensitive nature of the plasma column that needs careful handling.

10. Life of Screen
Plasma screens have a half-life of about 30,000 hours, half that of an LCD screen. In other words, the brightness of plasma (charged gas) particles gets halved after the half-life period. However, it is not a major disadvantage for plasma screens as 30,000 hours translates into TV viewing of more than 12 years at an average of 5 to 6 hours a day. You will have bought some cooler gadgets within that time.

LCD may be the technology of the future, but as for now, especially if you are looking for a big bang of your buck, go for a Plasma TV. Today, it is the in-thing.

More: http://www.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lcdtv-plasmavslcd.shtml

Testimony: The name on the dotted line in my Bible under mine

I thank God for a loving husband whom I can share my visions and dreams with. Someone who will not give me the wet blanket but take the time to discuss ways as to how I can achieve my dreams, not to deter but to encourage.

I am now legally Mrs "Quack" as of 16th October 2006. Hee...

I also want to take this opportunity to thank my cell group members for their gifts, cards, well-wishes and prayers. Especially want to thank HuiYing and Ivan for shopping for that gift you got us on behalf of the CG. I checked the price up and tt Precious Moments figurine costed about $95! Wow! Both Mr "Quack" and I fell so blessed. Its not the price tag tt comes with it that touches our hearts but the willingness of the "sacrifice" of our cg fund. Hee thank you so much. And yes, thank you Huiying for paying for it first. And thank you Paige for her "wedding" edition letter (I love the Japanese sakura letter set and petals) and Yuying's beautiful wedding card ( I love the silver envelope). I'm keeping them with my bible for now. Hee. They go well together because my bible is a wedding edition Precious Moments bible.

Alas! The blank on the dotted line dedicated for the groom's name on the front page of my bible is occupied by Mr "Quack's" name. I've been wondering whose name would be there since I was 13 years old when my first cell group gave the bible to me as a present. Years went by and I wondered and wondered whenever I accidentally flipped to it while turning frantically to the contents page.

~From the day You gave me that bible through the hands of friends, you knew whose name would occupy that "vacant" lot on that dotted line below mine. Thank you Jesus for a wonderful man~

Testimony: Someone bought my guitar!!!

Someone bought my guitar at the price at which I got it.
$100! And its one week before building fund weekend! Praise the Lord!

And the fact that my buyer transferred the money to my bank account without needing me to contact him or tell him to. Usually people are touchy about transactions and would want to cash and carry. But this buyer trusted me totally and transferred the full amount to me without even asking to see the physical guitar first! Praise the the Lord! The fact that it is so unlike your usual buyer-seller encounter is God's biggest hint to me that its His doing and that I heard right during service some weeks ago that He wanted me to sell this guitar for the building fund. Just when I tht I'd not find a buyer in time for the building fund after I had a few funny ppl offer me ridiculous prices, God sent a serious and sincere buyer who was even willing to drive to my place to pick the item up. Halleluyah!

I want to take this opportunity to thank Ivan for offering to bless me with a guitar seeing that I'd be parting with mine. He really is a good brother and I get so proud of him everytime I see him lead praise and worship during CG these days. God really is using him in a mighty way to impact the people around him and making a difference to people's lives. And the funny thing is that he doesn't really know the extent of his service and how much he had touched others. All he desires is to serve others in his own little ways. His LITTLE ways --> touch ppl in BIG ways. Hee, Ivan if you are reading this thank you so much. Though you didn't get to buying that guitar for me, but the fact that you suggested tt we pop by Swee Lee tt day at Bras Basah told me tt you were serious about getting me one. And for that, I thank you!

Revelation: Selling Guitar for the Building Fund

I've been thinking of getting an acoustic guitar for ages but with the up and coming building fund, its gotta wait. And while I was thinking of getting a better guitar, I felt prompted in the spirit during service last week that I should sell my exisitng classical guitar for the building fund. So the plan was somehow God will bless me with tt acoustic guitar I yearn for if I'd just move in faith.

Haha, its funny how faith things work. Initially you want a better guitar and the next thing you know it, God asks you to sell the only guitar you have. Even though its a crappy guitar, its still playable. And after I sell it, I won't even have anything to play with. Heh... But at the same time I also know tt my new guitar is on its way to me --- possibly via a person or it might just fall from the sky one of these days...

Gotta go look up at the sky for a falling guitar now...God bless!

Time to get married?

I've been really blessed by the recent

• BS: Finding the right partner
• Churchwide Seminar: Making marriage work

I've always been really interested in topics related to relating with people so those were real treats! Haha, now I'm all geared to get married!