A flat screen television is a good choice if you need a new television or just are not satisfied with the picture quality of your current TV. LCD, LED and Plasma TVs are the three styles to choose from. You may think that there would not be much difference between them, but there is. The way they are each built definitely has an impact on the quality of the picture that you get.

For example, LCD and Plasma televisions both use a fluorescent system to light the screen. The problem with this is that sometimes light leaks around the crystal diodes inside which turns the blacks on the screen to a dark gray. This effect is caused by the fluorescent tubes always being powered on. The end result is a slightly fuzzy looking image when viewed by the human eye.

Despite the fact that the liquid crystal diodes used in fluorescent lighting can produce any color on the spectrum, the fluorescent lights used in Plasma and LCD televisions are not high enough quality and thus limit the colors of the screen. LED TVs, on the other hand, make use of back-lightning and can produce a wider range of colors, this is where backlit LED TVS have an edge over LCD and Plasma.

LED televisions use less electricity than TVs that utilize a fluorescent lighting system, so this does make them less expensive in the long run. LED TVs have two different lighting arrangements: the aforementioned backlit method, and a set-up where the lights are placed along the edges of the screen itself. Both of these methods of lighting have their own pros and cons.

Despite using diodes in the system, edge lit LED TVs are not able to produce the same rich blacks that back lit LED TVs are capable of. Edge lit models however do tend to be thinner than back lit models, but the lights are on at all times just like the fluorescent lighting systems. Back lit LED TVs do tend to cost more, but for some consumers they are worth the higher price for the best, most crisp image available from a television set. Whatever model or style you choose what is most important is that it fits your taste, your budget and your home.

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