Advantages and Disadvantages of a Plasma TV Lift:

Plasma televisions are all the rage. With beautiful display resolution in high definition quality, the plasma tv is becoming a standard for families nationwide. But here's a problem: they don't look good on the floor. That's why families are buying a plasma lift. With the plasma lift tv at eye level, kids and adults can enjoy the wonders of high definition television viewing.

Advantages

* Slim profile

* Can be wall mounted

* Less bulky than rear-projection televisions

* Achieves better and more accurate color reproduction than LCDs (68 billion/236 versus 16.7 million/224)

* Produces deep, true blacks allowing for superior contrast ratios (up to 1:2,000,000)

* Far wider viewing angles than those of LCD (up to 178°); images do not suffer from degradation at high angles unlike LCDs

* Virtually no motion blur, thanks in large part to very high refresh rates and a faster response time, contributing to superior performance when displaying content with significant amounts of rapid motion

Disadvantages

* Susceptible to screen burn-in and image retention

* Phosphors lose luminosity over time, resulting in gradual decline of absolute image brightness

* Susceptible to "large area flicker"

* Generally do not come in smaller sizes than 37 inches

* Susceptible to reflection glare in bright rooms

* Heavier than LCD due to the requirement of a glass screen to hold the gases

* Use more electricity, on average, than an LCD TV