What are some of the benefits of liquid crystal displays or LCDs?
• LCD screens are easier than any other display technology to view in brightly lit rooms, so you don’t have to turn off the lights or shut the curtains to view your PC monitor or TV. But if you prefer a darker setting, LCDs show images just as well in low lighting. • LCDs with full high-definition (FHD) images come in a variety of screen sizes that have up to six times the resolution of standard TV broadcasts and twice the resolution of most 40-inch class plasma TVs. About 60% of the LCD TVs sold in the USA in 2006 had FHD features. • LCDs are thinner and lighter than comparably sized projection screens – important for wall-mounted flat panel TVs, as well as mobile phones. • Life span, the number of viewing hours a television provides before dimming to half brightness, is one of the biggest advantages LCD technology has. Though the numbers vary among different brands, LCD and plasma TVs generally provide the most hours of flat panel viewing time, up to 50,000-60,000 hours before dimmin
