What is estimated life span of a Plasma TV?
The critical factor in determining the useful life of a plasma TV is determining the life span of the plasma screen. Flat panel display manufacturers claim a plasma TV life expectancy of anything between 20,000 and 50,000 hours for their sets. The 20,000 hours plasma tv life is generally for models using older technologies and manufacturing techniques where as the 50,000 hours plasma tv life expectancy will be for the latest models from the manufacturers at the forefront of plasma development. The hours quoted by the manufacturers for plasma tv life expectancy don’t actually mean that your plasma display will be totally dead at that stage, rather that the brightness of the screen will have dropped to 50% of its original level. Taking even the lowest figure of 20,000 hours for plasma TV life expectancy and working with an average of 6 hours use a day gives a plasma screen life of over 9 years. For the 50,000-hour models, it would be a whopping 22 years. Easily comparable with the life s