FLAT-PANEL PLASMA
Size Range: 32 in. to 63 in.
Price Range: $2,900 to $25,000
It's the one everyone's still waiting for, the giant flat panel on your wall. It works like this: ultraviolet rays are shot at a panel coated in phosphor, and in so doing, makes each speck of phosphor turn red, green or blue. Because any unexcited phosphors simply stay black, plasma screens are praised for their high contrast. Whew. Science aside, plasmas are cool, but expensive. Because LCD technology is turning up in more industries and more applications, the odds of it pushing plasma out of the way are fairly high. If you have been saving up for plasma, don't be sucked in by ads for low-resolution models. Certain companies sell cheap plasmas, and guess what? They're incapable of displaying video in HDTV resolution (although DVDs will still look pretty nice).
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