Increase Your Viewing Pleasure With an LCD Plasma Television

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If you have been shopping for televisions or just keep up with technology, then you have heard about the LCD plasma television, but do you truly know anything about it? The concept of a plasma screen has been around since the mid-1960s with scientists in a college computer lab creating a very rudimentary model for the display of computer information.

Although originally designed in 21-inch televisions, plasma televisions showed many advantages over the then-popular projection screen televisions, including brighter pictures with very little distortion when viewed from the side. The popularity of plasma televisions quickly grew along with the screen size and during their first years on the market dominated the over-40-inch monitor business. Plasma technology could be designed easily for screens 37-inches and larger and the market was rocked with the introduction of a 103-inch screen in 2006.

Without a big and bulky tube inside of it, the LCD plasma television is typically less than 50 pounds, depending on the size that you purchase. Because it is so light, you can even mount it on the wall which frees up shelf or floor space. However, you must make sure that you mount the plasma television on a wall stud for the strongest anchor. The plasma television offers cinema-like quality with its widescreen ratio, an aspect of 16-9, but it is also adept at displaying smaller ratios too. In facts, many of the plasma televisions have an automatic picture resizer which will zoom in and out depending on the aspect ratio of the picture quality.

The flat screen of a plasma television is great in that it greatly reduces distortion of the image displayed, something that was a problem with CRT screens. You have a wide viewing angle without the picture becoming distorted and the screen has a remarkable, even brightness in the picture quality.

Another advantage of high definition plasma televisions, is they are already set up for digital images as well as sound, making them ideal for use with surround sound systems. The 13:9 aspect ratio of plasma televisions also allow for a better theater-like experience for in-home viewing of movies. Plasma monitors also have a better dark room black level that makes black appear real black instead of a dark red or brown found with many LCD televisions.

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Digital Posters - Entry Level Digital Signage

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There are few people who have not yet heard of digital signage. This digital out of home advertising (Dooh) is an incredibly fast growing method of raising brand awareness and is springing up all over the place. From shopping malls and retail parks to outdoor digital signage along roadsides and the high street; display screens used for advertising are almost everywhere.

And the amount of people that want to jump on the digital advertisnig bandwagon is increasing all the time; however, there are two things that are putting potential users off from this new media.

Firstly, as a new technology, it is very difficult to assess a return on investment (ROI) from a digital signage system. There is quite a substantial outlay in installing screens for advertising, not only do the screens themselves have to be purchased but also the protective LCD enclosure (to defend from impacts and vandalism) and any content delivery system too (not to mention the content if you feel you are not competent to produce your own).

Secondly, as a new technology it is also perceived as complicated and those people with little technical background find it too daunting a prospect to be worth the time and investment. However, implementing screens for signage doesn't have to be complicated and for those apprehensive about the ROI, a simple, cost effective and a great entry level method of digital advertising is available: - the digital poster.

Digital posters are an all-in-one digital signage solution. Inside the attractive and stylish LCD enclosure of the digital signage poster is the LCD screen (usually in portrait orientation) and media playing device. Simply attach the digital poster to the wall, insert a power supply and upload the content using a USB device and the digital poster is ready to go.

Digital posters are providing a first step on the digital advertising ladder and allowing those with little technological experience to begin making use of this exciting new advertising medium.

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