LCD TVs: Disadvantages of LCD TVs

Despite all of the wonderful advantages consumers can get when purchasing LCD TVs, there are a number of disadvantages associated with such products. LCD TVs might be a bit limited in the colors they produce. Additionally, LCD TVs, in some cases, provide a limited viewing angle. Also, some optical difficulties tend to arise with LCD TVs like blurring or streaking which is a direct result of sluggish pixel reaction. Finally, there are several other disadvantages that LCD TVs possess.

First, LCD TVs may have some difficulty producing the color black. Despite the fact that LCD TVs can produce the color black, they do possess some limitation in the hue saturation of such a color. Such issues arise because LCD televisions rely on crystals within their screens to obstruct or permit light to pass through them in order to create the colors that consumers see. Unfortunately, because the crystals frequently allow some light to pass through them, the saturation of the color black might be affected.

On occasion, especially in scenes that possess a lot of motion, there may be some slight blurring or streaking with in the picture. Such blurring or streaking is only temporary, but it can provide consumers with a source of irritation. LCD TVs sometimes have a sluggish pixel reaction and such a reaction causes a delay in the appearance of the images that the consumer sees. The delay creates streaking, blurring, and, in some cases, a phenomenon that people confuse with burn in.

Burn in is a phenomenon that occurs when it is believed that the light has grown so hot that it has literally burned the picture into the screen. With LCD TVs this is not the case; LCDs do not burn in their pictures, rather there is a delay in the reaction of pixels within the LCD that makes the images remain on the screen for several seconds longer than they should. Again, such an effect is only temporary, but consumers may find that they do not particularly care for this particular quirk.

Many people falsely believe that LCD TVs, like quartz watches, last forever. Unfortunately, the do not last forever and eventually will require replacement. LCD TVs typically last for approximately 60,000 hours of viewing and will subsequently require replacement.

Sometimes, with LCD TVs, there is a narrower area for viewing the screen from certain angles. This is again due to the pixilation created by the television screen. The pixels are arranged in such a way as to only emit light at certain angles, thus, the angle in which a clear image can be perceived is significantly narrower than a typical television. Marketers have included special pivots on LCD TVs to make their viewing angles a little more flexible and accessible, but if consumers grow tired of pivoting LCD TVs, they may steer clear of such sets entirely.

LCD TVs are currently limited in their available sizes. LCD TVs are as large as 37 inches. Thus, if a consumer desires a large screen television, they will have to either purchase a plasma screen television or a standard television. What’s more, until technology improves, it is not likely that large screen LCD TVs will be produced because they can not be produced cost effectively and will ultimately cost consumers more than they are probably willing to pay.