What is the difference between a Lcd tv and a Led tv?

Some guy

Im getting one for crimbo, also what is a plasma tv, i want the best one stated

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LCD and LED tvs use exactly the same display but they are lit differently.

LCDs use lights a bit like 'cold cathodes' to light up the screen, but LED, as its name suggests uses an array of LEDs either behind the screen (backlit) or around the edges of the tv behind the bezel (edge-lit).

LCD tvs are cheaper to buy initially but on estimation cost roughly 30-40% more to run than the equivelant sized LED backlit screen.

Also LEDs can be turned off independently, so you get deeper blacks on the screen.

Plasma is a tv which uses gas and light phosphors to produce a picture. They use on average 60% more electricity than LED backlit tvs, and also most of them suffer from reflection from room lighting or sunlight. There is one slight plus side in that they are the cheapest to buy of the three nowadays when comparing size for size.

If you must get a Plasma get a Panasonic G series or above, since these are about the same energy effiency as a regular LCD but also have an different perspex on the screen so that it is less reflective, which allows more vivid colours to be seen on screen. Many people still believe that Plasma TVs are best at motion and have more realistic colour on flesh tones. These TVs however are priced at about the same level as LED tvs.

Lcd, plasma, or led??

Some Guy

Which kind of tv is best?

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LED because:
- They allow for deeper blacks, brighter whites and more vibrant, vivid colours because of the very high contrast ratio, making lighting and overall picture more realistic, and blacks are almost pure black when watching TV in the dark, unlike plasma and lcd where it is a washed out grey
- LED TV's are more efficient as less energy is needed to power them
- LED TV's are able to be made much thinner than lcds and plasmas because of its properties (less panels are needed with LED tvs such as diffuser panels and lighting tubes, which take up lots of thickness)
- LED TV's offer a more crisp, sharper images because less panels are needed. With Samsung LED TVs, they don't add an extra glass layer like you have to do with lcds and plasmas, so you get a clearer, sharper picture, and see a pure, vivid picture.

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HD TV Question?

Design

Is there anything better then an LCD Flatscreen TV out there today? If not, how far away in the future?

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plasma tvs show more natural color than lcds do they have a more lifelike realistic picture. lcds which usually have aflorecent lamp to light the picture are now staring to come out with led back lights , they can show more natural colors. . dlps are nice but they are rearprojection. and they have their flaws , like limited viewing angle. lamp replacement, and not flat panel. the best flat panel tv is plasma. in the near future you will see 3D tvs , they are not a new type of tv just an added feature where you can watch tv movies or games in 3D. providing youhave a 3D tv. 3D program or game. and glasses. not the red and blue classic classes but more up todate version. looking further into the future you will hear of laser tvs. combined with the dlp sets laser dlps have the ability to show more than two times the natural color that plasmas can produce, providing a much more realistic picture. but to me now plasmas produce the best over all natural picture and best color and black levels. look for panasonic , pioneer , and samsung plasmas. to me and most reviews they are the best brands that produce the best images and reliability. well hoped i helped.

What LED TV brand is the best right now?

skyin

Can I know full details? Like a consumer report...

As to why you think it is the best at the moment?

THANK YOU!

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Hi skyin, LG WRman Greg here,

Each brand has their own strengths and weaknesses so it would be pointless to argue which one is the best as you don't specify your criteria. However, I will give some reasons why I think LG has some of the best models for LED TVs at the moment and let you decide for yourself. The LED TV from LG, particularly the LM-series, has the advanced IPS LED Plus panel that can deliver realistic and vibrant colors and contrast. The Local Dimming capability of the LG LED TV also creates greater contrast and range of colors. The built-in TruMotion feature of these TVs help to reduce any potential juddering images to create a smooth viewing experience in even the most action-packed sequences in games, movies or sport programs. And the Local Dimming function and the Picture Wizard functions will give you control of the picture quality so you can adjust the color and contrast in the TV to best suit you and your home environment. And if you are talking about 3D LED TV, the LM-series also boast some of the greatest features for 3D TV such as 3D Depth Control, 3D Sound Zooming and 2D to 3D Conversion. Together with these, there are many more innovations coming from LG in the year 2013 regarding LED TV.

LG WRman Greg out!

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What are the rules in curling?Could someone please explain how the game is played?

led tv too realistic image

levnest

I have been watching curling this year on tv @ the torino winter olympics. Seems to be an interesting game...but when watched it, i didn't understand how they got the points...I know there's a circular place called "the house" in the game, but dont understand what the goal of the game is.
Could someone please explain to me?

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Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the center of the target than the closest of the other team's stones. The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has led curling to be referred to as "chess on ice."

Curling is played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice into which two round, painted, archery-like targets (called the house) have been embedded. The game involves two teams of four players. These teams are called rinks and named for the teamâs captain, who is known as the âskipâ. Each team has eight polished granite stones, called stones or rocks, with which they try to score.

During each round of play, called an end, each player slides two stones along the surface of the ice. Play alternates between teams, each throwing one stone on their turn. The person throwing the stone influences where the stone stops by the amount of force used, called the weight, the spin (turn), and the direction of the throw. Additionally, the final position of the stone is changed by sweeping or brushing the path in front of the stone to reduce curl and increase distance. Once all the stones have been thrown during an end, the score is determined and the play reverses direction back to the other house.

The players are known as the lead, second, third and skip, and traditionally throw stones in that order . The skip acts as the teamâs captain, determining the position played by each player, strategy during the game, holding the broom in the house as a target for the shooters, and representing the rink. However, there is nothing in the rules to say where in the order the skip plays and in recent years the skip has thrown second or third stones on some teams.

The basic goal of each end is to have your curling stones nearer to the center of the target once all the stones from both teams have been thrown for that end. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can earn per end is eight, though this is extremely rare because only the closest stones belonging to one of the two teams are counted. Strategies used during play, such as blocking (guard) and hitting rocks to reposition them (bump) or remove them from play (take-out) lead to lower scores. The term draw is used to describe a shot that comes to rest in the house without making contact with another stone. To peel means to remove both the target stone and the shooter's stone from play. For more information, see Types of shots below.

To help ensure the stone lands where intended, the skip stands in the house and indicates to the player throwing where to aim given the desired effect of the shot. The other two players sweep in front of the rock. Once thrown, players may not touch a stone while it is moving, so sweeping is the only way to influence the stone once thrown. Games, called matches, usually last eight ends, though in competitive curling there are usually ten ends and some recreational games last six ends.

A competitive game usually consists of ten ends. Recreational games are more commonly only eight or even six ends. An end consists of each player from both teams throwing two rocks with the players on each side alternating shots, for a total of sixteen rocks. If the teams are tied at the completion of ten ends an extra end is played to break the tie. If the match is still tied after the extra end, play continues for as many ends as may be required to break the tie. The winner is the team with the highest score after all ends have been completed.

It is not uncommon at any level for a losing team to terminate the match before all ends are completed if it believes it no longer has a realistic chance of winning. Most competitive tournaments require eight ends to be completed before allowing a losing team to concede in this manner. Competitive games will usually end once the losing team is "run out of rocks" - that is, once it has fewer stones in play and/or available for play than the number of points needed to tie the game in the final end.

In international competition each side is given 73 minutes to complete all of their throws. Each team is also allowed two 60 second timeouts per ten end game. If extra ends are required each team is allowed 10 minutes of playing time to complete their throws during the extra end. One added 60 second timeout is allowed in each extra end.

After both teams have delivered eight rocks, the team with the rock closest to the button is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent's closest rock. Rocks that are not in the house (further from the center than the outer edge of the 12-foot ring) do not score even if no opponent's rock is closer. A rock is considered in the house if any portion of its edge is over any portion of the 12-foot ring. Since the bottom of the rock is rounded, a rock just barely in the house will not have any actual contact with the ring, which will pass under the rounded edge of the stone, but it still counts.

The score is marked on a scoreboard, of which there are two types. One is the baseball type scoreboard, which is usually used for televised games. On this scoreboard the ends are marked by columns 1 through 10 (or 11 for the possibility of an extra end to break ties) plus an additional column for the total. Below this are two rows â one for each team. The number of points each team gets in an end is marked this way.

The other form of scoreboard is the one used in most curling clubs (see photo). It is set up in the same way, except the numbered row indicates points, not ends, and it can be found between the rows for the team. The numbers placed are indicative of the end. If the red team scores 3 points in the first end (called a three-ender), then a one (indicating the first end) is placed beside the number three in the red row. If they score two more in the second end, then a two will be placed beside the five in the red row indicating that the red team has five points in total (3+2). This scoreboard works because only one team can get points in an end. However, some confusion can exist if no team gets points in an end. This is called a blank end and the end number usually goes in the furthest column on the right in the row of the team who has the hammer (last rock advantage).

What LED TV brand is the best right now?

skyin

Can I know full details? Like a consumer report...

As to why you think it is the best at the moment?

THANK YOU!

Answer
Hi skyin, LG WRman Greg here,

Each brand has their own strengths and weaknesses so it would be pointless to argue which one is the best as you don't specify your criteria. However, I will give some reasons why I think LG has some of the best models for LED TVs at the moment and let you decide for yourself. The LED TV from LG, particularly the LM-series, has the advanced IPS LED Plus panel that can deliver realistic and vibrant colors and contrast. The Local Dimming capability of the LG LED TV also creates greater contrast and range of colors. The built-in TruMotion feature of these TVs help to reduce any potential juddering images to create a smooth viewing experience in even the most action-packed sequences in games, movies or sport programs. And the Local Dimming function and the Picture Wizard functions will give you control of the picture quality so you can adjust the color and contrast in the TV to best suit you and your home environment. And if you are talking about 3D LED TV, the LM-series also boast some of the greatest features for 3D TV such as 3D Depth Control, 3D Sound Zooming and 2D to 3D Conversion. Together with these, there are many more innovations coming from LG in the year 2013 regarding LED TV.

LG WRman Greg out!

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What LED TV brand is the best right now?

led tv too realistic image

skyin

Can I know full details? Like a consumer report...

As to why you think it is the best at the moment?

THANK YOU!

Answer
Hi skyin, LG WRman Greg here,

Each brand has their own strengths and weaknesses so it would be pointless to argue which one is the best as you don't specify your criteria. However, I will give some reasons why I think LG has some of the best models for LED TVs at the moment and let you decide for yourself. The LED TV from LG, particularly the LM-series, has the advanced IPS LED Plus panel that can deliver realistic and vibrant colors and contrast. The Local Dimming capability of the LG LED TV also creates greater contrast and range of colors. The built-in TruMotion feature of these TVs help to reduce any potential juddering images to create a smooth viewing experience in even the most action-packed sequences in games, movies or sport programs. And the Local Dimming function and the Picture Wizard functions will give you control of the picture quality so you can adjust the color and contrast in the TV to best suit you and your home environment. And if you are talking about 3D LED TV, the LM-series also boast some of the greatest features for 3D TV such as 3D Depth Control, 3D Sound Zooming and 2D to 3D Conversion. Together with these, there are many more innovations coming from LG in the year 2013 regarding LED TV.

LG WRman Greg out!

Cara in Legend of the Seeker and the Sword of the Truth books?

Anna

I absolutely love the mord'sith Cara from TV show Legend of the Seeker. I have the biggest crush on her, she's my favorite character. I love the tough attitude and sarcastic remarks. Before I buy the books I'd like to know how different is she in the books??

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I'll field this one for you. I usually answer most of the sword of truth questions on here because i'm somewhat of a sword of truth series expert. i've read the entire series. i read all 12 books in a 3 month span, which is pretty intense with a full time job and considering each book is almost a thousand pages long. i was hooked.

before i talk about cara, you should know that anyone who has read the book series will tell you that the books, are a million times better than the tv series legend of the seeker. they are also far more graphic.

it's also important to note, that almost everything you saw in the show, and i mean just about everything, does not happen in the books. they loosely followed the concept of terry goodkind's novels.

now as far as cara goes, i will warn you, there might be some spoilers in here. so don't read this if you want to be taken by surprise.

cara in the books:

she is first introduced briefly at the end of the second novel, stone of tears, and very briefly. since richard killed darken rahl at the end the first novel, he dies, and never returns to the world of the living except one time in spirit form briefly in the second book, and another time in spirit form in the 4rth book in the temple of the winds.

she never meets and falls in love with a man by the name of leo. that character was created out of thin air. instead, she slowly falls in love with a captain in richard's d'haran army, who later becomes a general, and they eventually marry at the conclusion of the series. but not much is discussed about her and the general's relationship.

cara is also one of 3 mord sith richard and kahlan become very close friends with. she is just as cocky, funny, and sarcastic as she is in the show, but it's better written if you ask me. you will love the other 2 mord sith, berdine, and raina (the two mord sith are a lesbian couple). they are equally funny, cocky, etc just like cara. but cara is the main bodyguard of richard and kahlan.

given the fact that i've told you that the show is way different, know that cara and kahlan become like sisters. they never have any confrontations about killing the other confessors since the other confessors are already dead at the start of the series. kahlan is the last of her kind from the beginning, and was the mother confessor to begin with since she was the most powerful of her kind.

the majority of the book series is not about random quests as the show was set up to be due to the 1 hour episodes. after book 2, it's about a massive invasion by the imperial order led by a dreamwalker by the name of emperor jegang (able to control the minds of others even from vast distances to do his bidding) that invades the new world (the westland (where the heartland is located), d'hara, and the midlands) by a far superior force in an attempt to kill, rape, plunder, and ultimately make the new world submit to it's ideals, that humanity should selflessly sacrifice themselves in order to serve their fellow man.

richard and kahlan eventually marry about a 3rd of the way through, and unite d'hara and the midlands and create armies of their own to form the d'haran empire in a desperate struggle to defend the new world, and the innocent victims threatened by jegang and his armies numbering in the millions.

doesn't that sound like a wicked story? so there you have it. believe nothing of what you see in the show, the books are way more epic, the characters more powerful, captivating, and realistic. and it's just a fantastic book series. my personal favorite of all the series i've read. i was hooked from day 1, and i couldn't put the books down.

prepare to get addicted. i just found out mr. goodkind is coming out with a new richard and kahlan novel early next year. i'm super stoked. best of luck. get it. read it. you will see what i mean by how much better the story goes. you love it. guaranteed.

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