The Drawbacks of Plasma vs LCD are:
1. Plasma TVs have a disposition to burn-in of static images. 2. More heat is generated from Plasma TVs than from LCDs. 3. At higher altitudes their performance may worsen. 4. Shorter display life span (about 30,000 hours or 8 hrs of viewing a day for 9 years) than LCD. However due to the improvements in technology, screen life span is improving to as high as 60,000 hours. LCD television Pros over Plasma are the following:
 1. There is no burn-in of static images. 2. Their running temperature is cooler. 3. No high altitude use issues. 4. The image brightness of LCD TVs is better than of Plasma sets. 5. Their displays are more durable (about 60,000 hours – during this period you may only need to replace the light source). However its longevity may vary depending on the environmental and use factors. 6. LCD TVs are not so heavy as their plasma counterparts. Here are the Disadvantages of LCD vs Plasma televisions:
1. Their contrast ratio is not good enough to render deep blacks. 2. Their tracking motion is not very good (fast moving objects may exhibit lag artifacts). 3. Their screen sizes are not very large as the sizes of plasma TVs which may be above 42-inches as Plasma. However due to the technologycal improvements you can find LCD sets with a screen size of 65-inches. 4. In some cases the individual pixels on an LCD TVs can burn out which may result in the occurance of small small, visible, black or white dots on the screen. If this happens the whole screen should be replaced. 5. LCD televisions are more expensive than equivalent-sized Plasma televisions (although this is changing), especially when it comes to EDTV Plasmas to HDTV-LCD Televisions.
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