A flat panel television is the newest and most desirable digital gadget today. It is a lightweight television set that is hung on the wall or ceiling and usually only three or four inches thick. The regular flat panel televisions are either plasma or Lcds, which means liquid crystal display.
The biggest reason flat panel televisions are in demand is because of not only the size but also design and performance. This new technology dominates the television market and is now definitely more affordable as the prices have decreased. Just like any new technology, there are certainly far more advantages and a few downsides when it comes to owning one.
The best clear advantage of owning one is its weight, size and premium performance. It is usually difficult for one person to carry and more difficult for an individual to hang up perfectly. You can put it in any room you like or place it almost anywhere instead of having to purchase a television stand or entertainment unit like the old style television required.
The wide selection of flat panel televisions is almost limitless and they also come with a huge selection of sizes. Plasma flat panel televisions begin at 42 inches and any model smaller is called Lcds models. While plasmas act as pure televisions, manufacturers designed Lcd flat panel televisions to collect and interact with your PC while still operating as a television. Please don't use your plasma television to display video games or as a computer monitor as burn-out could be a problem.
Life expectancy for both plasma and Lcd flat panel televisions is over fifteen years and unlike rear projection televisions, they have no lamp to replace so are more cost efficient.
I remember when i bought mine in December 2006 - a Sony 42 inch. My biggest problem was deciding the perfect location to put it. Truthfully, my location preference changed three or four times. Since it was football season and my buddies were anxious, my choice location was the flat wall visible to everyone as you enter the living room. I must confess the clarity and sound was astounding. I felt like I was at the game. I could almost reach out and touch the players.
Shop intelligently and do compare features and as soon as you find one desirable, buy it. My advice to you is to include installation when you buy your own plasma or Lcd television set. Pick out a perfect spot before installation date and make sure you have an electrical outlet nearby. Enjoy the new flat panel televisions of your choice for when you look at life it is short and if anyone is deserving of this new gadget it is definitely you and you deserve it..
Full HD 1080p means our connections accept 1080p signals and the display will render that signal in Full HD 1080p. The flexibility of native 1920 x 1080 displays allows any high definition content to be viewed without the need to downconvert images to the native resolution of the display. Take full advantage of Blu-ray Disc players and PlayStation 3 systems that can deliver 1080p content. 
Sony's Digital Media Extender (DMex) offers a digital connection path for optional modules like the BRAVIA Internet Video Link, as well as other modules you can add in the future. Innovative DMex expansion capabilities integrate into the award-winning XMB user interface making HDTVs a powerful entertainment platform that not only meets current needs, but expands to meet tomorrow’s needs as well.
The latest version of Sony’s respected BRAVIA Engine fully digital video processor uses a collection of unique SONY algorithms to significantly reduce noise and produce sharp, vibrant, life-like images.
Part of the cinematic drama in film-making comes from details found in shadows and dark areas of the picture. Sony’s Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE)n uses real-time image processing to dynamically adjust backlight levels for improved contrast without masking details the filmmaker intended you to see. ACE delivers deep blacks in darker scenes, as well as fine details in shadows and other dark areas of the picture for a difference you can truly see.
Motionflow 120Hz technology doubles the number of existingframes by calculating in real time and inserting 60 entirely new frames between the original 60 frames. It uses a special Sony-developed algorithm that detects specific objects, as well as the movement of the overall scene and intelligently applies the right amount of enhancement. There’s
Movies and many prime time TV programs are shot at 24 frames per second. This means that TVs operating at any refresh rate that is not an even multiple of 24 will have to do some interpolation to present the content. TVs operating at at 30Hz or 60Hz traditionally solved this via a method called "2:3 pulldown". The television repeats the first film frame over the first two fields of video, and the second film frame over the next three fields of video (1, 1, 2, 2, 2), and continues to do this with the 3rd and 4th frames, the 5th and 6th framer (1,1,2,2,2 - 3,3,4,4,4 - 5,5,6,6,6), and so on until 24 frames are displayed over 60 refresh cycles. This discrepancy in the number of times frames are displayed can lead to a jerky motion in filmed material which some viewers notice for example, especially with scenes that pan. 
While it’s great to state that a TV is capable of creating billions of colors it’s a whole lot better when you have a true 10-bit display that can actually display them. Sony combines 10-bit processing with a 10-bit panel, allowing 64 times the levels of color expression. What that translates to is smoother transitions from color to color and subtle color changes faithfully reproduced without a paint-by-numbers look.
Delivering a fun user experience is what the new rich graphics are designed to do. Accessing video content and sharing digital photos with your family and friends on an HDTV is now fast, easy and fun. Colorful thumbnails cascade before your eyes allowing you to visually choose what you want to see. Viewing digital images through Sony’s photo viewer is now more organized and can be quickly accessed.
The TV Guide On-screen IPG delivers continually updated program listings to users. The guide requires no subscription fees or phone connection and is available at no extra cost to the consumer. Sony is the first company to integrate the TV Guide On-Screen User Interface into a custom interface — Sony’s exclusive Xross Media Bar user interface. 
In 2007 Sony included HDMI CEC capability in select HDTV and BRAVIA Theatre Home Audio products, which led to a one-touch function Sony feature called BRAVIA Theatre Sync. This feature allows the access and control multiple tasks and system operations with one button ease. BRAVIA Sync is now being introduced as the name for a new family of control features that not only includes BRAVIA Theatre Sync, but will now include BRAVIA Sync. This feature allows the user to control a CEC-enabled camcorder connected to a BRAVIA HDTV via an HDMI cable by using the HDTV’s remote control and an on-screen display that shows camcorder transport functions. 
All 2008 XBR and Z-Series BRAVIA HDTVs are DLNA-compliant.
Many colors in the real world such as deep reds, greens and clear blues cannot be expressed with conventional display technologies. Working in combination with Sony’s special WCG-CCFL backlight in LCD HDTVs in our HDTVs, Live Color Creation technology achieves wide color reproduction using advanced chroma signal processing algorithms. The primary benefits are clear blues, natural greens and an overall vibrant color for all scenes.
