A. While both monitors are very good, each has its own strong points. LCD panels run cool and are not affected by extreme temperatures. But they are costly to make in large screen sizes. They also have four inherent problems. First, they have unnatural color, they are often too bright. Two, they have poor black levels. This makes the panel change the color of the source material it is showing, I.E. Johnny Deep’s cloths are dark gray and dirt but the panel will show them as black. LCD disappoints customers looking for rich, natural- looking color. Three; low contrast ratio. All LCD panels are plagued by it. Four; LCD panels only display half there pixels at a time “Pixel Refresh” so the action in the movie or sporting event can look computer like or blurred motion, not smooth like the source was intended. Plasma’s on the other hand typically run hot and is affected by temperature. They are more natural looking in there presentation of movies. They are less expensive to produce in large sizes and have much better Off-axis viewing.