Given the choice between an LCD or a plasma, however, it's hard to know which to pick.

现在有等离子电视和液晶电视可供选择，不过到底选哪种好真是很难决定。

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We can afford a new flat screen LCD (or Plasma, or LED-LCD…) TV and in fact have the best buy giftcards in a drawer waiting for our current model to break (it's close to doing so).

我们当然买得起最新流行的纯平液晶（或者等离子、LED液晶）之类的电视机，事实上我们抽屉里就放着史上最好的购物礼品卡等着用（应该也快了）。

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The question, then, is what kind of 1080p set to use-plasma display, liquid-crystal display (LCD) or the latest light-emitting diode (LED) variety?

接下来的问题是，1080 p用什么类型的屏幕—等离子显示器，液晶显示器(LCD)或最新的发光二极管(LED) ？

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For larger TVs, projection TVs are more efficient, consuming half the electricity of plasma or LCD models.

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When I started out, I figured I would be looking at DLP based sets since they offer the larger flat screens at a lower price than the plasma or LCD flat panels.

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