When you go into an electronics store, you will probably see a whole wall covered with flat screen televisions. There is more variety available now than ever before and the flat screen has fueled a resurgence in TVs. The two main choices you have are whether you want an LCD or a plasma screen and then whether you want a name brand or a cheaper model.

With all the different brands and sizes, is it worth paying for a top brand flat screen that costs more or is a cheaper, less known brand really just as good? One thing is for sure, there is really no such thing as a cheap flat screen but if you do want one that costs less, you will have to get one with a name you might not recognize.

Plasma televisions were the first flat screens to come out and now their popularity has gone down as LCD technology has taken over. In fact it is sometimes hard to find many plasma televisions for sale in stores now at all. The earlier flat screen models were not HD and you had to pay a lot more if you wanted to have HD capabilities.

Prices have come down a lot for flat screens but they are still more than people were used to paying for the old tube screens. It seems that everyone is perfectly willing to pay $1,000 or so for a TV now but while in years past before flat screens, hardly anyone had a set that cost that much. People just love the look of the flat screen and the ability to hang it on the wall and for that they are willing to pay more than in years past with tube TVs.

Flat screen televisions have breathed new life into the market as everyone wants to get on board with one. They take up less space on a counter or even less by hanging on a wall and people love the look of them. Gamers play all their game systems on them now and the time when we all had much smaller bulky TVs has long been forgotten.