You may well have spent upwards of $1500 on that big screen TV with Surround Sound and all the fixings, and you just love watching sports, movies and TV shows in High Definition. Especially if you have a Plasma TV, the last thing you want to do is drop your TV or mishandle it in any way. If you move around often - or even once - what you absolutely need is a high quality storage case made especially for a flat screen. Avoid the trauma of breaking one of your most prized possessions.

A few notes on broken plasma TV screens

Plasma screens are made of glass and once you chip or break the screen, that screen becomes history, sadly. In fact there are a wide variety of ways these can break during any transit or move. They can be smashed into by other furniture or items They can be bashed as you move into or out of rooms. They can be dropped, thus chipping or outright breaking the glass. Here are a few warnings and myth-breakers about broken plasma screens, just by way of general information.

If your plasma screen TV breaks, it may still work, although you will be very unhappy with the broken glass, which will be like watching TV through a heavy spider web (or worse).Here's bad news: Once it is broken, the plasma TV glass is broken forever. There are no kits or solutions to repair plasma screens. If your viewing is impaired it is impaired forever. (Sorry.)One last note: plasma is a contained gas as found in traditional cathode ray tubes (CTR's), and there is no danger of it leaking or causing damage to furniture, flooring or people.

Decrease breakage potential during moving or storage with a flat screen case

If you move, it is best to move your flat screen TV very carefully. The very safest method is to use a tempered plastic or aluminum flat screen case with foam inserts. If you pack the TV in this and move it carefully you can almost guarantee that your TV will not be damaged. If it is important to you to protect your investment and you have paid a significant amount of money for your TV, the addition of a flat screen case costing around $100 to $200 will be a very wise expense.

For movers who regularly move or ship goods, flat screen cases ought to be a required service to offer customers. Moving companies can recoup the cost with just a few moves if charging a reasonable rate to protect customers' flat screen televisions. If you are hiring a moving company ask if they offer flat screen cases especially sized for your TV or monitor. If they don't, find one that does.

It'll be worth the cost to ensure that your flat screen TV remains protected and working so you can relax after the move in your new home, watching the game or a great movie.

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