LCD television
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A liquid-crystal-display television is a television set that uses a liquid-crystal display to produce images. It is by far the most widely produced and sold type of television display.
An LCD TV (Late 2000s)
An LCD TV hanging on a wall in the Taipei World Trade Center during the Computex Taipei show in 2008
Plasma display
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A plasma display panel is a type of flat-panel display that uses small cells containing plasma to produce an image. Each cell functions as a tiny fluorescent lamp, emitting ultraviolet light when the
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…cathode-ray-tube televisions worldwide from late 2007 on. Sales of CRT TVs dropped rapidly after that, as did sales of competing technologies such as plasma display panels and rear-projection television. This was partly because LCD TVs were thin and light, and used less power than plasma, although they had some disadvantages…
Last-generation Panasonic Plasma TV. 55” (140 cm) ST60 (TX-P55ST60E), released in 2013.
Plasma displays were first used in PLATO computer terminals. This PLATO V model illustrates the display's monochromatic orange glow seen in 1981.
Toshiba T3100 plasma screen close-up
Plasma displays became 75% thinner between 2006 and 2011.