Rear-projection television
Rear-projection television (RPTV) is a type of large-screen television display technology. Until approximately 2006, most of the relatively affordable consumer large screen TVs up to 100 in (250 cm) used rear-projection technology. A variation is a video projector, using similar technology, which projects onto a screen.
Mid-2000s RPTV with HDTV tuner and YPbPr input as well as DVI (digital) video inputs.
Early 2000s CRT projection TV with 1080i HD ready capabilities has an RCA line level input for use of internal speakers as a center channel in a surround sound system.
A thinner and lighter LCD or DLP projection TV in a home cinema.
A television set or television receiver is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. It combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tube (CRT) technology. The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets in the 1960s, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media for consumer use in the 1970s, such as Betamax, VHS; these were later succeeded by DVD. It has been used as a display device since the first generation of home computers and dedicated video game consoles in the 1980s. By the early 2010s, flat-panel television incorporating liquid-crystal display (LCD) technology, especially LED-backlit LCD technology, largely replaced CRT and other display technologies. Modern flat panel TVs are typically capable of high-definition display and can also play content from a USB device. Starting in the late 2010s, most flat panel TVs began to offer 4K and 8K resolutions.
RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced electronic television set, which sold in 1946–1947
Samsung widescreen LCD television and DVD player
A 14-inch cathode ray tube showing its deflection coils and electron guns
The Christie Mirage 5000, a 2001 DLP projector