Rear-projection television
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Rear-projection television is a type of large-screen television display technology in which the image is projected inside the cabinet from behind onto a diffusing screen at the front. Unlike tradition
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.
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
Rear-projection television
…such as Sound Retrieval System (SRS) by SRS Labs, similar to a sound bar. While popular in the early 2000s as an alternative to more expensive LCD and plasma flat panels despite increased bulk, the falling price and improvements to LCDs led to Sony, Philips, Toshiba and Hitachi dropping rear-projection TVs…
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.