What are Plasma televisions?

Televisions previous to the Plasma TV explosion used the (CRT) cathode ray

tube to give users the ability to watch television. CRT televisions works by

shooting out a beam of negative charged particles called electrons into a large

glass tube. These negative electrons

For the past 75 years, the vast majority of televisions have been built around

the same technology, the cathode ray tube (CRT). In a CRT television, a gun

fires a beam of electrons (negatively-charged particles) inside a large glass

tube. The electrons illuminate phosphor atoms inside the tube (screen), this

allows the TV picture to be produced by illuminating different areas of the

phosphor coating, this is what gives you the CRT television.

Now welcome to the new face of television, Plasma TV. Plasma has taken the

home theater market by storm because of their amazing picture quality and very

thin design. The idea of plasma display panels began in

1964 at the University of Illinois. The first displays were very primitive

using only points of light created in the laboratory.

As time went on digital processing, and other technology, made vivid

plasma displays a reality.

Plasma televisions use a much different type of technology thatn CRT models,

they use something called pixels. Using a video signal the pixels on the flat

screen light up with a high-energy beam of electrons that are separated into

the 3 primary colors, red, green and blue. From the illuminated fluorescent

lights pixels you get the full color spectrum

that produces a full range of colors that give you the image on the screen.

Each pixel on the screen has three fluorescent lights in it, a green, red and

a blue fluorescent light. Each fluorescent light in the pixel can produce 16

million colors, giving you amazing colors and overall picture quality that

you can't finder in regular CRT televisions.

Another feature that you can't find in CRT TVs is the widescreen design found

on Plasma televisions. The (16:9) aspect ratio is the same dimensions used

in movie theaters. This feature gives Plasma flat screen high

definition television models a cinematic

feel, that is great for watching feature films, concerts, Monday Night Football

or anything else you can imagine.

And unlike conventional television models, there are no scan lines on plasma

televisions, so the picture is much sharper. The viewing angle is far superior

than CRT, there is 170 degree viewing angle so you can basically watch the

TV from any area in the room. As I mentioned before Plasma Tvs are very thin,

only 3.3 inches in width. This makes them perfect for hanging on your wall,

freeing up space in your home. Just like a picture frame, you can now hang

your television on your wall!

So who manufacturers these thin TV displays? You can choose from numerous

brand names which I'm sure you are familiar with such as, Sony, Sharp, Hitachi

and Samsung to name a few. Plasma isn't the only technology available if you

are a HDTV buff, you should also check out LCD televisions and rear projection

TVs.

And if you want to find a cheap

plasma TV, check out the discount deals available

through internet, particularly Amazon.com and Ebay.com. Those 2 online merchants

are trusted and can offer not only new, but used and refurbished models for

even bigger savings.

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