How Plasma TV's Work and their Pro's and Con's by Bill Ransom
How a Plasma Display Works Plasma Televisions are made up of plasma gas which is Xenon and Neon Gas. These gases are placed in tiny cells or pixels across the screen. The interior of the pixels and sub-pixels are coated with phosphor. Each pixel has three sub-pixel representing a primary... Advantages of a Plasma Display The advantages of this technology is that since the whole screen can be lit up at the same time and every pixel can be used and "on" we get very smooth images. ... The most common display size these days is the 42" with 50" - 60" at the high end, this is not up to...

Buying a Plasma or LCD TV FAQs by Philip Liu
This article focuses on frequently asked questions by buyers of plasma and LCD televisions. Q: Does the "plasma" in plasma televisions need to be recharged or replaced over time? A: No. The plasma gases are sealed in individual cells when they are manufactured. ... The repetitive image from games and unused black-filled borders will damage a plasma TV by burning a permanent image into the phosphor. ... Unlike plasma TV’s, this LCD TV does not exhibit aging over time. ... If you intend to use a game console and/or watch standard TV broadcasts over cable, satellite or antenna, an LCD TV is a...

Types of Monitors by Ihab Sarsour
A cathode ray tube or CRT , is traditionally used in most computer monitors and the advent of plasma screens, LCD , DLP, OLED displays, and other technologies. As a result of CRT technology, computer monitors continue to be referred to as "The Tube".A CRT works by moving an electron beam back... A plasma display is an emissive flat panel display where light is created by phosphors excited by a plasma discharge between two flat panels of glass. ... A Liquid crystal display (LCD) is a thin, flat display device made up of any number of color or monochrome pixels arrayed in front of a light...