Difference between Plasma & Flat Screens

Nowadays with a TV, it is no longer how wide it is, but also how flat it is. The Cathode ray tube TV is now a thing of the past, as it is bulky and very cumbersome. New technology gave birth to types of displays that not only provide better visual quality, but that also consume less space. Thinner and lighter are ‘in’ these days & TVs are an excellent example of this. We are now in the age of flat screen TVs.

Actully there are  various kinds of technologies involved which enable capabilities of showing videos on a relatively flat surface. Not all types of flat screen TVs are using the same technology. In the old days, if you wanted a TV, you had to get a cathode ray tube. Today, when you want to buy a flat screen TV, you are asked which type

Flat screen TVs can be of either two general types (volatile or static).

Static displays make use of materials that have bitable color states. Static types operate on less energy; however, they tend to have slower rates of refreshing. Therefore, they perform less desirably as an interactive display. Such displays are not well known. Examples of static displays are: Electrophoresis displays, bichromal ball, and Interferometric modulator displays.

The more commonly used flat screens are the volatile ones. These types of displays have faster refreshing rates. Even in static images, the pixels present in the image are refreshed periodically (many times in a second), so the image won’t fade.

Many volatile types of flat screens to choose from as well Plasma, LCD, OLEDs, LEDs, ELDs, SEDs, FEDs, and NEDs. Wow! That’s a lot of EDs! The last three types are relatively new technology and are not yet commercially available. If they are, they may be hard to come by as of yet. The first four however, are already in the market making waves worldwide.