Flat panel displays encompass a growing number of technologies enabling video displays that are lighter and much thinner than traditional television and video displays that use cathode ray tubes; they are usually less than 4 inches thick. They can be divided into two general categories; volatile or static.

Plasma and Lcd Televisions – Volatile

Volatile displays require constant power output to refresh the image on screen many times a second. The image appears steady because the images are refreshed more often than the human eye can perceive. Some examples of volatile flat panel displays are: plasma displays, liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting displays, light-emitting diode displays, electroluminescent displays, surface-conduction electron-emitter displays, field emission displays, and nano-emissive displays.

Plasma and Lcd Television – Static

Static flat panel displays rely on materials whose color states are bistable. This means that the image they hold requires no energy to maintain, but instead requires energy to change. This results in a much more energy efficient display, but with a tendency towards slow refresh rates which are undesirable in an interactive display. Some examples of static flat panel displays are; electrophoretic displays, bichromal ball displays, interferometric modulator displays, cholesteric displays, and bistable nematic liquid crystal displays.

As far as viewing pleasure of Plasma and LCD television goes, you should choose plasma televisions which allow you to view them from all angles which is not the case with LCD televisions that bear flat screens and which means that the further removed you are from the screen, there is bound to be loss of brightness.

Pasma and Lcd Television – Myths

Myth # 1 – Plasma TVs emit dangerous radiation. Plasma TVs do generate a tiny amount of UV radiation, but its even less than typical tube-type TVs generate.
Myth # 2 – The gas in a plasma TV is poisonous.  The gas used in plasmas is a mix of two non-flammable “inert” gases; neon and xenon. These gases are not harmful, either individually or when combined.
Myth # 3 – Plasma TVs leak gas and require periodic “re-charging.” Each individual cell in a plasma panel is sealed, so a plasma TV will never require any re- filling or re-charging of its neon-xenon gas.

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