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Plasma TV Display

A plasma TV display operates on the same basic premise that  fluorescent lights operate under. Fluorescent lights contain an inert gas, and when an electrical charge is run through this gas, the various atoms collide and create light. A plasma screen TV works in the same way, except that instead of one big gas filled tube, there are tens of thousands of tiny gas filled chambers.

Due to this feature of design, a plasma TV display has many advantages over traditional CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) televisions. A CRT television uses a gun (for lack of a better term) to shoot steams of electrons inside of the TV tube; and this means that if you want a bigger CRT TV screen you must also increase the depth of the tube to compensate. The end result is that a large screen CRT television ends up be considerable in length, width, depth, and unfortunately weight.

A plasma TV display, on the other hand, doesn’t suffer from this disadvantage. A plasma screen can be as large as required without the added depth and weight because the gas inside each chamber is charged by a simple electric current, and does not require the use of the “gun”. This means you can get a clear, crisp picture on a 70 inch screen that is only 4-6 inches deep.

 

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