| Remember how much space a TV set took when | | | | picture. Prices have dropped to such an extent that |
| you were small? Advances in technology have | | | | you can buy a smaller unit for less than $300. |
| allowed television sets to be so small that they | | | | However, it would be advisable to purchase an |
| resemble paintings. Welcome to the age of flat screen | | | | extended warranty as most flat screen TVs |
| TV! | | | | employing LCD or plasma technology have been |
| There are many advantages in switching from a bulky | | | | known to break down just after a. two years. |
| TV to one of the new generation of TVs. Flat screen | | | | Brands such as Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, |
| TVs provide less curvature for ambient light to reflect. | | | | and Philips create one type of flat screen TVs or |
| This results in minimal glare off a screen even in a fully | | | | another. |
| lit room. You do not need to sit directly in front of the | | | | There are some disadvantages or drawbacks in flat |
| set to watch a movie. In fact, some allow for almost | | | | screen technology. 'Burning In' or the permanent |
| 180-degree viewing. | | | | damage in pixels that made up the screen can reduce |
| With the decreasing price of flat screen TVs, they | | | | picture quality. This results when an image has stayed |
| have become more affordable to the general public. | | | | without changing for some time. A good example |
| There is a wide range of technology that is used to | | | | would be when you paused a DVD and went about |
| create a variety of monitors. LCD displays, Electro | | | | some task for around half an hour. The prudent thing |
| luminescent displays and plasma monitors are among | | | | to do is to switch off the unit. |
| myriad display types. These also include rear | | | | Also the prolonged display of a particular image like the |
| projection televisions. | | | | menu bar can cause shadowy ghost like images to |
| Still the cheapest are conventional tube or CRT | | | | appear. This is due to loss of luminosity of that area of |
| televisions. These have depended on the same | | | | the screen, which is used more than the other parts. |
| technology for decades, with a simple modification that | | | | Production of some TVs have led to environmental |
| has replaced the flat glass surface with a curved one. | | | | problems because off greenhouse gases emitted |
| Unfortunately, there is a limitation in screen size, and | | | | during production. |
| CRT TVs are typically small. Though these are the | | | | Whatever the drawbacks, flat screen TVs are here to |
| cheapest flat screen TVs, there is a limit to how large | | | | stay and will become even more widespread in use |
| the screens can be. | | | | as prices fall and the requirements increase. With |
| However improvement in technology has enabled | | | | relatively smaller living space, people are happy to use |
| mass production of flat screen TVs of enormous | | | | equipment and take up less storage space, so the |
| diagonal length that are affordable and take up little or | | | | demand should increase. |
| no floor space. They can be mounted on a wall like a | | | | |