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Plasma TVs: the big picture.(Television)
For big, bright, vivid images, a plasma TV has no equal. These flat panels have a definite wow factor, especially when displaying high-definition (HD) images.
A mere 4 to 6 inches thick, plasma sets are the slimmest big-screen option. Most screens measure about 32 to 63 inches diagonally; 42-inch sets are among the best sellers.
The nature of plasma technology accounts for both the trim profile and the vivid colors, even in light-filled rooms. Thousands of pixels sandwiched between glass panels contain gas that is converted into "plasma" by an electrical charge. The plasma causes phosphors on the screen to glow red, green, or blue.
But the ...
- -MATSUSHITA TO LAUNCH 37 PLASMA SETS IN JAPAN.
- Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire March 24, 1999 700+ words
...LTD Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd is introducing a 37" plasma TV and a 37" plasma display monitor in Japan. The plasma sets are the latest additions to the company's T (Tau) wide-screen TV line. Both products are power efficient, while the...
- Smaller Prices Come To the Big Screen.(Rewards)(flat-panel plasma sets and LCDs)
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Bertolucci, Jeff February 1, 2006 700+ words
...getting that big-screen HDTV, take a second look at the price tag. Now is a good time to buy. Prices of flat-panel plasma sets have fallen more than 50% in the past year, and those of equally svelte LCDs have dropped 80%. Why not wait for more discounting...
- LG bows 'DoubleLife' plasma sets.(LG Electronics Inc)
- Magazine article from: TWICE Tarr, Greg September 6, 2004 700+ words
INDIANAPOLIS -- LG will announce at CEDIA a line of fully integrated digital cable ready (DCR) televisions and new "DoubleLife" technology it has developed to extend the life of its plasma display panels to 60,000 hours. Leading LG's Digital Cable Ready HDTV line-up is a series of plasma HDTV sets
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 7, 2007 700+ words
...Tektronix PQA500 Incorporates the Latest Picture Quality Analysis Technology; Provides a Suite...Tektronix PQA500, a next generation picture quality analysis tool, to speed up its HD...IRT has extensively used Tektronix picture quality analysis systems for some time and...
- A History of Picture Quality.
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News November 3, 2008 700+ words
...Ellis Here's one that just never gets old: Picture quality. For marketers of HDTV service, picture quality is the differentiator that comes after 'more channels.' For bloggers, picture quality elicits a steady flow of commentary and frame...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 12, 2001 700+ words
...Tektronix PQA300 Provides Objective Picture Quality Measurements In Compact Platform...the de facto market leader in picture quality analysis and the first to offer objective, repeatable picture quality measurement tools, today announced...
- Tektronix PQA500 Picture Quality Analyzer Selected as a Finalist for the IABM...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 15, 2007 700+ words
...instrumentation, announced that its PQA500 Picture Quality Analyzer has been nominated as a candidate...almost 70 entries, the new generation picture quality analysis tool was selected by the...Design Awards with our new generation picture quality analysis tool," said Arif Kareem...
- Tektronix and Sarnoff to Develop Picture-Quality Monitoring System For...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 10, 1998 700+ words
...develop a real-time, in-service picture-quality monitoring system for DIRECTV, Inc...designed to assure the highest available picture quality on the more than 185 DIRECTV channels...Sufficient bit rate assures high picture quality. The system uses a measurement system...