The choices confronting anyone in the market for a new television are pretty staggering; especially for us old fogies raised in the era of massive 19 inch black and white mahogany clad consoles in the living room. Now add to the decisions about display type, screen size, and price a concern about picking the most energy efficient boob tube. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the various types of televisions available today are Plasma, Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), and Flat Screens in addition to the familiar Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs.) Plasma televisions have “emissive” displays. The panel is self lighted with the plasma or gas causing pixels to glow. A pixel or “picture element” is the smallest item or dot of information displayed on a television screen...(read more)

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