Also called "gas discharge display," a plasma display was an earlier flat-screen technology that used tiny cells lined with phosphor that were full of inert ionized gas (typically a mix of xenon ...

managing its growth and development while also pioneering digital technologies that included the plasma display panel, a forerunner of the ultrathin screens used on today’s TVs and tablets.

LCD and OLED compete for TVs. Plasma TVs are no longer made. See LCD, OLED, plasma display and flat panel TV. The first LCD panels appeared on laptops in the mid-1980s. In that same time frame ...

Ultraviolet light from the plasma then activated phosphors on the monitor, resulting in a more vibrant presentation than the then-standard cathode ray tube displays provided. Their screen ...

The company also spotlighted other advances in its HD technology that will soon hit the market, including super-thin plasma TVs, displays that consume less energy, wireless HD video content ...