Plasma display

A plasma display panel is a type of <a href="/facts/Flat-panel_display/jw0LWETN">flat-panel display</a> that uses small cells containing <a href="/facts/Plasma_(physics)/1d3btMVU">plasma</a>: <a href="/facts/Ionization/W13Ceavd">ionized</a> <a href="/facts/Gas/hVVAoodV">gas</a> that responds to <a href="/facts/Electric_field/tt4MooBs">electric fields</a>. Plasma televisions were the first large (over 32 inches/81 cm diagonal) <a href="/facts/Flat-panel_display/jw0LWETN">flat-panel displays</a> to be released to the public.
Until about 2007, plasma displays were commonly used in large televisions. By 2013, they had lost nearly all market share due to competition from low-cost <a href="/facts/Liquid-crystal_display/8B6xGBEz">liquid-crystal displays</a> (LCDs). Manufacturing of plasma displays for the United States retail market ended in 2014, and manufacturing for the Chinese market ended in 2016. Plasma displays are obsolete, having been superseded in most if not all aspects by OLED displays.
Competing display technologies include <a href="/facts/Cathode-ray_tube/8NVGx5C7">cathode-ray tube</a> (CRT), <a href="/facts/Organic_light-emitting_diode/219L1aMJ">organic light-emitting diode</a> (OLED), <a href="/facts/CRT_projector/E99Ay4Gx">CRT projectors</a>, <a href="/facts/AMLCD/GrtS2hoR">AMLCD</a>, <a href="/facts/Digital_light_processing/jxMs8emm">digital light processing</a> (DLP), <a href="/facts/SED-tv/GXIYr2h6">SED-tv</a>, <a href="/facts/LED_display/IT6VF6vd">LED display</a>, <a href="/facts/Field_emission_display/9ekcmGvg">field emission display</a> (FED), and <a href="/facts/Quantum_dot_display/HU9QE5ua">quantum dot display</a> (QLED).

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Plasma display