![]() ![]() Then came the plasma TV, and along with it the term “flat-screen TV.” This is when TVs basically divorced the 4:3 aspect ratio and moved into the 16:9 rectangular screen shape. Plasma Samsung PN60F8500 Plasma TV Image used with permission by copyright holder But we loved them because they were huge and made it feel like being at the movies at home. Also, they weren’t especially bright - the contrast was terrible. And while they provided a very big picture, they were generally a huge headache because you had to keep the three light cannons in perfect alignment - or convergence - or you got a blurry rainbow-looking image. Along with the CRT TV we also got rear-projection TVs, which were simply known as “big-screen TVs.” These huge boxes used three color light cannons to project an image on a screen from behind - hence rear projection.
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