-Maharsh Shah (09BECR053) -Arpit Shah (09BECR066)

Plasma technology consists of hundreds of thousands of individual pixel cells, which allow electric pulses (stemming from electrodes) to excite rare natural gases-usually xenon and neon-causing them to glow and

produce light.

This light illuminates the proper balance of red, green, or blue phosphors contained in each cell to display the proper color sequence

from the light.

Each pixel cell is essentially an individual microscopic florescent light bulb, receiving instruction from software contained on the rear

electrostatic silicon board.

Look very closely at a plasma TV and you can actually see the individual pixel cell coloration of red, green, and blue bars. You can also see the

black ribs which separate each.

Plasma technology has certainly achieved quite high contrast ratios, a measure of the blackest black compared to the whitest white.

Many plasma display manufacturers boast a contrast ratio of 100,000:1 these days though our tests using a standardized ANSI checkerboard pattern have not proven these numbers out.

While this can limit a plasma television's gray scaling, it does produce exceptionally black blacks - depending on the manufactured plasma display element (i.e. glass).

A plasma TV uses maximum power when it is producing full white. As a result, some 2nd tier manufactured brands of plasma TVs have an audible buzz or whining sound when displaying white or very light images.

Faceplate picture elements (pixels) are formed by depositing and patterning a black matrix, standard red, green, and blue TV phosphors and a thin aluminum layer to reflect colored light forward to the viewer.

In plasma displays, each pixel contains red, green, and blue elements, which work in conjunction to create 16.77 million colors.

Insofar as each pixel contains all the elements needed to produce every color in the spectrum.

The chromaticity coordinates were more accurate on most plasma displays. Though the color saturation resulting from the pixel design of plasma displays is remarkable.

Plasma continues to exhibit more richness in color information and more natural coloration. Today, SMPTE color coordinates in top plasma displays still normally outperform those in LCDs.

Field emission displays, electrons coming from millions of tiny microtips pass through gates and light up pixels on a screen. This principle is similar to that of cathode-ray tubes in television sets. The difference: Instead of just one "gun" spraying electrons against the inside of the screens face, there are as many as 500 million of them (microtips).

Plasma manufacturers have made much of their near perfect 180

degree viewing angles, which is about as good as horizontal and

vertical viewing angles get. This owes to the fact that each pixel produces its own light, rather than light being spread across the screen from one central source.

Hence, each pixel is more readily visible because its brightness is consistent with every other pixel on the screen.

A Plasma display holds the black levels from off axis, while LCD TVs lose black level intensity/contrast more as the angle off axis increases. This usually occurs after around 45 degrees off center.

Plasma technology gets the easy nod as compared to LCDs here because

of their excellent performance with fast-moving images and high contrast

levels.

It's an inherent quality of the technology. Plasma manufacturers have

recently started publishing a specification of 600Hz with relation to the

equivalent refresh rate speed of a plasma compared to an LED or LCD TV.

It's really just for comparisons sake as each individual pixel in the plasma
displays its color. There is no motion lag, drag, or blur in plasma TVs nor side to side judder when panning.

Address electrode causes gas to change to plasma state.

The plasma emits UV in discharge region which impinges on the phosphor

Reaction causes each subpixel to produce red, green, and blue light.

PDP
Large Displays >32 High Resolution High Brightness Good Contrast Good Colour gamut Large viewing angle High Speed Presently High Cost

ATTRIBUTES
HIGH RESOLUTION HIGH BRIGHTNESS LARGE VIEWING ANGLE HIGH WRITING SPEEDS LARGE COLOUR GAMUT HIGH CONTRAST LESS WEIGHT AND SIZE LOW POWER CONSUMPTION LOW COST

The Samsung PN59d8000

Plasma TV

59 in Resolution: 1920*1080 Display Format : 1080p Refresh Rate : 600Hz Pixel Response Time: 0.001ms Contrast Ratio: 25000000:1 Additional Features: Cinema Smooth processing, LCE (Local Contrast Enhancer), Touch of Color (ToC)

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