flat panel

Modern monitor type

A flat panel is a thin display screen, as opposed to the bulky cathode-ray tubes that dominated televisions and computer monitors through the twentieth century.

The term distinguishes LCD, LED, plasma, and similar technologies from their boxy predecessors: We mounted a flat panel above the fireplace.

Now that nearly all screens are flat, the term is fading from use.

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bezel · backlight · display · screen · thin · pixel · display technology · monitor · viewing angle · slim · MicroLED · resolution · TV · aspect ratio · mounted · wall · wall mount · color

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display technology

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Vacuum tube display

cathode ray tube · tube TV · picture tube · CRT monitor · curved display

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