flat screen

Sleek television type

A flat screen is a display with a thin, flat profile rather than the bulky cathode-ray tube monitors and televisions that dominated until the early 2000s.

LCD, LED, and plasma technologies enabled screens to hang on walls or sit on desks without requiring deep cabinets.

The term now sounds slightly dated, as flat screens have become the default: We mounted a flat screen above the fireplace.

Related
  • televisionBroadcast viewing device
  • OLEDEmissive display technology
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • pixelSmallest display unit
  • dead pixelMalfunctioning display element

backlight · mounted · resolution · plasma · thin · contrast ratio · wall · wall mount · computer monitor · refresh rate · IPS · bezel · panel · viewing angle · home theater · living room · binge watching · polarizer

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display technology/form factor

flat screenCRT

Vacuum tube display

cathode ray tube · tube TV · CRT monitor · CRT television · curved screen

screen geometry

flat screencurved screen

Monitor bent for immersion

curved display · curved monitor · curved TV

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flatscreen

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G