From CRT to Full HD -- the evolution of television

From cathode ray tubes to plasma panels, LCD displays, 100Hz technology and the future of television tech

A few years later in 1997 plasma technology came into the limelight. Pioneer was one of the first companies to start selling plasma televisions to the public, and this PDP-501HD from 1999 was one of the first models that could display high-definition content — with a XGA resolution of 1280x768 pixels.

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