Thin video displays are here now.
Plasma Display Screen
There is a limit to how large you can make a CRT. As the CRT gets larger and larger, the glass enclosure must get thicker and thicker to maintain strength; this adds a lot of weight to an already heavy set. A new kind of screen is available for showing video that gives a larger viewing area without the size and weight problems of the very large CRTs. The device is only about 4 to 5 inches thick and is sometimes called a flat-screen display, although the proper name is plasma display screen or device.
The plasma display screen is made up of two pieces of glass sandwiched together. The back part has ridges going vertically down the glass. In the space between the ridges, alternating columns ...
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