It’s important to remember that in the early 2000s, the PDP was in the lead in large-screen TVs such as 42-inch models, and there was serious concern whether 42-inch LCD was economically feasible. “The starters were Fujitsu and Panasonic, but NEC, Pioneer, Samsung, LGE and Chunghwa (CPT) all made the displays,” says Gray. Philips and Pioneer followed suit, and other manufacturers piled in shortly afterwards. That screen was selling for $20,000 (around £15,000 / AU$26,000), according to San Francisco Business Times.
The first manufacturer to take the dive into making plasma in serious numbers was Fujitsu, making a 42-inch screen in 1997. However, as would be the case with any technology product for the consumer market, there was a long period of low-volume but high-cost production. (Image credit: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science)
The technology evolved fast – literally from lab glassware to the best TV screens – in a very short space of time. H Gene Slottow, and their graduate student Robert H Wilson in 1964 to meet the need for a full graphics display for the PLATO system.” The University of Illinois started a project in 1960 called PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) to conduct research on the use of computers for education… The plasma display panel (PDP) was invented by Prof. In this case, it was the need for a high-quality display for computer-based education. “As with any invention, it all started with a need. Larry F Weber, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers wrote the following in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science: “The phosphor side is similar to CRT, while the plasma is a glow discharge like a neon lamp.”īut the genesis of the technology had nothing to do with the entertainment industry. The connection between the two is scanned, firing the discharge at the intersection and causing the phosphor to glow,” says analyst Paul Gray, who leads TV research at Omdia, a global firm that provides analysis across the technology ecosystem. There are horizontal and vertical electrode grids and a phosphor array. “The glass is comparable to window glass, unlike LCD. It’s built on an emissive technology that uses plasma to excite phosphors to emit light. (Image credit: Wikipedia / Jari Laamanen)
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