Introduction

This webpage is the result of a project by Zhi Liu and Rafael Aldana for the class PSYCH221 : Applied Vision and Image Systems, dependent of the Image systems engineering program.

In the project the students wanted to measure the results of standard computer screen technologies, namely CRTs and LCDs, and compare them to the state of the art new Plasma HDTVs.

Rationale

The motivation behind this project was the students desire to learn how different TV technologies work, and to compare them. This way, they will have a first understanding about the advantages of Plasma TVs over more conventional ones, and whether the price difference of the Plasma TVs is worth it.
Plasma Display Panels are promising because of their modest requirements on manufacturing technology. Compared to TFTLCDs, which use photolithographic and high-temperature processes in clean rooms, PDPs can be manufactured in less clean factories using low-temperature and inexpensive direct printing processes. Also, PDPs feature wide viewing angles, no susceptibility to magnetic fields, and are easy to scale up for wall-hanging TV applications.