Why don't plasma & LCD TVs need to warm up like conventional tellies?
Bored of waiting? Plasma and LCD TVs turn on almost instantly whilst older-fashioned monitors take some time.
Asked by: Jenny McGrath, Dublin
Old-fashioned television sets and computer monitors rely on a cathode ray gun to shoot electrons at a phosphor screen. But the electrons are only released when the cathode emitter is heated, hence the few seconds needed for the set to warm up.
Plasma and LCD devices, on the other hand, emit light pretty much instantaneously when the power is switched on.
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