Editing Plasma display (section)

{{short description|Type of flat-panel display}}
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[[File:Panasonic TX-P55ST60E late era plasma TV.jpg|thumb|Panasonic plasma TV of the last generation. 55 inch (140&nbsp;cm). Middle class ST60 series (2013).]]

A '''plasma display panel''' is a type of [[flat-panel display]] that uses small cells containing [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]]: [[Ionization|ionized]] [[gas]] that responds to [[electric field]]s. Plasma televisions were the first large (over {{convert|32|in|cm|disp=x|/}} diagonal) [[flat-panel display]]s to be released to the public.

Until about 2007, plasma displays were commonly used in large televisions. By 2013, they had lost nearly all market share due to competition from low-cost [[liquid-crystal display]]s (LCDs). Manufacturing of plasma displays for the United States retail market ended in 2014,<ref name=Hiltzik2014>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-bigscreen-plasma-tv-20140707-column.html|title=Farewell to the big-screen plasma TV|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Michael Hiltzik|author-link=Michael Hiltzik|date=July 7, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220201509/https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-bigscreen-plasma-tv-20140707-column.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/28/business/corporate-business/panasonic-in-talks-to-sell-hyogo-plasma-factory/|title=Panasonic in talks to sell Hyogo plasma factory|date=January 28, 2014|via=Japan Times Online|access-date=December 19, 2019|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219224100/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/28/business/corporate-business/panasonic-in-talks-to-sell-hyogo-plasma-factory/|url-status=live}}</ref> and manufacturing for the Chinese market ended in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/30/technology/plasma-tv/index.html|title=The world is running out of plasma TVs|first=David Goldman and James|last=O'Toole|date=30 October 2014|website=CNNMoney|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812134201/https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/30/technology/plasma-tv/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2015/11/10/oled-tv-beats-plasma-tv-in-new-public-shoot-out/#5f688e594727|title=OLED TV Thrashes Plasma TV In New Public Shoot Out|first=John|last=Archer|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=2017-09-08|archive-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107040228/http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2015/11/10/oled-tv-beats-plasma-tv-in-new-public-shoot-out/#5f688e594727|url-status=live}}</ref> Plasma displays are obsolete, having been superseded in most if not all aspects by OLED displays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/shootout-oled-201511134208.htm|title=4K OLED TV Lays Plasma Ghost to Rest; Panasonic Pips LG|access-date=2020-12-24|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127172232/http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/shootout-oled-201511134208.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Competing display technologies include [[cathode-ray tube]] (CRT), [[organic light-emitting diode]] (OLED), [[CRT projector]]s, [[AMLCD]], [[digital light processing]] (DLP), [[SED-tv]], [[LED display]], [[field emission display]] (FED), and [[quantum dot display]] (QLED).