LCD TV

LCD stands for "liquid crystal display." Liquid crystal displays are everywhere in modern life, not just in TVs. Unless you live in a cabin in the wilderness, you can't get through a single day without running into, and probably yourself using, an LCD of one type or another.

LCDs are critical to many items of everyday life: wristwatches, stereos, car displays, hand calculators, instant-read thermometers and computer displays. LCDs in these items may not seem the same as TVs, but the exact same technology is used in all types of LCDs.

LCD TV sizes are quoted in different resolutions, such as 800x600, or 1280x1024. Those are pixel counts; the higher the count the sharper the picture will be at the same screen size, relative to a lower pixel count.