A TV picture tube (CRT ... Also known as a "flat screen," "flat face CRT" or "flat square tube" (FST), the flat CRT provided less distortion at the edges and was the preferred design.

Today's thin, digital, wide-screen high-definition TV (HDTV). Most flat panel TVs are self-contained with a tuner and speakers that can receive over-the-air broadcasts. A few models are only ...