The development of plasma display panels has progressed greatly in recent years, and this technology now appears to be foremost in the effort to develop a television receiver that hangs on a wall. A plasma display panel offers intrinsic advantages: (1) a flat screen, permitting a television receiver as little as 5 cm (2 in.) thick, even with a 140-cm-diagonal (55-in.) screen; (2) an emissive display with very wide viewing angles, well suited for a family audience; (3) high-quality images, with vivid color rendition; and (4) relatively simple fabrication technologies to produce large screens (107–140 cm or 42–55 in.). While extensive resources have been committed to the mass production of such screens, considerable research is continuing in order to improve brightness, contrast, and image quality, to reduce power consumption, and to lower manufacturing costs for both panel technology and driving electronics.