Do big screen TVs and computer monitors have dangerous rays coming out of them?

Question

I'm thinking about getting a big screen TV, but I'm a little worried that there are dangerous rays projected from them? Like cancerous rays. Old computers had monitors with bad rays, and we used to put those protective screens over our monitors. I've been told that this problem has been corrected on newer computer monitors. Is that true, and are big screen TVs safe, or do they have dangerous rays? This is really important to me. Serious answers only please - thanks.

Answer 1

Televisions these days give off very little to no electromagnetic radiation outside the visible light range. LCD televisions and monitors may give off very small amounts of ultraviolet light from the fluorescent backlight, but not enough to cause much damage. CRT televisions and monitors do release a sort of radiation when the electron beam hits the screen, but there is enough lead in the glass screen to prevent any stray radiation from escaping (one reason why CRT's tend to be so heavy). DLP projection TV's pretty much only emit light.

So any stray electromagnetic radiation produced (X-rays, ultraviolet, etc.) is negligible.

Answer 2

You know how FAR those dangerous rays extended out of the picture tube before they decayed?



Try 3 inches....



Yeah, Xrays don't travel far, especially at that low power level....



Now X ray machines are built differently...



And if you're wondering, LCD TV sets, Plasma TV sets, even DLP and LCD projectors will have some rays coming out of them, whether X or gamma or ultraviolet....but the dosage is so small it can't hurt you.



Now of course I don't suggest you DEFEAT the safety switches in a DLP just to prove me wrong...because that's tampering.



But you would have to try REAL HARD to get a dosage of rays...and over 10, maybe 30 years, you might get enough to, make a freckle or mole grow...



But how are you going to file a lawsuit for a larger mole??



MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY...

I think I'm going to have to watch that movie......

Answer 3

What you are talking about are electro-magnetic forces. They weren't rays, but forces that are given off by electric and electronic things. Some shielding is done, but not a lot. They can be carcinogenic to some of us. The key is to remain distant from them while the machines that produce them are operating. Just walking by them is not enough to make changes in us.



You can buy a monitor to test the strength of the fields, but they are expensive. The strongest fields I know of are electricity lines and plants. The fields dissipate the further away from them we get, so we should live in homes that are at least 200 feet away from the plants. Machines of all kinds produce the fields, so just don't stand next to them when they are operating. That would include toasters (oddly, one the strongest fields) microwaves, TVs (remain distant from them, don't sit right in front of them) and anything you plug in. And remember, even when exposed to carcinogens we don't all develop cancer.

Answer 4

Just the death and gamma rays! They are the only rays to worry about. Just joking, you should be fine.

Answer 5

Yes, So buy LCD it is good for all