(1) A non-curved screen on a TV. Contrast with curved screen. See flat screen. (2) A reference to TVs when LCD screens were replacing CRTs starting in the late 1990s and early 2000s. See flat screen.

I’ve been testing and reviewing the best TVs for nearly 30 years and have witnessed massive shifts in technology from analog to digital, and from CRTs to flat-panel ... My TV team and I have ...