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Liquid crystal display television

Alright kiddo, you know how you watch TV and it plays all sorts of cool shows and movies? Well, a liquid crystal display television or LCD TV, is just another way to watch those same cool things on a screen.

But instead of using something called a cathode ray tube like older TVs did, an LCD TV uses something called a liquid crystal display. Think of it like a really cool puzzle with tiny little pieces called pixels that create images on the screen.

These pixels are made up of millions of tiny dots and each dot can change color to make different pictures and videos on the screen. They work together to create amazing images for you to watch.

Now, there's a special part of an LCD TV called a backlight that shines light through the pixels so you can see the pictures clearly. Think about it like playing with a toy flashlight in a dark room, but instead of seeing just one thing, you get to see all sorts of cool images on a giant screen!

So, when you watch your favorite shows or movies on an LCD TV, you're really just seeing lots and lots of tiny pixels that make up the images you see. It's like a really colorful puzzle that you can change by pressing buttons on a remote. And that's how an LCD TV works!