CRT monitors and TVs have each been optimised for the applications they've been traditionally used for. The former excel at displaying close-up high-resolution content, such as text, while lower-resolution TV screens' larger dot pitch and … [Read more...]
What is a Digital CRT Monitor and How Does It Work
Nearly 99 percent of all video displays sold in 1998 were connected using an analogue VGA interface, an ageing technology that represents the minimum standard for a PC display. In fact, today VGA represents an impediment to the adoption of new … [Read more...]
The Different Types of CRT Monitors – From ShortNeck to FST
By the beginning of 1998 15in monitors were gradually slipping to bargain-basement status, and the 17in size, an excellent choice for working at 1024x768 (XGA) resolution, was moving into the slot reserved for mainstream desktops. At the … [Read more...]
Dot Trio Monitors
The vast majority of computer monitors use circular blobs of phosphor and arrange them in triangular formation. These groups are known as triads and the arrangement is a dot trio design. The shadow … [Read more...]
Grill Aperture Monitors
In the 1960s, Sony developed an alternative tube technology known as Trinitron. It combined the three separate electron guns into one device: Sony refers to this as a Pan Focus gun. Most interesting of all, Trinitron … [Read more...]
Monitor Technologies: Slotted Mask
Capitalising on the advantages of both the shadow mask and aperture grill approaches, NEC has developed a hybrid mask type which uses a slot-mask design borrowed from a TV monitor technology originated in the late 1970s by RCA and Thorn. Virtually all non-Trinitron TV sets use … [Read more...]