Inside a TFT Monitor 33
Keith Williams writes "Ever wondered what's inside your TFT monitor? Bit-Tech took one apart and stripped it down to the panel to find out. There's also some great explanation of the technology that goes into your desktop display."
Bugs (Score:1, Funny)
Exploding Caps.
One benefit of CRT (Score:5, Funny)
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No thanks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Re:One benefit of CRT (Score:5, Insightful)
Also, if you think LCDs are still horrible jokes, you haven't been shopping lately. I'm a late convert as well, but the quality on even mid-range LCDs to day is way better than it was even two years ago.
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LCDs continue to improve, of course... And in 50 years, they might rival CRTs.
Show me an LCD that can really do 60+ FPS without any blur at all... Show me an LCD with even a fraction the contrast ratio the cheapest CRT can deliver. Show me some LCDs which can display real black, not just grey. Show me an LCD where you don't have picture distortion due to the location of the light... Sh
Re:One benefit of CRT (Score:2)
All display technologies have their trade-offs. As for the LCD I'm looking at right now (a Samsung SyncMaster 172N), I've never seen the slightest motion blur on it, and any theoretical deficit it may have in contrast ratio is more than made up for by its nigh-infinite sharpness. I don't miss my CRTs, and I wouldn't go back.
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The fact that your eyes aren't very good (or that you're so accustomed to it that you can't see it anymore), doesn't change facts.
Grab a good-quality interlaced DVD, and play it back with a field-seperating filter to get the full 60fps. The problem should become quite obvious then.
It's not theoretical at all. It really, really looks like crap, and is much harder on your eyes.
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Easily done (I presume you mean DOESN'T weigh 20+ pounds, but either way...).
Yes, the added size of CRTs is a (very minor) draw-back. I'd say a standard keyboard and mouse waste much more desktop space than an average-sized CRT. I've always found it quite easy to work a CRT painlessly into any areas. Put it in a corner, at an angle, above the workspa
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Nonsense.
Modern CRTs include a bonded, multi-layer faceplate that prevents implosion, and also protects you from one as well.
Besides, you need a very, very specific (and very unlikely) combination of conditions for it to violently implode. Most of the time, the force of the rushing air won't even break the glass.
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Yes, LCDs generally use about 50% as much power as CRTs, though that doesn't make-up for their other serious draw-backs.
Those numbers are absolutely insane. You aren't going off the rating on the device are you? My Cheapo 19" CRT only uses 65W. (Also: a 19" LCD is 1" larger than a 19" CRT)
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My ~65W CRT has a sticker on the back that says 2AMPS!
In my experience, those stickers haven't been remotely accurate. Perhaps that's absolute peak-voltage at power-up...
LCD privacy! (Score:5, Interesting)
But... (Score:2, Informative)
Well, yes... (Score:1)
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Imagine the potential of your idea tho. Would have loved to have this back when the only computer around was in a public room (kinda sucks to turn the screen off every time someone comes in and your watchin porn, I'm not even talking about trying to justify it)
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Oooh looky there .... (Score:2)
20th Century called, they want their article back (Score:5, Funny)
- What's inside a floppy disk drive?
- How magnetic core works
- What's inside that 8 track player in your car?
- Inside your Iomega Bernoulli Box
Re:20th Century called, they want their article ba (Score:1)
We could call it howstuffworks.c.... oh, wait. Nevermind.