Types Of Monitors

Monitors are one out of three most important parts of computer; rest of the two are keyboard and Central Processing Unit. Monitors are more commonly referred as display screen. These days, monitors available in markets are of many different kinds; unlike older days, when people do not have options other than C T Monitors. !dvent of new technologies have made monitors more compact, more eye friendly and easy to use. Take the e"ample of #C$, Plasma, $#P, touch screen and other modified kinds of monitors and display devices. %efore going on the types of monitors, let us have a little introduction what monitors are and how they work. Monitors are referred to as visual display unit for computer systems.

Monitors are, in usual, assembled using an enclosure, circuitry and display device. Monitors are available in different si&es; their si&es are measured as from the diagonal of the rectangular screen. Monitors are available from '() to *(), which you can pick according to your needs and space you have. +ere, in this piece of writing, we would be discussing some types of monitors. ,ome of which are not more in use, while some can be found easily, on the other hand, few are used for commercial or special purposes only.

C T Monitor

CRT Monitors
Cathode ay Tube, or in simpler words C T, are oldest among all available models these days. These monitors function on the old cathode ray tube phenomena. The best thing in C Ts is that they are easily available and are in cheaper in price. These monitors have high dynamic range and remarkable color and resolutions with e"cellent viewing angles. These monitors allow the use of e"ternal devices like light pens and light guns. -ne of the drawbacks of these monitors is their weight and another is their si&e. They consume more power, like many other old electrical and electronic appliances. That is why, e"perts on energy do not advice to buy C T.

LCD Monitors

*(. #C$ Monitor

#i/uid crystal display monitors are not the latest but the later version than C T monitors. Unlike C T monitors, these monitors are compact and slim. These monitors do consume low and almost have no dependency on backlight technology. $ue to its /uality of consuming low power and compact in shape and si&e, it has been well adapted in the time when energy efficiency is the main concern. 0n spite of all these technological modest characteristics, these monitors have limited viewing angles, colors, and contrasts. 0ssues like bleeding and distorting brightness from edges and some more related issues have been reported in some models.

Plasma Monitor

Plasma Monitors
Plasma screen and1or plasma monitors are considered as high contrast screen with bright, vibrant colors and brightness that claims to make your visual e"perience worthwhile. 0t works on plasma discharge on almost ideally flat panel of glass. The discharge is composed of "enon and neon without any use of mercury in it. Plasma monitors are in, mainly because of their e"cellent and remarkable viewing angles, color saturation, and contrasts. 0n comparison with #C$, Plasma monitors have less blocky2looking picture. +owever, Plasmas are heavy in weight and available in larger dimensions only. These kinds of monitors do easily suffer image burn2in. Unlike other monitors like C T, Plasma monitors do not allow use of optical ob3ects like lights pens and light guns.

SED Monitors

,4$ Monitors

,4$ is abbreviated form of ,urface2conducted electron2emitted display. These are high resolution and flat penal display screens. ,ome of these display units are even more than *5 inches in diagonal measurements. These display units are composed from an electron2emitting array and layer of phosphorus. !rray and layer of phosphorus are separated by thin sheet that allows air to pass. ,4$ consumes less energy in comparison with C T and it gives higher resolution picture.

Other Monitors

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-ther than, all mentioned types of monitors there are $igital #ight Processing Monitors, these monitors are also known as pro3ectors and digital pro3ectors. 0t works on $igital #ight processing phenomena.

!nother type of monitor is organic light2emitting diode monitors. This term is abbreviated as -#4$ monitors. This is in actual a thin film of light2emitting diode, which we all knows as #4$s. -ther than that, there are touch screen monitors, digital displays and pro3ector displays used for commercial and special purposes.