main technology that is more likely to be used from now on is the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology, which are so familiar to us in Laptop computers and in electronic notebooks. Some manufactures are expecting colour Plasma Display Panels (PDPs) to be available in 21” and 23” size range. These are very thin therefore they take less space. LCDs are free of flickers, distortion or reflection and considerably reduce eyestrain, although the manufacturing process is complicated and extremely costly. This technology is set to be the monitor technology of the near future. (Picture from http://www.csf.org.uk/) (http://www.csf.org.uk/)ManufacturerMonitor SizeTechnologyPriceCompaq17”CRT209Dell17”CRT193Sony17”CRT240IBM17”CRT229HP17”CRT190COMPARISON TABLES ManufacturerMonitor SizeTechnologyPriceCompaq15”LCD709Dell15”LCD740Sony15”LCD740IBM15”LCD849HP15”LCD769(Prices are from the manufacture’s website)APPLICATIONSIn any case recent developments in desktop computers have led to new multimedia applications. All these use of graphics, video and sound have made monitor designers to change the perspective of monitor layout adding speakers, microphones, cameras and so forth to the monitor itself. This also may affect monitor’s prices although the monitor you buy today is not the same as the one you bought last year. Technology and quality items are evolving so rapidly that the prices vary dramatically from one year to another.Most LCDs use digital circuitry and typical monitors support 262,000 (18 bit-256K) colours, whereas CRT monitors support an infinite range of colours within their overall range or gamut colours. For motion video applications the range of colours should be at least 262,000. Some LCDs support a more limited range of colours and are not suitable for multimedia applications. LCDs are very expensive, for intensive work journeys and for prof...
