Introduction by year and display examples of displays capable of graphics output:
Cathode ray tube
editMonochrome CRT
edit1922 Monochrome cathode ray tube:
Color CRT
edit1954 Color cathode ray tube[1]:
Direct-View Bistable Storage Tube
edit1968[2] The Direct-View Bistable Storage Tube CRT retains static information displayed upon it, written using a steerable electron beam that can be turned off. In principle the DVBST is similar to an Etch-a-Sketch, and was used in vector displays of early computers and in oscilloscopes.
Flip-flap/disc display
edit1957 Split-flap display:
1961 Flip-disc display:
Monochrome plasma display
edit1964 Monochrome plasma display:
Light-emitting diode
edit1968 Light-emitting diode:
Eggcrate display
edit1968 Eggcrate display
Vacuum fluorescent display
edit1967 Vacuum fluorescent display as used in consumer electronics.
Twisted nematic field effect LCD
editPin screen
editThin film transistor LCD
edit1986 Color Thin film transistor liquid crystal display[5]:
Full-color plasma display
edit1995 Full-color plasma display[6]:
Organic light-emitting diode
edit2003 Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) [7]
Electronic paper
edit2004 Electronic paper[8]:
Electroluminescent display
edit1974 Electroluminescent display (ELD)[9]:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ - earlytelevision.org - Picture Tubes, 15GP22 Color CRT
- ^ medical-answers.org - Tektronix 4014
- ^ Joseph Castellano, "Modifying Light', American Scientist, September-October 2006
- ^ displayblog.com - George Heilmeier: LCD Inventor
- ^ auburn.edu - Note on the Liquid Crystal Display Industry
- ^ indoclient.com - Television Development
- ^ rpi.edu - Lighting industry, Structure and technology in the transition to solid state
- ^ hitech-projects.com - E-paper production flow - Adapting production workflow processes for digital newsprint
- ^ faqs.org - Patent application title: Personal article with electron luminescent display
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