Introduction by year and display examples of displays capable of graphics output:
Cathode ray tube edit
Monochrome CRT edit
1922 Monochrome cathode ray tube:
Color CRT edit
1954 Color cathode ray tube[1]:
Direct-View Bistable Storage Tube edit
1968[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 edit
1957 Split-flap display:
1961 Flip-disc display:
Monochrome plasma display edit
1964 Monochrome plasma display:
Light-emitting diode edit
1968 Light-emitting diode:
Eggcrate display edit
1968 Eggcrate display
Vacuum fluorescent display edit
1967 Vacuum fluorescent display as used in consumer electronics.
Twisted nematic field effect LCD edit
Pin screen edit
Thin film transistor LCD edit
1986 Color Thin film transistor liquid crystal display[5]:
Full-color plasma display edit
1995 Full-color plasma display[6]:
Organic light-emitting diode edit
2003 Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) [7]
Electronic paper edit
2004 Electronic paper[8]:
Electroluminescent display edit
1974 Electroluminescent display (ELD)[9]:
See also edit
References 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
Category:Display technology Category:Computer output devices