Computer Monitors

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This paper examines how, like television sets, computer monitors also display images on a screen, but they have quite different functions. It looks at how the monitor is a very important part of a computer and how choosing a monitor for a computer is a very crucial decision to be made. It discusses how the power consumption of the monitor can be reduced by as much as 90% by choosing a proper monitor with built-in power management features that are user-friendly. It also provides an insight into two of the most common types of monitors in use today, the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitors.

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"CRT types of monitors are the ones that we have been in use for a number of years. Cathode Ray Tubes are over 75 years old and are even older than vacuum tubes, which were used, for amplification of signals. CRTs were first used for radar during the Second World War. It is being predicted for a long time that these tubes consume too much energy and are not likely to be used in future devices or products for more than another 10 years. These expert predictions have been consistently wrong over the past decades, but now the full motion video seems to be on its wall. These are being replaced by flat panel displays, which have been dreamt of by the scientists for the last 30 years."

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