Monitor Types

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)

Lightweight & Inexpensive - Poor black levels due to Separate Backlight

TN (twisted nematic)

Fast response Times - Low cost - Low Power Use - Limited Viewing Angles

IPS (In Plane Switching)

Better Colors - Better Viewing Angles - More Expensive

OLED (Organic light emitting diode

Thinner & Brighter - No Need for Backlight

Deeper Blacks

Better contrast

accurate color

fast refresh rates

WLED (White LED)

• The least expensive, thinnest, and most widely used type of LCD.

-White LED's along the edge of the screen (usually the top)

-Light diffuser as back light

Full-array LED

-Array of White LED's behind the screen

-Able to dim specific regions of the screen enables a much higher contrast ratio

RGB-LED

-Array of LED's that can emit a red green or blue color resulting in superior color accuracy

• Most expensive type of back lighting

CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)

-Good quality

-High power usage

-Requires a special inverter AC-DC

Vertical alignment (VA)

-Truer blacks

-Wider viewing angle

-Distorts when transitioning to different colors

LCD Projector

Motion Blur

DLP (Digital Light Procesing)

uses DMD ships that have millions of microscopic mirrors that redirect light

CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)

Consumes a lot of power

Plasma

-No backlight

-Larger than 32 inches