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Inside a TFT Monitor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inside-out dept.

Keith Williams writes "Ever wondered what's inside your TFT monitor? Bit-Tech took one apart and stripped it down to the panel to find out. There's also some great explanation of the technology that goes into your desktop display."

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  1. One benefit of CRT by Bralkein · · Score: 4, Funny

    One day I was using my computer, when I noticed something strange on the screen. It was a little grey mark, moving about on the screen in a seemingly random fashion. It was a little bug of some kind... but it was actually under the screen! I tried to shoo it out of the monitor, but I accidentally squashed it to death, because I forgot the screen of a TFT is flexible. Now there is a little stain on everything I view, thanks to the tiny insect corpse. This would never have happened if I had bought a CRT instead!

    1. Re:One benefit of CRT by the_humeister · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's not a bug, it's a feature!

    2. Re:One benefit of CRT by rebeka+thomas · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I wouldn't say that anything to do with a CRT is a benefit. They're blurry, hot, electricity-hungry and contain a large dangerous vacuum on your desk in front of your eyes, while sitting you right in the direction of an electron gun while firing x-rays out the back.

      No thanks. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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    3. Re:One benefit of CRT by kerrle · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I hate to even respond to this, but actually the radiation output of LCDs and CRTs is considerably different, due to how they generate the picture.

      Also, if you think LCDs are still horrible jokes, you haven't been shopping lately. I'm a late convert as well, but the quality on even mid-range LCDs to day is way better than it was even two years ago.

    4. Re:One benefit of CRT by Alien+Being · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's not a feature, it's a creature.

  2. LCD privacy! by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you peel the polarizing filter out of a LCD display and make sunglasses out of it, you'll have a display that no one can see without wearing the 'magic glasses'.

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    1. Re:LCD privacy! by biocute · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you are watching porn, you will have to conceal more than just the screen if you don't want people to know.

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  3. But... by Sensible+Clod · · Score: 2, Informative

    if you tilt your head AT ALL, the picture goes wacked.

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  4. 20th Century called, they want their article back by metamatic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coming soon in your up-to-the-minute Slashdot:

    - What's inside a floppy disk drive?

    - How magnetic core works

    - What's inside that 8 track player in your car?

    - Inside your Iomega Bernoulli Box

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