User:Electron9/Display examples

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Introduction by year and display examples of displays capable of graphics output:

Cathode ray tube

Monochrome CRT

1922 Monochrome cathode ray tube:

Dual trace, showing different time bases on each trace.
Dual trace, showing different time bases on each trace.

Color CRT

1954 Color cathode ray tube[1]:

19" inch (48.3 cm tube, 45.9 cm viewable) ViewSonic CRT computer monitor.
19" inch (48.3 cm tube, 45.9 cm viewable) ViewSonic CRT computer monitor.

Direct-View Bistable Storage Tube

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.

Tektronix 4014 with a "DVBST" storage display screen

Flip-flap/disc display

1957 Split-flap display:

1961 Flip-disc display:

Flip-Dot-Display
Flip-Dot-Display

Monochrome plasma display

1964 Monochrome plasma display:

Plasma displays were first used in PLATO computer terminals. This PLATO V model illustrates the display's monochromatic orange glow as seen in 1988.
Plasma displays were first used in PLATO computer terminals. This PLATO V model illustrates the display's monochromatic orange glow as seen in 1988.

Light-emitting diode

1968 Light-emitting diode:

LED destination displays on buses, one with a colored route number.
LED destination displays on buses, one with a colored route number.
Outdoor 4 x 3 m large LED screen in Jelgava, Latvia.
Outdoor 4 x 3 m large LED screen in Jelgava, Latvia.

Eggcrate display

1968 Eggcrate display

Vacuum fluorescent display

1967 Vacuum fluorescent display as used in consumer electronics.

Vacuum fluorescent display used in a videocassette recorder.
Vacuum fluorescent display used in a videocassette recorder.

Twisted nematic field effect LCD

1972 Twisted nematic field effect LCD[3][4]:

Pin screen

Pin screen:

Refreshable Braille display

Thin film transistor LCD

1986 Color Thin film transistor liquid crystal display[5]:

An ASUS Eee PC netbook.
An ASUS Eee PC netbook.

Full-color plasma display

1995 Full-color plasma display[6]:

A Samsung PN50B450 50-inch Plasma HDTV, an example of a modern Plasma television.
A Samsung PN50B450 50-inch Plasma HDTV, an example of a modern Plasma television.

Organic light-emitting diode

2003 Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) [7]

A 3.8 cm (1.5") OLED display
A 3.8 cm (1.5") OLED display
Sony XEL-1, the world's first OLED TV
Sony XEL-1, the world's first OLED TV



Electronic paper

2004 Electronic paper[8]:

iLiad E-book reader equipped with e-paper display
iLiad E-book reader equipped with e-paper display
iLiad in sunlight
iLiad in sunlight


Electroluminescent display

1974 Electroluminescent display (ELD)[9]:

See also

References

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