LCD Monitors: Are They Better
Many people do not understand the differences associated with CRT, LCD and Plasma when it comes to monitors or televisions for that matter. The first thing to deciding whether LCD monitors are the way to go is to understand what the differences between the types are. Many people rely on the initial looks and size of the monitors without knowing how the different types perform.
LCD is the acronym for liquid crystal display. LCD is a thin flat panel used to display electronic images of text, pictures and moving images. The LCD is lightweight allowing it to be used in portable and battery operated electronic devises. Liquid crystal displays can also be used in larger screen sizes due to the limited practical construction of the cathode ray tube (CRT) displays.
What exactly is a liquid crystal display? Well, the display consists of what are called pixels and these pixels are filled with liquid crystals also known as electronic modulated optical devices. The pixels are illuminated by a back-light or reflector to create color or monochrome images. Pixels are utilized in two different matrix called passive and active.
The words active and passive make you think of something good and bad. With this in mind, what do you think the difference is between an active matrix and a passive matrix? Well, active matrix allow images to display bright, crisp and clear with very little response time. Passive matrix can have long response times and not display images as clear, crisp and bright making the image somewhat muted.
There are however some draw backs to liquid crystal display monitors and televisions for that matter. Video resolutions can be shown in multiples on a cathode ray tube monitor without including any artifacts or blurriness however a liquid crystal display when processing a video in a native resolution can create artifacts and blurriness due to scaling. Therefore, liquid crystal displays can generally not display very low resolution screen modes due to the scaling.
Another drawback to LCD monitors is the color depth of black. Due to back-light bleed the color black is not as deep and dark as it is on other types of display monitors. When images change rapidly on an LCD monitor there is also a chance of ghosting, which is a trailing between images. Viewing angles is also one drawback of using an LCD monitor; laptop computer screens with liquid crystal displays are notorious for this. The monitor screens can not be viewed below a certain degree or angle without the display becoming distorted, whereas with plasma screens you can view at most any degree and angle with no distortion.
Yes, there are drawbacks to LCD monitors but for the most part they are the most sensible types of monitors to use. The clear bright pictures with quick response times outweigh the cons associated with the LCD monitors. In answer to the ultimate question of LCD monitors: are they better; the answer has to be without a doubt, yes.
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