OUTPUT DEVICES: MONITORS (CRT, LCD, LED, PLASMA)

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DISPLAY DEVICES INCLUDING CRT, LCD, LED and PLASMA with advantages and disadvantages.

1. OUTPUTDEVICES
MONITOR
Cathode RayTube(CRT)
LiquidCrystalDisplay
(LCD)
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Plasma
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2. INTRODUCTION
▪Output devices receives information from the CPU and
Present it to the user in user understandable from.
▪Output can normally be produced in two ways:
▪Either on display unit or
▪In a paper
▪Form of output on a computer screen which is in electronic
form is softcopy.
▪Output on paper which is in non-electronic form is called as
hardcopy.

3. MONITOR
▪It is a most common peripheral in computer is graphic display
device.
▪Increasing demand for display of graphics, diagrams and pictures to
make visual presentation of information more effectively.
▪Easy user interaction and decision making.
▪A monitoror display(also called screenor visual display unit) is
an electronic visual display for computers.
▪Graphic display is made up of a series of serial dots(picture
elements) called “pixels” whose pattern produces images.
▪Main categories of display screen:
▪Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
▪Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
▪Light Emitting Diode (LED)
▪Plasma Display

4. MONITOR QUALITY AND RESOLUTION
Quality:
▪Manufacturers describe quality by dot pitch.
▪Smaller dot pitches mean pixels are closely
spaced which will yield a sharper image.
▪Most monitors have dot pitches that range from
0.22mm to 0.39mm.
Resolution:
▪Indicates how densely packed the pixels are.
▪Most modern monitors can display 1024x768
pixels.
▪High end models can display 1280x1024.

5. MONITOR
▪Quality of picture we see on monitor depends upon,
▪Monitor quality itself
▪Video controller.
▪Fromthe1980sonwards,computers(andtheirmonitors)have
beenusedforbothdataprocessingandentertainment.

6. TECHNOLOGIES
▪Different image technique have been used for
computer monitors.
▪Until the 21
st
century most monitors were CRT but
they have been phased out for LCD monitors.
▪They are categorized by color output.
▪Monitors connects to the video card of a computer
system.

7. MONITOR CLASSIFICATIONS
•Monochrome:Display two colors, one for the
background and one for the foreground.
•Gray-Scale: A special type of monochrome
monitor capable of displaying different shades of
gray.
•Color: Can display anywhere from 16 to over 1
million different colors. Sometimes called RGB
monitors.

8. MONOCHROME MONITOR
▪Amonochrome monitorisatypeofCRT
computerdisplaywhichwasverycommoninthe
earlydaysofcomputing.
▪Fromthe1960sthroughthe1980s,beforecolor
monitorsbecamepopular.
▪Theyarestillwidelyusedinapplicationssuchas
computerizedcashregistersystems.
▪Greenscreenwasthecommonnamefora
monochromemonitor.
▪Theyareabandonedinearly-to-mid1980’s.

9. MONOCHROME MONITOR

10. GRAYSCALE MONITORS
▪Aspecialtypeofmonochromemonitorcapable
ofdisplayingdifferentshadesofgray.
▪Theyarealsoknownasblack-and-white,are
composedexclusivelyofshadesofgray,varying
fromblackattheweakestintensitytowhiteatthe
strongest.
▪Earlygrayscalemonitorscanonlyshowupto
sixteendifferentshades

11. GRAYSCALE MONITOR

12. COLOR MONITORS
▪Adisplaymonitorcapableofdisplayingmanycolors.
▪ColorMonitorsworkslikeamonochromeone,except
thattherearethreeelectronbeamsinsteadofone.
▪Thethreegunsrepresentadditivecolors(red,green
andblue)althoughthebeamtheyemitarecolorless.
▪Eachpixelincludesthreephosphors,red,greenand
blue,arrangedinatriangle.
▪Whenthebeamofeachofthesegunsarecombined
andfocusedonapixel,thephosphorslightup.

13. COLOR MONITORS
▪The monitors can display different colors by
combining various intensities of three beams.

14. MIXING OF COLORS

15. CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)
▪CRT consists of a vacuum tube containing an electron gun(source of
electron), electron deflection mechanism and a fluorescent
screen.
▪Vacuum tube is narrow at one end and opens to a flat screen at the
other end.
▪Narrow end contains electron guns.
▪Single gun for monochrome and three guns for color.
▪Display screen is covered with tiny phosphor dots that emit light when struck by the
electron gun.
▪Electron deflection mechanism which consists of X-Plates and Y-Plates
deflects and converge electron beam on the fluorescent screen.
▪Thus emitted light pattern on phosphor coated screen is what user
see as image.

16. FYI, PHOSPHORE
▪is a semi-conducteur material which emits visible
radiation in response to the impact of electrons.
(i.e. when it absorbs energy from some source
such as an electron beam, it releases a portion of
this energy in the form of light).
▪Inresponsetoasuddenchangeintheelectron
beam(fromontooff),thelightemissiondoesnot
fallinstantaneously,thereisagradualreduction
challed‘fluorescence’.

17. BASIC CATHODE RAY TUBE
▪Electrons fired from the back
▪Phosphor is arranged in dots called pixels
▪Electron strikes the phosphor on screen
▪Electrons excite phosphor to glow
▪Exact phosphor will be lit up by deviating
electron using deflection plates.

18. SCANNING PATTERN OF CRT
ELECTRON GUN
▪The electron gun scans from left to right and from top
to bottom.
▪Refreshing every phosphor dot in a zig-zag pattern.

19. ADVANTAGES OF CRT
▪caneasilyincreasethemonitor’sbrightnessbyreflectingthe
light.
▪lowerpriceratethantheLCDdisplayorPlasmadisplay.
▪Viewingangleisalsohigh.
▪Indisplaytechnology,viewingangleisthemaximumangleat
whichadisplaycanbeviewedwithacceptablevisual
performance.
▪Thecontrastfeaturesofthecathoderaytubemonitorare
consideredhighlyexcellent.

20. DISADVANTAGES OF CRT
▪Theyhaveabigbackandtakeupspaceondesk.
▪TheelectromagneticfieldsemittedbyCRTmonitors
constituteahealthhazardtothefunctioningofliving
cells.
▪CRTsemitasmallamountofX-raybandradiation
whichcanresultinahealthhazard.
▪CRTsoperateatveryhighvoltagewhichcan
overheatsystemorresultinsystemfailure
▪Theyareheavytopickupandcarryaround.

21. FROM CRT TO LCD
▪CRT
▪Bulky, heavy, use vacuum tube
technology.
▪Using technology that was
developed in the 19
th
century.
▪LCD
▪First LCD laptop monitors were very
small due to manufacturing costs but
now are available in a variety of
sizes.
▪Light, sleek, energy-efficient, have
sharp picture.

22. LCD HISTORY
▪Liquidcrystalswerefirstdiscoveredin1888byAustrian
botanistFriedrichReinitzer.
▪In1997,manufacturesbegantoofferfullsizeLCD
monitorsasalternativestoCRTmonitors.
▪Usedfordisplaysinnotebooks,smallcomputers,
pagers,phonesandotherinstruments.
▪Uses acombination offluorescent-based
backlight(CCFL),colorfilters,transistors,and
liquidcrystaltocreateandilluminateimages.

23. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
▪It is a flat panel display, electronic visual display,
or video displaythat uses the light modulating
properties of liquid crystals (LCs).
▪In other word it is electro-optical amplitude
modulator realized as thin, flat display device.
▪Made up of any number of color or monochrome
pixels arrayed in front of a light source or reflector.
(Light source also called as backlighting system)
▪LCs do not emit light directly .

24. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
▪Liquid crystal display is composed of
several layers which include
▪two polarizing panel filters,
▪front and rear glass layer,
▪color filters layer and
▪layer of liquid state crystals.
▪Light is projected from the back by lighting system on a layer of liquid
crystal. Compact CathodFluorescent Lamp(CCFL) is used as light
source.
▪Unpolarized light passes through rear glass following polarizing film.
Polarizer helps to strikes the exact crystal. Crystal modulated light
passed through color filter and then through another polarizer to
produce colored image to user.
▪This image is then displayed on the screen.

25. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
▪There are mainly two categories of LCD.
▪The passive matrix LCD
▪The Active matrix LCD
▪Passive Matrix LCDs consisting of a grid of horizontal and vertical
wires.
▪At the intersection of each grid is an LCD element which
constitutes a single pixel, either letting light through or
blocking it.
▪Active-matrixLCDs depend on thin film transistors
(TFT) arranged in a matrix on a glass substrate.
▪Pixels have 4 transistors
▪One each for red, green, blue
▪One for opaqueness

26. PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY

27. TFT LCD (ACTIVE MATRIX) SCREEN

28. ADVANTAGES OF LCD
▪The liquid crystal has a unique advantage of having low
power consumption than the LED or cathode ray tube.
▪Technology can be used in varieties of display
devices: TV, Video Cameras, Smartphones,
Thermometers etc.
▪Provides excellent contrast
▪LCD’s are thinner and lighter when compared to
cathode ray tube
▪Normal Life span : 50,000 -100, 000 hours

29. DISADVANTAGES OF LCD
▪After a while the LCD display the some of the
pixels will die(dead pixels) and you may see a
discoloured spot on a black spot on the display.
▪The cost of a LCD is considerably at a high
price.
▪The LCD display will have slow response times.
▪The LCD display has a fixed resolution display
and cannot be changed.
▪The viewing angle of a LCD display is very
limited.

30. LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(LEDS)
▪Emissive display technology which is like an LCD screen,
but instead of having a normal CCFL backlight, it uses
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a source of light behind the
screen.
▪Some available in market uses same liquid crystal to
form pixels with LED as backlight.
▪Some didn't have an LCD panel but instead have 3 small
colored LEDs per pixel with backlight.
▪An LED is more energy efficient and a lot smaller than a
CCFL, enabling a thinner television screen.

31. LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(LEDS)
▪There are three main configurations of LED as backlights for television
screens: full array, edge lit, and direct lit.
Full array: LEDs
are distributed
evenly behind the
entire screen.
Edge lit: LEDs are
placed at the
peripheral of the
screen
Direct lit: LEDs
are directly
behind the
screen.

32. ADVANTAGES OF LED
▪Improved viewing angle than LCDs.
▪Thin screen with sleek design which is adjustable at any place.
▪LEDs are far better than LCD monitors because they do not use fluorescent bulbs
due to which they are lighter and thinner in weight.
▪LEDs consume less energy and save a lot of power.
▪LEDs provide bright image quality by enhancing the contrast and enriching the
range of colors.
▪These LEDs monitor produces flicker free image which reduces eye fatigue, eye
strains and headaches.
▪They have a long lifespan in comparison to the LCD’s.
▪LEDs don’t produce heat because they do not contain the fluorescent bulbs which
can also cause damage by short-circuiting.
▪Life span : Around 100,000 hours

33. DISADVANTAGES OF LED
▪Top most disadvantage is the price rate at which they are available
in the market, which is very expensive.
▪LED performance largely depends on the ambient temperature of
the operating environment. Over-driving the LED in high ambient
temperatures may result in overheating of the LED package,
eventually leading to device failure.
▪LEDs must be supplied with the correct voltage and current at a
constant flow. This requires some electronics expertise to design
the electronic drivers.

34. PLASMA MONITORS

35. PLASMA DISPLAY
▪Plasma Display Panel(PDP) is a type of flat panel display
now commonly used for large TV displays(above 37-inch or
940 mm).
▪Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an
mixture of noble gases as picture element..
▪non-flammable,inertgases,neonand xenon, both of which are
used influorescentlighting. These gases are not harmful, either
individually or when combined.
▪The gas in the cells is electrically turned into plasma which
then excites phosphors to emit light which user see as
image.

37. ADVANTAGES OF PLASMA
▪Plasma TVs allows richer colors in a wider rangei.e.chromatic
range of plasma screens is much broader than for CRT and LED
displays.
▪The viewing angles are very wide, especially compared to LCD
displays. The main reason is that the light is generated in the pixels
themselves, unlike LCD technology.
▪Plasma screens need no polarizer.
▪Plasma displays can have very large diagonal measurements (32 to
50 inches) with minimal thickness.

38. DISADVANTAGES OF LED
▪Plasma displays are not suitable in sizes under 32" (82 cm)
diagonal.
▪Since a plasma pixel needs an electricity to emit light, a pixel is
either lit or unlit, but has no intermediate state. So more expensive
to control brightness.
▪Maycauses visual discomfort eye (i.e. fatigue without the viewer
even being aware of it)at close distances.
▪Finally there's the economic factor: plasma displays are expensive
asplasmapanel's control mechanism require specific high-
performance semiconductors.

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