Display examples

Introduction by year and display examples of displays capable of graphics output:
Cathode ray tube
Monochrome CRT
1922 Monochrome cathode ray tube:
Color CRT
Color cathode ray tube:
Direct-View Bistable Storage Tube
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.
Flip-flap/disc display
1957 Split-flap display
200px
1961 Flip-disc display
Monochrome plasma display
1981 Monochrome plasma display:
Light-emitting diode
1968 Light-emitting diode:

Eggcrate display
1968 Eggcrate display
Vacuum fluorescent display
1967 Vacuum fluorescent display as used in consumer electronics.
Twisted nematic field effect LCD
Twisted nematic field effect LCD:
Pin screen
Pin screen:

Thin film transistor LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display:
Full-color plasma display
Full-color plasma display:
Organic light-emitting diode
Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED)
Electronic paper
Electronic paper:
Electroluminescent display
Electroluminescent display (ELD)

 
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