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Display (Video Display Device) Most CG on video monitors Most popular: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Other popular display types: Old but still present: CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Plasma display Field Emission Displays Digital Micromirror Devices Light Emitting Diodes 3D display devices (hologram or page scan methods) CRT related terms Refresh rate: # of complete images (frames) drawn on the screen in 1 second. Frames/sec. Frame time: reciprocal of the refresh rate, time between each complete scan. sec/frame Resolution: a 2D term that measures the number of scan-lines and the number of pixels on each line (maximum number of points that can be displayed without overlap on a CRT) Raster Scan Screen is a regular grid of samples called pixels (picture element) Screen is refreshed line by line Interlacing: Avoid flickering affect for small refresh rates.interlaced 50Hz: actually 25Hz non-interlaced interlaced, cycle 1 interlaced, cycle 2 interlaced, 2 cycles LCD Displays Thinner and lighter. No tube or electron beams. Blocking/unblocking light through polarized crystals. Crystals liquefy when excited by heat or E field. A matrix of LC cells one for each pixel. No refresh unless the screen changes. Color 3 cells per pixel. LCD Displays Thinner and lighter. No tube or electron beams. Blocking/unblocking light through polarized crystals. Crystals liquefy when excited by heat or E field. A matrix of LC cells one for each pixel. No refresh unless the screen changes. Color 3 cells per pixel. LCD Types Transmissive reflective LCDs: LCDs act as light valves, not light emitters, and thus rely on an external light source. Laptop screen: backlit, transmissive display Palm Pilot/Game Boy: reflective display Plasma Displays Plasma display panels Similar in principle to fluorescent light tubes Small gas-filled capsules are excited by electric field,emits UV light UV excites phosphor Phosphor relaxes, emits some other color Plasma Displays Plasma Display Panel Pros Large