11 Facts About Computer monitors

Computer monitors monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or text form.

The display device in modern Computer monitors is typically a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display with LED backlighting having replaced cold-cathode fluorescent lamp backlighting.

Originally, computer monitors were used for data processing while television sets were used for entertainment.

Computer monitors were formerly known as visual display units, particularly in British English.

LCD Computer monitors have now very high temporal accuracy and can be used for vision research.

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Since around the late 2000s, widescreen LCD Computer monitors have become popular, in part due to television series, motion pictures and video games transitioning to high-definition, which makes standard-width Computer monitors unable to display them correctly as they either stretch or crop HD content.

Organic light-emitting diode Computer monitors provide higher contrast, better color reproduction and viewing angles than LCDs but they require more power when displaying documents with white or bright backgrounds and have a severe problem known as burn-in, just like CRTs.

Some Computer monitors have different indicator light colors and some Computer monitors have blinking indicator light when in power-saving mode.

Some displays, especially newer LCD Computer monitors, replace the traditional anti-glare matte finish with a glossy one.

Newer Computer monitors are able to display a different image for each eye, often with the help of special glasses, giving the perception of depth.

Computer monitors are provided with a variety of methods for mounting them depending on the application and environment.