Display (CRT) Basics
What is a Cathode Ray Tube?
This is a CRT.
Raster Scan
Color
See how the shadow mask and triads work.
Picture of a genuine real monitor.
And you thought triads were too flaky to be real.
Trust me again?
Why Do We Care?
Size
Dot Pitch
Really understand triads. See how these things can't be pixels?
Triads Versus Pixels
Scan (or Refresh) Rate
Interlacing
Interlacing. And you thought triads was a hairbrain scheme.
Other Interactive Output Technologies
Flat Panel
Head Mounted Displays
Hard Copy
Printers
Ink Jet
Laser Printers
Wax Transfer
Dye Sublimation
Film Recorders
Display Controller Basics
Display controller ("video card" for normal people) block diagram.
Drawing "Front End"
Video "Back End"
Color Lookup Tables (LUT)
True Color, Pseudo Color
True color ...
versus pseudo color.
More true color ...
Versus pseudo color.