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Output Devices

The document discusses different types of computer output devices including monitors, printers, and speakers. It describes CRT and flat panel monitors, focusing on LCD monitors which are now popular due to being compact, lightweight, and low power consumption. LED monitors are also discussed as a newer flat panel display that uses LED backlighting.

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Output Devices

The document discusses different types of computer output devices including monitors, printers, and speakers. It describes CRT and flat panel monitors, focusing on LCD monitors which are now popular due to being compact, lightweight, and low power consumption. LED monitors are also discussed as a newer flat panel display that uses LED backlighting.

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OUTPUT DEVICES

Following are some of the important output devices used in a computer.


 Monitors
 Graphic Plotter
 Printer
 sound card and speaker

MONITORS
Monitors, commonly called as Visual Display Unit (VDU), are the main output device of a computer. It
forms images from tiny dots, called pixels that are arranged in a rectangular form. The sharpness of the
image depends upon the number of pixels.
There are two kinds of viewing screen used for monitors.
 Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT)
 Flat-Panel Display

CATHODE-RAY TUBE (CRT) MONITOR


The CRT display is made up of small picture elements called pixels. The smaller the pixels, the better the
image clarity or resolution. It takes more than one illuminated pixel to form a whole character, such as the
letter ‘e’ in the word help.

A finite number of characters can be displayed on a screen at once. The screen can be divided into a series
of character boxes - fixed location on the screen where a standard character can be placed. Most screens
are capable of displaying 80 characters of data horizontally and 25 lines vertically.
There are some disadvantages of CRT −
 Large in Size
 High power consumption

FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY MONITOR


The flat-panel display refers to a class of video devices that have reduced volume, weight and power
requirement in comparison to the CRT. You can hang them on walls or wear them on your wrists. Current
uses of flat-panel displays include calculators, video games, monitors, laptop computer, and graphics
display.
The flat-panel display is divided into two categories −
 Emissive Displays − Emissive displays are devices that convert electrical energy into light. For
example, plasma panel and LED (Light-Emitting Diodes).
 Non-Emissive Displays − Non-emissive displays use optical effects to convert sunlight or light
from some other source into graphics patterns. For example, LCD (Liquid-Crystal Device).

LCD (LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY) MONITORS


Liquid crystal display, also known as liquid crystal diode, is one of the most advanced technologies
available at present. Typically, an LCD monitor consists of a layer of color or monochrome pixels
arranged schematically between a couple of transparent electrodes and two polarizing filters. Optical
effect is achieved by polarizing the light in varied amounts and making it pass through the liquid crystal
layer. At present, there are two types of LCD technology available. These include the active matrix or
TFT and a passive matrix technology. Among these, TFT technology is more secure and reliable, and
generates better picture quality. On the other hand, passive matrix has a slow response time and is slowly
becoming outdated.
In recent times, LCD monitors have become increasing popular with consumers.
Some major advantages of using an LCD monitor include:
 These monitors are compact, lightweight, and do not consume much desk space.
 Secondly, these monitors do not consume much electricity and can even be operated by using
batteries.
 Also, the images transmitted by these monitors do not get geometrically distorted and have little
flicker.
 However, LCD monitors do have certain disadvantages. Most importantly, these monitors are very
expensive. Secondly, image quality is not constant when viewed from different angles. Also, an
LCD monitor’s resolution is always constant. Any alterations can result in a reduced performance.

LED (LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES) MONITORS


LED monitors are the latest types of monitors in the market today. Like LCD, it is again a flat panel
display making use of light-emitting diodes for back-lightning instead of Cold Cathode Fluorescent
(CCFL) back-lightning used in LCDs. Primarily, the display is of LCD only but the back-lightning is
done by LEDs.
LED monitors are said to use much lesser power than CRT and LCD. Thus, they are also considered
environmental friendly.
Other core advantages of LED monitors are:
1. They produce images with higher contrast
2. They have less negative environmental impact when disposed
3. Lifespan and durability of LED monitors is more than CRT or LCD monitors
4. Because of the technology, the monitor panels can be made very thin
5. Do not produce much heat while running
6. LED monitors are little expensive than the former types. There are multiple ways by which LED
back-lightning is done.

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