Whether your screen is a domestic TV or a dedicated monitor, the heat and voltage stress of driving a CRT made these devices significantly less reliable than many of their modern-day counterparts.

Throughout the history of computing, the development of monitor technology has been pivotal in shaping the interaction ...

CRT stands for cathode ray tube. A CRT is essentially a sealed glass bottle with no air inside. It begins with a slim neck and tapers outward until it forms a large base. The base is the monitor's ...

Very large and heavy. Smaller and lighter. Energy efficient. Blurry images outside the natural resolution. While CRT monitors ...

The designers of older equipment that contained a CRT monitor rarely made the effort to design their own driver and deflection circuitry. Instead they were more likely to buy an off the shelf ...