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A display device is an output device for presentation of information for visual, tactile or auditive reception, acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. When the input information is supplied as an electrical signal, the display is called electronic display. Electronic displays are available for presentation of visual, tactile and auditive information.

Tactile electronic displays (aka refreshable Braille display) are usually intended for the blind or visually impaired, they use electro-mechanical parts to dynamically update a tactile image (usually of text) so that the image may be felt by the fingers.

Common applications for electronic visual displays are television sets or computer monitors.

Contents 1 Early devices 2 Paper 3 Projectors 4 Three dimensional 5 Mechanical types 6 Refreshable Braille display 7 Idiot lights 8 Segment displays 9 Misc 10 See also 11 External links

[edit] Early devices

• IBM 740
• IBM 2250
• IBM 1627
• Tektronix 4014

• Cathode ray tube (CRT)
  • Storage tube
• Bistable display
• Electronic paper
• Nixie tube displays
• Vector display
• Flat panel display
• Vacuum fluorescent display (VF)
• Light-emitting diode (LED) displays
• Electroluminescent display (ELD)
• Plasma display panels (PDP)
• Liquid crystal display (LCD)
  • HPA display
  • Thin-film transistor displays (TFT)
• Organic light-emitting diode displays (OLED)
• Surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) (experimental)
• Laser TV (forthcoming)
• Carbon nanotubes (experimental)
• Nanocrystal displays (experimental), using quantum dots to make vibrant, flexible screens.
• Head-mounted display

[edit] Paper

• Computer printers
  • Laser printer
  • Inkjet printer
  • Electrostatic printer
  • Thermal printer
  • Industrial digital printer
• Plotters

[edit] Projectors

• Film projectors
  • Movie projector
  • Slide projector
• Digital projector
  • Video projector
  • LCD projector
• Laser projector
• Head-up display

[edit] Three dimensional

• Swept-volume display
• Varifocal mirror display
• Emissive volume display
• Laser display
• Holographic display

[edit] Mechanical types

• Ticker tape (historical)
• Split-flap display (or simply flap display)
• Flip-disc display (or flip-dot display)
• Rollsign

[edit] Refreshable Braille display

See also Optacon.

[edit] Idiot lights

The "Check Engine" light on an automobile dashboard is the quintessential idiot light, giving only the information that something is amiss, but not what particular subsystem or component, nor how urgent the problem is. Neither does it give any information about issues that may be still within acceptable limits, but trending towards failure.

[edit] Segment displays

Some displays can show only digits or alphanumeric characters. They are called segment displays, because they are composed of several segments that switch on and off to give appearance of desired glyph. The segments are usually single LEDs or liquid crystals. They are mostly used in digital watches and pocket calculators. There are several types:

• Seven segment display (most common, digits only)
• Fourteen segment display
• Sixteen segment display
• HD44780 Character LCD a widely accepted protocol for LCDs.

[edit] Misc

• Film recorder

[edit] See also

• Comparison of display technology
• Large-screen television technology
• Video monitor
• Times Square, where numerous display devices can be seen in use
• Haptic technology
• Graphical user interfaces
• CAD
• Computer-controlled milling machines
• Rapid prototyping
• Digital image processing
• Vector graphics vs. Raster graphics
• Video card
• Graphics chip
• Computer graphics
• Myvu

[edit] External links

• Society for Information Display - An international professional organization dedicated to the study of display technology
• display-Magazine - The Online Magazine for Displays
• [1] - Solari di Udine

v • d • e Display technology Video Current generation Electroluminescent display (ELD) · Vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) · Cathode ray tube (CRT) · Liquid crystal display (LCD) · Plasma display panel (PDP) · Digital Light Processing (DLP) · Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) Next generation Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) (roll-up display · Active-matrix · Phosphorous) · Surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) · Field emission display (FED) / Carbon nanotube (NED) · Laser TV · Ferro Liquid display (FLD) · Interferometric modulator display (IMOD) · Thick-film dielectric electroluminescent (TDEL) · Nanocrystal display · Quantum dot display (QDLED) · Micro device display (MDDP) · Time-mltiplexed optical shutter (TMOS) · Transparent electroluminescent · Telescopic pixel display (TPD) · Liquid crystal lasers (LCL) · High dynamic range (HDR) Non-video Electromechanical (Flip-dot · Split-flap · Vane) · Electronic paper · Rollable  · Eggcrate · Nixie tube 3D display Stereoscopic · Autostereoscopic · Computer generated holography · Volumetric · Laser beam Static media Hologram · Movie projector · Neon sign · Rollsign · Slide projector · Transparency Related articles Display examples · Free-space display · Large-screen television technology · Optimum HDTV viewing distance Comparison of display technology