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Article: Data on display: the cathode-ray tube, which dominated display technology for half a century, has given way to flat-panel displays. All current flat-panel display technologies involve a degree of compromise, but new concepts leaving the laboratory promise better visual images and lower power consumption. (Technology).
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- Armada International
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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As military operations become ever more complex and faster-paced, combatants will require quick and easy access to ever-increasing amounts of data, a requirement which will demand the best which display technology can provide.
Ask the end user what features are desirable in a new display, and the response is likely to be:
* high resolution * fast response * legible under all lighting conditions from sunlight to near-darkness * light weight * rugged * minimal power consumption * low cost.
Anyone who has gone shopping for a new computer monitor will realise just how optimistic such specifications are, but display designers are determined to rise ...