What is a TFT Monitor?
A TFT monitor uses thin-film transistor technology for the ultimate LCD display. LCD monitors, also called flat panel displays, are replacing the old style cathode ray tubes (CRTs) as the displays of choice. Nearly all LCD monitors today use TFT technology. The benefit of a TFT monitor is a separate, tiny transistor for each pixel on the display. Because each transistor is so small, the amount of charge needed to control it is also small. This allows for very fast re-drawing of the display, as the image is re-painted or refreshed several times per second. Prior to TFT, passive matrix LCD displays could not keep up with fast moving images. A mouse dragged across the screen, for example, from point A to point B, would disappear between the two points. A TFT monitor can track the mouse, resulting in a display that can be used for video, gaming and all forms of multimedia. A typical 17-inch TFT monitor has about 1.3 million pixels and 1.3 million transistors. That leaves a significant chan
A TFT monitor uses thin-film transistor technology for the ultimate LCD or liquid crystal display. LCD monitors, also called flat panel displays, are replacing the old style cathode ray tubes (CRTs) as the display of choice. Nearly all LCD monitors today use TFT technology. The benefit of a TFT monitor is a separate, tiny transistor for each pixel on the display. Because each transistor is so small, the amount of charge needed to control it is also small. This allows for very fast re-drawing of the display, as the image is re-painted or refreshed several times per second. Prior to TFT, passive matrix LCD displays could not keep up with fast moving images. A mouse dragged across the screen, for example, from point A to point B, would disappear between the two points. A TFT monitor can track the mouse, resulting in a display that can be used for video, gaming and all forms of multimedia. A typical 17-inch TFT monitor has about 1.3 million pixels and 1.3 million transistors. That leaves a
Introduction A TFT monitor is a kind of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor that uses thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. As we are aware, LCD monitors are fast becoming the norm in place of cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors. While there are also other technologies in use, TFT is the technology most LCD monitors use. Why TFT? In TFT technology, a separate miniscule transistor works for each pixel on the display. As the transistors are so tiny, the charge required to operate it is very small too. This way, the display gets refreshed several times per second, ensuring great visual clarity. In Passive Matrix LCD monitors that were in use before TFT, fast moving images could not be represented with adequate clarity. For instance, a body in motion from point A to point B would disappear between the two rest points. TFT could meet this challenge as each pixel is backed up with a transistor, and thus track the body throughout the screen. Thus TFT monitors are ideal for games, video displays
