A LCD or liquid crystal display is a flat panel video
display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals. From
computer monitors to television and instrument panels to gaming devices, LCD’s
are common across a wide range of consumer devices and replaced the older CRT
displays by 2007, when LCD televisions surpassed CRTs in worldwide sales for
the first time.
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Fried-rich Reinitializer accidentally discovered Liquid crystals
back in 1888. However, they remained a scientific curiosity for about 80 years
before George Heilmeier built the first working LCD in 1964. It was
manufacturer, Sharp Corporation that developed the first 14-inch color LCD TV
in 1988 and effectively brought it to the masses.
LCD s are used widely and available in a wider range of sizes
than plasma displays today and since they do not use phosphors they do not
suffer from image burn-in. Further, LCD monitors have been adopted by the
United States military because they are small, lighter and more efficient.
Also, LCD s offer razor sharp image displays, as there is no theoretical
resolution limit and can be made to large sizes relatively inexpensively. Since
its introduction, great advances have been made in LCD technology with Toshiba
soon rumored to be launching the first curved LCD TV shortly.
