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DISPLAY DEVICE

A display device, also known as an information display is a device for visual or tactile presentation of images (including text) acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. While most common displays are designed to present information dynamically in a visual medium, tactile displays, usually intended for the blind or visually impaired, use mechanical parts to dynamically update a tactile image (usually of text) so that the image may be felt by the fingers.

Here are the common types of display devices :

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Analog electronic displays

  • CRT display (earlier)

Digital electronic displays

3D displays

Head-mounted display

Projectors

Mechanical types

Refreshable Braille display

Idiot lights

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:

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  Display Technologies  v·d·e 
Static Nixie tube | Electronic paper | LED
Video-capable VFD | CRT | PDP | OLED | LCD | DLP | LCoS | SED | FED | NED
Film Projection
3D Stereoscopic | Holographic