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Flat-panel displays have almost completely replaced old CRT displays and come in a variety of forms including LCD, LED, and e-ink technologies. They are much thinner, lighter, and higher resolution than CRTs. Volatile displays like LCDs require periodic refreshing while static displays retain images without power. Many modern flatscreen devices feature touchscreens which allow users to interact directly on the display. Multifunctional monitors take flatscreens further by including multiple inputs and some include TV tuners for connectivity to various video sources.

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Flat-Panel Displays Are

Flat-panel displays have almost completely replaced old CRT displays and come in a variety of forms including LCD, LED, and e-ink technologies. They are much thinner, lighter, and higher resolution than CRTs. Volatile displays like LCDs require periodic refreshing while static displays retain images without power. Many modern flatscreen devices feature touchscreens which allow users to interact directly on the display. Multifunctional monitors take flatscreens further by including multiple inputs and some include TV tuners for connectivity to various video sources.

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Flat-panel displays are electronic viewing technologies used to enable people to see content (still

images, moving images, text, or other visual material) in a range of entertainment, consumer
electronics, personal computer, and mobile devices, and many types of medical, transportation and
industrial equipment. They are far lighter and thinner than traditional cathode ray
tube (CRT) television sets and video displays and are usually less than 10 centimetres (3.9 in) thick.
Flat-panel displays can be divided into two display device categories: volatile and static. Volatile
displays require that pixels be periodically electronically refreshed to retain their state (e.g., Liquidcrystal displays (LCD)). A volatile display only shows an image when it has battery or AC
mains power. Static flat-panel displays rely on materials whose color states are bistable (e.g., ebook reader tablets from Sony), and as such, flat-panel displays retain the text or images on the
screen even when the power is off. As of 2016, flat-panel displays have almost completely replaced
old CRT displays. In many 2010-era applications, specifically small portable devices such
as laptops, mobile phones, smartphones, digital cameras, camcorders, point-and-shoot cameras,
and pocket video cameras, any display disadvantages of flatscreens (as compared with CRTs) are
made up for by portability advantages (thinness and lightweightness) .
Most 2010s-era flat-panel displays use LCD and/or LED technologies. Most LCD screens are backlit to make them easier to read or view in bright environments. Flat-panel displays are thin and
lightweight and provide better linearity and they are capable of higher resolution than typical
consumer-grade TVs from earlier eras. The highest resolution for consumer-grade CRT TVs
was 1080i; in contrast, many flatscreens can display 1080p or even 4K resolution. As of 2016, some
devices that use flatscreens, such as tablet computers, smartphones and less, commonly, laptops,
use touchscreens, a feature that enables users to select onscreen icons or trigger actions (e.g.,
playing a digital video) by touching the screen. Many touchscreen-enabled devices can display a
virtual QWERTY or numeric keyboard on the screen, to enable the user to type words or numbers.
A multifunctional monitor (MFM) is a flat-panel display that has additional video inputs (more than
a typical LCD monitor) and is designed to be used with a variety of external video sources, such
as VGA input, HDMI input from a VHS VCR or video game console and, in some cases, a USB input
or card reader for viewing digital photos). In many instances, an MFM also includes a TV tuner,
making it similar to a LCD TV that offers computer connectivity.

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