Will the term "LCD" eventually replace the term "monitor"?

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Aren't there LED monitors?

LED monitors are still LCDs, they're just backlit with LEDs instead of florescents.

Not if they're OLED displays.

What if SED becomes a real technology?

OP: "LCD" replaced "CRT" as a term, not monitor.

SED is dead, and it looks like LaserVUE is toast too. I had high hopes for those 2 technologies. Plasma is on death spiral.

 

[Fritzo]

No. The monitor is the computer. Just ask 95% of old people. Just call it the computer to fit in.

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The cool thing about TSPA monitors is that they have a refresh rate below 0 ms and can completely eliminate lag in online FPS games.

Also, if it ever goes down, you can just reverse the polarity of the deflector dish, and that usually fixes it.

 

[Crono]

We only call them LCDs because there are competing technologies. I generally refer to them as monitors unless I am making a distinction. I do the same for CRTs and plasma monitors.

 

[sandorski]

I suspect they won't last long enough to become "Monitor". Even if they do last decades, they still may never acquire the name "Monitor". It's very possible that the term "Monitor" has become dead and will eventually be completely removed from usage. I really think the term "Display" will replace "Monitor", it's just more accurate and intuitive.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Aren't there LED monitors?

LED monitors are still LCDs, they're just backlit with LEDs instead of florescents.

Not if they're OLED displays.

What if SED becomes a real technology?

OP: "LCD" replaced "CRT" as a term, not monitor.

My whole point is that when everyone was using CRT monitors, no one referred to them as CRT's. Now that everyone has LCD's monitors, they just call them LCD's.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Aren't there LED monitors?

LED monitors are still LCDs, they're just backlit with LEDs instead of florescents.

Not if they're OLED displays.

What if SED becomes a real technology?

OP: "LCD" replaced "CRT" as a term, not monitor.

My whole point is that when everyone was using CRT monitors, no one referred to them as CRT's. Now that everyone has LCD's monitors, they just call them LCD's.

That's because there are alternative technologies, including older CRTs (which I do call CRTs now), plasma screens, OLEDs, etc. No need to call a CRT a CRT back in the day, because it was basically the only common tech. LCD is dominating consumer monitor market now, but not for long.

 

[RichUK]

The correct terminology is VDU - Visual Display Unit.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: RichUK
The correct terminology is VDU - Visual Display Unit.

Can you pronounce that "voodoo"? If so, awesome

 

[sandorski]

Veedoo!

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
I know people who don't know from "monitors"... they only know "screen".

And there are those who call it "the computer"

(A guy in my office, just the other day, turned off "the computer" by hitting the power button on his monitor. I would not have believed it if I had not seen it myself. As he got up to leave, I asked, "So, um, are you going to turn off your computer, too?")

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

Don't hate 'cause the CRT got back.

:music: I like big monitors and I cannot lie :music:

I :heart: my Trinitron/P1130.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

She is correct. Flat screen=CRT with a flat screen. Flat panel=LCD/plasma.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

She is correct. Flat screen=CRT with a flat screen. Flat panel=LCD/plasma.

I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face

MotionMan

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The cool thing about TSPA monitors is that they have a refresh rate below 0 ms and can completely eliminate lag in online FPS games.

a refresh rate below 0ms? so a negative refresh rate? you see what happens next before it happens? awesome!

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

She is correct. Flat screen=CRT with a flat screen. Flat panel=LCD/plasma.

I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face

MotionMan

And 99% of people think the Internet is the blue E on their desktop, that doesn't make them right.

 

[zoiks]

I never referred to my old monitor as a 'CRT' so no, I'd still refer to my lcd display as a monitor.

 

[Barfo]

no

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: rh71
we never called them CRTs.

No one did...until there were LCDs.



My mother-in-law has a "flat" CRT and she calls it a "flat screen". I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face.

MotionMan

She is correct. Flat screen=CRT with a flat screen. Flat panel=LCD/plasma.

I guess, technically, she is right, but 99.9999999% of people would assume she means a LCD and not a monster unit with a "flat" face

MotionMan

Freakin' lawyers

 

[Perknose]

Will the term "LCD" eventually replace the term "monitor"?

<--------------- Considers the possible term "LCD Lizard."

Not entirely, no.

 

[gorcorps]

I call it a screen

 

[So]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Aren't there LED monitors?

LED monitors are still LCDs, they're just backlit with LEDs instead of florescents.

Not if they're OLED displays.

What if SED becomes a real technology?

OP: "LCD" replaced "CRT" as a term, not monitor.

My whole point is that when everyone was using CRT monitors, no one referred to them as CRT's. Now that everyone has LCD's monitors, they just call them LCD's.

I remember plenty of people calling them CRTs.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Quintox
Sure why not

because crt didnt replace monitor either... lcd is a type of monitor, just like a plazma or a crt. although i have noticed i call my tv the plazma now instead of my tv, but i call the lcd monitor my monitor still.

 

[TheNinja]

Most people here call them "flat panel monitor" for their computers.