Buying Guides & Articles:CRT Monitor

Nothing introduces you to the time-honored computer theme of using three-letter acronyms (TLAs) better than computer graphics. For the hardware, fortunately, only two... Read more

Introduction Everyone needs a good monitor to get the most out of a PC. But which monitor you need depends on several factors--what applications you use, how much room... Read more

Attaching a second, external monitor to a laptop is as simple as plug, enable, and play. Nearly all laptops offer a VGA port that's essentially identical in... Read more

No personal computer is complete without a monitor. You need one. It's a choice you must make, though some computer models, such as the iMac and all laptops and... Read more

If you use your computer for desktop publishing or graphics design -- and you need an exact color match between what your eye sees on your computer monitor and your... Read more

CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) displays use the same technology found in television sets: a moving electron beam inside a large vacuum tube sweeps back and forth and "paints"... Read more

Apple, Dell, eMachines, Gateway, HP, Lenovo and Sony all market their own monitors for their computers and all but Sony also sell monitors separately. Other brands of... Read more

The vast majority of monitors on the market are lightweight, flat-panel LCD displays. They come in a variety of sizes including the types of monitors listed here. The... Read more

Display quality, the most important monitor feature, isn't a major worry thanks to a generally high standard of performance. But today's monitors have other features... Read more

The most important attribute in a monitor, display quality isn't a major worry, thanks to a generally high standard of performance. All the monitors tested for our... Read more