History of LCD Monitors
The history of LCD monitors is one that has slowly evolved through the passage of time; small developments have lead to the invention of the LCD monitors ever-so-popular today. The history of LCD monitors really saw its earliest beginnings in the late 1880s. A number of small discoveries were made and the LCD TV was birthed after a series of inventions and adaptations of technologies.
In the year 1888 Friedrich Reinitzer, a famed chemist and botanist, first discovered the liquid crystal: the basis for modern LCD TV technologies. The young botanist made various discoveries while working on plants and examining cholesterol in plants. When seeking the melting point of cholesteryl benzoate, Reinitzer discovered liquid crystals based upon a secondary melting point. Later, in the late 1950s, Glenn Brown conducted research on the liquid crystal and a new focus and interest pertaining to the technology reemerged.
In the 1960s, Pierre Gilles de Gennes, a French physicist, revealed how phase changes which were either mechanically or electrically incited changed liquid crystals and altered their transparent phase into an opaque phase. Eight years after the latter discovery, George Heilmeier created a DSM display, and two years after that release the LCD display was created by James Feragson. In the late 1970s the first TFT display was engineered; two researchers hailing from Dundee University in Scotland known as Peter Lecomber and Walter Spear established the very first thin film transistor or active matrix LCD. At that time, pixels were managed by one of four transistors.
In the early 1980s, the world saw the invention of the first LCD pocket TV as well as the LCD TV watch. Both of the latter inventions were offered up by the manufacturers known as Epson. Later, in the late 1980s Sharp offered the first wall mountable TFT LCD TV with a 14 inch screen display and in 2001 Sharp release the Aquos LCD TV. Other manufacturers have released a variety of different LCD TV’s since the release of the first LCD TV in the late 1980s. As the sets became more advanced and more manufacturers began creating LCD TVs, the prices have become more competitive. Competition has made LCD TV technology more accessible to the public and far more affordable than ever before.
By the year 2004, LCD TVs became widely available to consumers everywhere. Presently, manufacturers like Sharp, Samsung, and LG are making a wide variety of LCD TV selections. As technologies improve, LCD TVs are becoming ever more advanced and coveted.
