RE: starship-design: LCDs

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

Plasma screens are much more rugged, durable and longer lasting.
Unfortunately, the ones I am familiar with are power hogs.

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu
> [mailto:owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu]On Behalf Of
> scifox@asylum30.freeserve.co.uk
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:28 AM
> To: Starship Design
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> Subject: starship-design: LCDs
>
>
> In recent discussions with a friend I was pointed out a
> problem with my
> multi-purpose terminals idea.  Previously I wanted to use full-colour
> displays, allowing maximum adaptability (all forms of
> display, readouts,
> alerts, etc...).  However, as my friend said, colour displays
> both LCD and
> plasma, lose or leach their colour over time, while
> monochrome LCDs are
> virtually imortal.
> Now, I'd still like to use colour displays in my designs, as
> they are more
> adaptable, even if possibly shorter-lived and more expensive.
>  Does anyone
> have any info on long-lasting flat colour displays, prefable
> low-energy use
> ones?
>
> I'll probably end up doing the prototypes one mono displays,
> as I'm on a low
> budget and they'rw all I have laying about, but I'd like to
> leave the room
> for expansion. I picked up the 19" rack on saturday, which
> already has some
> of the equipment mounted in it, so things are getting a
> little closer to
> first practical experiements.
>
> All the best
>
> Sci
>
>