A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics, power supply, housing, electrical connectors, and external user controls.
Eizo ColorEdge monitor with screen hood
Hydraulic arm monitor stand, connected via VESA mount holes
A fixed 19-inch (48 cm), 4:3 rack mount LCD monitor
A 1U stowable clamshell 19-inch (48 cm), 4:3 rack mount LCD monitor with keyboard
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but instead use a backlight or reflector to produce images in color or monochrome.
An LCD screen used as a notification panel for travellers
LCD in a Texas Instruments calculator with top polarizer removed from device and placed on top, such that the top and bottom polarizers are perpendicular. As a result, the colors are inverted.
A Casio Alarm Chrono digital watch with LCD
Demonstration digital clock made in 1973 using then recently developed Cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals