VIDEO CARDS AND MONITORS

Your computer electronically transmits words and pictures to your monitor. These images are created by a video card installed inside your system unit. Settings in Windows tell the video card and the monitor how to work together to display the images you see on the screen.

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CRT Versus LCD

Many lower-priced systems use traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors. Newer flat-screen monitors use an LCD display instead, which takes up less desk space.