I didn’t realize this until last night but with the iMac G5 replacing my eMac at work, I now completely work with LCD-based displays.
How I wish I were at least 10 years younger since LCDs cause less eye strain and they’re Greener because they use less power. Besides, they’ve always been pretty cool. I remember when Apple introduced its first one a decade ago; it was only a PowerBook display on a stand which sold for over $1200 (over $1500 if you adjust for inflation). It was still impressive despite the cost and small size.
Now LCDs are the standard for computers and televisions.
We’ve definitely come a long way from those green or orange monochrome displays I remember on my high schools’ Apple II’s.
I wonder what will come next. Holographic projection? Voice recognition which actually works reliably like Star Trek?