Out with the old, in with the new! Is it high time you got rid of that old clunker of a computer monitor? Considering an LCD monitor? Don’t know what the heck an LCD monitor is? Well have you come to the right article!

Once upon a time Computers had lovely monitors that took up three-quarters of your desk space leaving you a half an inch for the keyboard. mouse pad and a cup of tea. Today there is more room than you know what to do with on your desk, unless you are like this writer. The old CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors are slowly slipping away to computer heaven as the much thinner LCD monitors step in to take over. LCD or Liquid Crystal Display monitors are usually only about one to three inches thick and often weigh less than 10 pounds. The CRT was much larger and could weigh between 30 and 50 pounds!

You might be wondering what this new fangled technology is all about. Well, LCD monitors are able to provide a clear image thanks to its five layers consisting of a backlight, two different layers of polarized glass, a “mask” of those little dots known as pixels, and a wired grid. Confused yet? All this works together and when electrical currents pass through; a bit like all the planets aligning to form the image on your screen.

LCD monitors were first used on Notebooks and Laptops only. But as with any good technology things got better for the little monitors and they grew into the fancy and often quite big monitors we see today. The newer high tech screens are just about everywhere now and pretty much standard with most new computer purchases. For those folks still getting by with their older PC monitors a new and improved LCD monitor is welcomed upgrade.

Just about any one of the big, and little, names in technology offer LCD monitors. Dell, Samsung, Phillips and Sony are big sellers of the LCD monitors and when it comes to choosing which is right for you it is best to decide based upon compatibility as well as preference for a particular brand. If you have a particular brand you tend like better than others, chancing are pretty good they have an LCD monitor to fit your needs.

As with all things in life, size counts, at least to most people. Assess your needs and your desires for determining the monitor size you’d like. For the most part the screen size is determined by measuring the display area from lower corner to the opposite upper corner. Screen sizes range from about 17 inches to 30 inches and as the screens get bigger the option for a wider screen becomes available.

As the popularity of LCD monitors has taken off the price has dropped to more manageable levels. Depending on where you choose to do business monitors can be located for a few hundred dollars (under a hundred if you dare to look into refurbished monitors) and over a thousand dollars. It is best to know a head of time exactly what size and make you are looking to purchase.

LCD monitors are the high tech future that is already here and a picture perfect addition to any PC system. It is crystal clear that this is the way to go.

Zeeman Haus enjoys writing articles online on a variety of subjects. You can check out his latest website on 7 Inch LCD TV which reviews and lists the best LCD TVs to help you pick the best one for your needs.