About Chemicals in Computer Monitors. ... the CRT. However, LCDs still contains small amounts of lead as well as mercury in fluorescently-lit models.

CRT computer monitors have been in use since the 1950s, and are still used today. This type of monitor uses a beam of electrons to illuminate different areas of the screen.

CRT (short for cathode-ray-tube) monitors used to be the gold standard in TV and computer monitor hardware. If you wanted to display moving images on a screen, CRT was the way to get it done.

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com. ViewSonic recently introduced its UltraBrite high-brightness CRT displays. The company says that its G71f+SB, E70f+SB, E90f+SB, A70f+ ...

Jobs told a gathering of Macintosh software developers at the company’s worldwide developer’s conference here that a three-unit line of LCDs will replace the CRT monitors. Apple now sells 15-inch and ...