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There are multiple technologies that have been used to implement liquid-crystal displays (LCD). Throughout the 1990s, the primary use of LCD technology as computer monitors was in laptops where the lower power consumption, lighter weight, and smaller physical size of LCDs justified the higher price versus a CRT. Commonly, the same laptop would be offered with an assortment of display options at increasing price points: (active or passive) monochrome, passive color, or active matrix color (TFT). As volume and manufacturing capability have improved, the monochrome and passive color technologies were dropped from most product lines.

[[TFT-LCD]] is a variant of LCD which is now the dominant technology used for computer monitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_technologies.htm#tn_film |title=TFT Central |publisher=TFT Central |date=29 September 2017 |access-date=2017-09-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629182048/http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_technologies.htm#tn_film |archive-date=2017-06-29 }}</ref>

The first standalone LCDs appeared in the mid-1990s selling for high prices. As prices declined they became more popular, and by 1997 were competing with CRT monitors. Among the first desktop LCD computer monitors were the [[Eizo]] FlexScan L66 in the mid-1990s, the [[SGI 1600SW]], [[Apple Studio Display (1998–2004)|Apple Studio Display]] and the [[ViewSonic]] VP140<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dave.spalla.com/?p=55|title = Boot Magazine 1998 – LCD Monitor Review|date = April 2012}}</ref> in 1998. In 2003, LCDs outsold CRTs for the first time, becoming the primary technology used for computer monitors.<ref name="pctech1"/> The physical advantages of LCD over CRT monitors are that LCDs are lighter, smaller, and consume less power. In terms of performance, LCDs produce less or no flicker, reducing eyestrain,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodingo.com/electronics/computer-monitors/types-of-computer-monitors/lcd/why-choose-an-lcd.aspx |title=Is the LCD monitor right for you? |publisher=Infodingo.com |access-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227071935/http://www.infodingo.com/electronics/computer-monitors/types-of-computer-monitors/lcd/why-choose-an-lcd.aspx |archive-date=2010-12-27 }}</ref> sharper image at native resolution, and better checkerboard contrast. On the other hand, CRT monitors have superior blacks, viewing angles, and response time, can use arbitrary lower resolutions without aliasing, and flicker can be reduced with higher refresh rates,<ref name="rr">{{cite web |title=Refresh rate: A note-worthy factor for a PC monitor |url=https://reviewrooster.net/best-pc-monitor-2019/ |website=Review Rooster |date=26 September 2018}}</ref> though this flicker can also be used to reduce motion blur compared to less flickery displays such as most LCDs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blurbusters.com/faq/crt-comparison/ |title=CRT Versus LCD |publisher=Blur Busters |last=Mark |first=Rejhon |date=29 May 2019 |accessdate=2022-10-18}}</ref> Many specialized fields such as [[vision science]] remain dependent on CRTs, the best LCD monitors having achieved moderate temporal accuracy, and so can be used only if their poor spatial accuracy is unimportant.<ref>Masoud Ghodrati, Adam P. Morris, and Nicholas Seow Chiang Price (2015) The (un)suitability of modern liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for vision research. ''Frontiers in Psychology'', 6:303.{{Cite journal |title=The (un)suitability of modern liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for vision research |journal= Frontiers in Psychology|volume= 6|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00303 |pmid= 25852617|pmc= 4369646|year = 2015|last1 = Ghodrati|first1 = Masoud|last2= Morris|first2= Adam|last3=Price |first3= Nicholas|page= 303|doi-access= free}}</ref>

[[High dynamic range]] (HDR)<ref name="rr"/> has been implemented into high-end LCD monitors to improve grayscale accuracy. Since around the late 2000s, widescreen LCD monitors have become popular, in part due to television series, [[Films|motion pictures]] and video games transitioning to widescreen, which makes squarer monitors unsuited to display them correctly.