(This column appeared, in slightly edited form, in EE Times, January 22, 2007; it also contains a correction, marked with an *, to that print version) No doubt about it: 2006 was the year of the ...

In a standard color CRT monitor, three electron beams each excite phosphors for the three primary additive colors: red, green, and blue. In black and white CRTs, there's just a single electron beam, ...

Hey, I have a 15 or so year old 32 inch Sony Trinitron CRT television that within the last few months has displayed random colour dropouts. The dropouts have become a bit more frequent as of late, as ...