Image:CRT color.png

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Illustration showing the interior of a cathode-ray tube for color televisions and monitors. Numbers in the picture indicates:

  1. Electron guns
  2. Electron beams
  3. Mask for separating beams for red, green , and blue part of displayed image
  4. Phosphor layer with red, green, and blue zones
  5. Close-up of the phosphor-coated inner side of the screen

This image was rendered using the Persistence of Vision Raytracer (see http://www.povray.org/) - merged with the close-up insert and numbers added using a graphics software package. Below is the scene description used for rendering the overview and close-up images.

Created by Søren Peo Pedersen


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POV-Ray Scene description for rendering this and a few other images of CRTs:

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current23:03, 6 April 2005800×600 (315 KB)Peo (Illustration showing the interior of a cathode-ray tube for color televisions and monitors. Numbers in the picture indicates: # Electron guns # Electron beams # Mask for separating beams for red, green , and blue part of displayed image # Phosphor layer w)
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