Talk:Vacuum fluorescent display

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Curses! I was really hoping there would be a problem with this page, just so I could be the first to list VFD on VfD! DJ Clayworth 22:32, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Sorry! ;-)

Atlant 16:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction removed

It seems that there's a small contradiction in the usage section. The introductory paragraph states the VFD as "...being rugged, inexpensive, and easily configured...", but the section later states that VFD display failed in its use in portable video game usage because of "...high fragility...". These two points definately seem to contradict one another unless more information is provided. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rajrajmarley (talk • contribs).

The gamers that edit so many Wikipedia articles aren't exactly the best-informed people in the world. VFDs are rugged enough to survive an automotive environment and were popular in hand calculators until the rise of liquid-crystal displays. (Perhaps they're referring to the mechanical fragility of the glass envelope? But LCDs are no improvement.) Feel free to be bold and remove the contradiction.

Atlant 16:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Most of the hand held games that I have seen with VFD were aimed at younger users, so that may explain the preception of fragility, that and they may have used lower quality devices. Fragility of VFD may stem from multiple filaments strung horizontaly in front of device. Shock load could snap one. Rest of the device should be VERY rugged compaired to LCD or even CRT. (movment of elements inside short of cousing a short circut probaly would not disable usability IMNSHO Of course I have broken the glass on one when I dropped my Commodore Calculator onto a concrete floor cmacd 16:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I have been bold and have removed the "fragility" from the sentence previously reading "High power consumption, fragility, and high manufacturing cost contributed to the demise of the VFD as a videogame display.", based on Atlant's statement and the rest of the article. cmacd's statement to the contrary notwithstanding. -Jarsyl 05:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of decreasing brightness throughout lifetime of display

I am not knowledgeable on this subject, but I have noticed that segments of VFDs that remain lit for an extended period (years) decrease substantially in brightness. Can anyone add a refrence and explanation of this phenomenon?

Amy 19:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Video

The Display technology template lists this as a video technology, but the article only gives simple number and symbol or text displays. I was going to suggest that it should be listed under non-video instead, but I found an example of video, albeit monochrome, on the Noritake Itron site (from the External links in the article)
Graphic module

Could something about this be worked into the article?

I'd like to know why there are no RGB displays of this kind.

81.6.242.110 16:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)