tootieJun 2020Recommends
JVC built a working model with that approach. There's a neat breakdown of the tech on this YT channel: ▶ this video
in “Show HN: Rainbow – an attempt to display colour on a B&W monitor” · View on HN
LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC
LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2020–2025.
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A Technology Connections video on JVC's LCCS, a display hybrid that cycles a color LCD shutter over a monochrome CRT to produce field-sequential color without dots or stripes. It builds on his earlier videos about analog TV and compatible color.
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HN links it as a neat breakdown of an unusual CRT/LCD color technology.
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“There's a neat breakdown of the tech on this YT channel”
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grishkaMay 2025Cites it
Modern video projectors also display color channels sequentially and also exhibit that effect. Also, this particular CRT technology was not only used in oscilloscopes: ▶ this video
in “A Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Uses CCD Analog Memory” · View on HN
grumbelAug 2022Cites it
The Sony Watchman[1] had the electron gun at the bottom shooting at a tilted screen instead of shooting at it from the back. This allowed to make a GameBoy-sized portable CRT TV. There is also an interesting LCD/CRT hybrid from JVC[2], it's not flat by itself, but the way it adds color to an otherwise black&white screen could be used in slim designs. [1] [link] [2] ▶ this video
in “Advantages of CRT over LCD” · View on HN
xatttMar 2022Cites it
Tangential but Alec Watson of Technology Connections looked at a studio monitor that worked on the principle of cycling an LCD overlay over a monochrome CRT. When I was growing up in Toronto, I want to say that I remember seeing these in use by “LiveEye” crews of CityTV whenever I went by an on-location shoot. (1) ▶ this video
in “Why is the red primary color oriented at 104° on a vectorscope?” · View on HN