[pavlov]

Active matrix flat panels felt like incredibly cool technology when they became available in the 1990s.

Each individual pixel is driven by a transistor and capacitor that actively maintain the pixel state? Insane manufacturing magic.

Dead pixels used to be a big problem with LCD displays. Haven’t thought about that in at least twenty years.

[Sharlin]

True – but on the other hand, it was "only" a few million elements, and very large ones, compared to, say, the DRAM chips of the time. Monitors certainly make the engineering feat more tangible, though!