Please see the improved version: Image:CRT color enhanced.png.
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 with red, green, and blue zones
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
Date
6 April 2005 (original upload date)
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POV-Ray Scene description for rendering this and a few other images of CRTs:
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