Electronic visual displays include television sets, computer monitors, and digital signage.
Starting in the early 2000s, flat-panel displays began to dominate the industry, as cathode-ray tubes (CRT) were phased out, especially for computer applications.
Starting in the mid 2010s, curved display panels began to be used in televisions, computer monitors, and smartphones.
A different kind of projection display is the class of "laser projection displays", where the image is built up sequentially either via line by line scanning or by writing one complete column at a time.
Each sub-pixel of a display device must be selected (addressed) in order to be energized in a controlled way.