On Oct. 10, Samsung announced that it has developed what it calls a multi-display tube (MDT): a device that combines what the company sees as the best of both digital televisions and color monitors, available in both 17-inch models and 19-inch models.

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As for output devices, even analog tube-based televisions can display convincing 3D content from 2D films, although the system generates a fair amount of flicker as it struggles to overcome the low refresh rate and interlacing of the once-ubiquitous technology.

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