Technical Review of Display Issues in Automotive Environment

Over the past several years, many different display technologies have been used in the automobile. Each of technologies have certain advantages and disadvantages when used in the automotive environment. This paper reviews these advantages and disadvantages for the four leading automotive display technologies. The display technologies evaluated include Gas Discharge, Light Emitting Diode, Vacuum Fluorescent and Liquid Crystal. This Paper also includes a review of the automotive environment as it relates to electronic displays.