First recorded in 1970–75
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Graphing calculators are no longer the novelty they were roughly half a century ago, and the cost of components like LCD screens and processors has fallen since then.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The early word from Mr. Styles is that the record was inspired in part by the music of LCD Soundsystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Throughout the LP, the objects of Styles’ admiration — New Order, middle-era Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem — are almost comically obvious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
But by his own admission, Styles attributes the vivid sonic textures of his latest album to the “joyous” influence of LCD Soundsystem.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
The box had been stored in a section of shelving with a flashing LCD that read “Magazines & Periodicals. 1930s.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Right now, L.C.D. lighting is the cheapest and most efficient way of replacing the sun, but it’s still a major expense for vertical farms that old-fashioned greenhouses don’t have.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
The system featured an L.C.D. screen, which was linked by radio to a GoPro mounted on the Hasselblad’s viewfinder, and controllers to aim the camera.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
The machines fire electromagnetic signals deep into the ground, and an L.C.D. screen shows the patterns of the waves as they ricochet back to the surface.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
That is, Ive’s contribution was to combine, as elegantly as possible, elements decided largely by engineers and others: a battery, a disk drive, an L.C.D. screen, a track wheel.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
The L.C.D. provides a continuous display, but to be seen clearly it must be angled according to the available light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes fascinating as it is the dilemma that all those who work with color face now - backlit colors of monitors and lcd screen versus colors as they exist in the world.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2018
Put the LaserVue alongside Dorfman's lcd, and his reds would look orange.
From Time Magazine Archive
Price:$180More info: The Flip Mino Mitsubishi LaserVue TV You say you have a sweet plasma or lcd TV?
From Time Magazine Archive
You also get to be green when you watch this 65-incher: it draws two-thirds less power than a same-size lcd or plasma.
From Time Magazine Archive
The powerful zoom lens pops off on a short tether and then displays images on a 1.8-in. lcd color screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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