> Color monitors dropped in price quickly (…) It wasn't so much about the price, but the picture quality. (Monochrome CRTs do not require shadow masks, but col

> Color monitors dropped in price quickly (…) It wasn't so much about the price, but the picture quality. (Monochrome CRTs do not require shadow masks, but color CRTs do – and were therefor blurry. E.g., dithered color often blended into perfect renditions of the color in question. Well, there was also Trintron, but this is another story.) Also, consumer graphics cards were (originally) mostly for monochrome video, and color often required a dedicated card, as did a graphics mode, which both came at the cost of lower text resolution. (Eventually, these options merged into more general cards, but mode-specific restrictions remained.) Windows may have played a role, though, as it was then all about graphics mode (and color), anyway. Also, I recall white phosphor as the least favorable option, for its contrast that was considered too high.