What type of display is used for cockpit displays? In "glass cockpit" aircraft, what type of display is used for the PFD/MFD system?

Are they normal LCD screens, or are they "special" in some way (temperature tolerance, refresh rates, shatter resistance, etc...)?

Typical PFD/MFD:




Typical raw panel LCD screen:
Modern glass cockpits use LCD screens specially designed to be visible in bright sunlight.  Earlier units used cathode ray tubes.

Both the Boeing PFD screen and the Garmin G1000 PFD shown above use LCD screens.