Display device comprising compensation coils

A display device comprising a cathode ray tube having an electron gun, a display window and a deflection coil system for deflecting one or more electron beams across the display window in a field deflection direction and a line deflection direction, and comprising compensation means for compensating the stray field of the deflection coil system, characterized in that the compensation means comprise first and second coils disposed on opposite sides of a plane of symmetry of the display window, which plane extends parallel to the field deflection direction, and in that individual windings of each of said coils have an elongated shape such that the dimension of said individual windings in the field deflection direction is more than thrice the dimension of said individual windings in a direction transversely to the field deflection direction and transversely to the line deflection direction.