Display Technology 1
Display Technology 1
DISPLAYS
Pixel picture element Size: diagonal length of screen Resolution (pixels on screen) VGA: 480 x 640 SVGA: 600 x 800 768 x 1024 1280 x 1024 Picture size calculation Resolution x bits required to represent number of colors in picture Example: 16 color image, 100 pixels by 50 pixels 16 = 4 bits 4 bits x 100 x 50 = 20,000 bits
PIXELS
A Pixel is a picture element A single point in a graphic image A graphic display is divided into thousands or millions of pixels arranged in rows and columns The pixels are so close together, they appear connected The number of bits used to represent each pixel determines how many colours or shades of grey can be represented For a B&W (black and white) monitor, each pixel is represented by 1 bit With 8 bits per pixel, a monitor can display 256 shades or grey or 256 colours (28 = 256)
DISPLAY SIZE
Usually specified in inches and measured diagonally
Value cited is the diagonal dimension of the raster -- the viewable area of the display
E.g., a 15 monitor: (viewable image size, v.i.s. = ?? 13.6? )
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DISPLAY SIZE
Main measurements are: Width and height Total area
The diagonal, usually measured in inches. The diagonal measurement of a display as the actual viewable area is also dependent on the aspect ratio of the display. For a display device of the same area, the diagonal achieves a larger value in a widescreen than compared to a more square screen. There is a risk of manufacturers making displays wider than what is actually most convenient in order to make the diagonal achieve a larger value.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_size
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DISPLAY RESOLUTION
Resolution is the number of pixels on a screen display Usually cited as n by m n is the number of pixels across the screen m is the number of pixels down the screen
1,600 1,200 24 = 46,080,000 bits = 5,760,000 bytes = 5,625 Kbytes = 5.49 Mbytes
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ASPECT RATIO
Aspect ratio is the ratio of the width to height of a display screen 4:3 on most PCs 16:9 on high definition displays For a 640 by 480 display, the aspect ratio is 640:480, or 4:3 Related terms Landscape The width is greater than the height Portrait The height is greater than the width
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DOT PITCH
Dot pitch is a measure of the diagonal distance between phosphor dots (pixels) on a display screen
One of the principal characteristics that determines the quality of a display
Note
Dot pitch, as specified, is the capability of the display
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480
Pixel 0.481 mm
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1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
0.22
0.23
0.19 0.22
0.30
0.24
0.33
0.27
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
0.22
0.18
0.23
0.19
0.27
0.22
0.30
0.24
0.33
0.27
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COLOUR DISPLAYS
CRT displays Each pixel is composed of three superimposed dots: red, green, and blue RGB display The three dots are created by three separate beams Ideally, the three dots should converge at the same point, however, in practice there is a small amount of convergence error, and this makes the pixels appear fuzzy LCDs Colour is created by filtering/blocking different frequencies of light
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