Display screens and ergonomics
Your computer screen
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3 How can you change the picture sing
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4 Canyouwatch TV on your PC monitor?
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How screen displays work
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resolution pel aspactratio colourdepth video adapter plasma screen
1 the mates unit on a csp screen or bitmapped image (usuly
coloured dot)
2 an expansion card that generates the video signal sent toa
‘computer display
3 the width ofthe screen in proportion tots height
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5 the numberof pses contained ina display horizontally and
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6 the number of bits used to hold a colour pie this determines
the maximum number of colours that can be cspayes
Read the text again and answer these questions.
hat do CRT and LCD stand for?
ows the screen size measured?
Wat technology sed by active-matiix LCDs
Wich unit of fequency is use to measure the brightness ofa display?
\What substance produces light and colour when hit by electons ina CRT monitor?
Wat are the three advantages of OLED dspays?