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  2. Comparison of display technology - Wikipedia

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    Screen shape Largest known diagonal Typical use Usable in bright room (in) (cm) Eidophor front projection Flat (limited only by brightness) TV: No Shadow mask CRT: Spherical curve or flat 42 [1] 107 TV, computer monitor: Yes Aperture grille CRT: Cylindrical curve or flat 43 [2] 109 TV, computer monitor: Yes Monochrome CRT: Spherical curve or ...

  3. Display lag - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, this is almost identical to the use of casual stopwatches on two monitors using a "clone view" monitor setup as it does not care about the missing synchronisation between the composite video signal and the display of the laptop's screen or the display lag of that screen or the detail that the vertical screen refresh of the two ...

  4. Flicker (screen) - Wikipedia

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    The flicker of a CRT monitor can cause various symptoms in those sensitive to it such as eye strain, headaches [9] in migraine sufferers, and seizures in epileptics. [10]As the flicker is most clearly seen at the edge of our vision there is no obvious risk in using a CRT, but prolonged use can cause a sort of retinal shock where the flickering is seen even when looking away from the monitor.

  5. Display Data Channel - Wikipedia

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    Display Data Channel (DDC) is a collection of protocols for digital communication between a computer display and a graphics adapter that enable the display to communicate its supported display modes to the adapter and that enable the computer host to adjust monitor parameters, such as brightness and contrast.

  6. Gamma correction - Wikipedia

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    Using the controls for gamma, contrast and brightness, the gamma correction on an LCD can only be done for one specific vertical viewing angle, which implies one specific horizontal line on the monitor, at one specific brightness and contrast level. An ICC profile allows one to adjust the monitor for several brightness levels. The quality (and ...

  7. Screen burn-in - Wikipedia

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    Burn-in on a monitor, when severe as in this "please wait" message, is visible even when the monitor is switched off. Screen burn-in, image burn-in, ghost image, or shadow image, is a permanent discoloration of areas on an electronic visual display such as a cathode-ray tube (CRT) in an older computer monitor or television set.

  8. Comparison of CRT, LCD, plasma, and OLED displays - Wikipedia

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    Depends; in 2013 most LCDs used PWM to dim the backlight [23] However, since then many flicker free LCD computer monitors were introduced. [24] Does not normally occur due to a high refresh rate higher than FPS [25] Does not normally occur at 100% brightness level.

  9. Backlight - Wikipedia

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    In October 2008, Apple announced that it would be using LED backlights for all of its notebooks and new 24-inch Apple Cinema Display, and one year later it introduced a new LED iMac, meaning all of Apple's new computer screens became LED-backlit displays. Almost every laptop with a 16:9 display introduced since September 2009 uses LED-backlit ...