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Monitor technologies

Monitor technologies

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Monitor technologies

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- Hey, look at me. I'm in a monitor. It's funny, we never really think about our monitors that much, but it is the primary device by which your computer provides output so we know what our computer's doing. I mean, everybody's got a monitor, but how do they work? Well, the secret to monitors is understanding that this image is actually created by hundreds of thousands, millions, possibly, of these little tiny elements called pixels. Now, if you want to see a pixel, well, I'm going to show you one right now. But in order to do that, we're going to have to zoom in. I mean, way in. I mean, like you've got to zoom in like crazy here. And I'm going to show you the world's largest pixel. So what I'm holding in front of me is a pixel, or what we call a picture element. A picture element consists of three individual pieces that emit red, green, and blue light. So let's talk about this for a second. Each one of these individual elements is actually a liquid crystal display, or LCD. The colors…

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