LCD display; ViewSonic Corp.www.viewsonic.com/LCDs, Hardware, $239-$339 The company added four new models to its VA series of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. displays. The display size for the VA702b and VA 712b is 17 inches while the VA902b and VA912b offer a 19-inch display. All models support high-end features, such as 1280 x 1024 native resolutions, sharp motion video for Web and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. use and response times between eight and 20 milliseconds. OptiSync technology, which is integrated on the VA712b and VA912b models, supports multiple inputs, including direct DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on. signals for optimum source-to-display synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. . |
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