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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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• Brightness

• Viewing angle

• Response rate

• Refresh rate

• Contrast ratio

• Color depth

Resolution A resolution, such as 2560 × 1440, describes the number of

pixels on a display (in this case, 2560 pixels across, and 1440 pixels down).

LCD monitors are designed to run at a single native resolution. You simply

cannot run an LCD monitor at a resolution higher than the native resolution,

and running it at a lower than native resolution severely degrades the image

quality. The LCD has to use an edge-blurring technique called interpolation

to soften the jagged corners of the pixels when running at lower than native

resolution, which simply does not look as good. The bottom line? Always set

the LCD at native resolution!

NOTE Two LCD panels that have the same physical size may have

different native resolutions.

The native resolutions of monitors have names (or technically, initialisms)

that you’ll see in advertisements and branding. These video modes range

from the ancient 640 × 480 resolution (VGA) to the 1366 × 768 resolution

(WXGA) found on many inexpensive 15-inch laptops. The typical 1920 ×

1080 monitors have two names: FHD (for full high definition) and 1080p.

I’ve included a table in the Beyond A+ section to fulfill your curiosity. The

only one you’ll see on the exam is in troubleshooting, and that’s VGA mode

(see the discussion later in the chapter).

The number of pixels arranged on the screen define the aspect ratio of the

picture, such as 16:9 or 21:9 (see Figure 17-15). A typical widescreen

monitor running at 1920 ×1080 is an example of 16:9 aspect ratio. A video

workstation monitor running at 3440 × 1440 is an example of 21:9. You can

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