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the streets of Paris from the comfort of your couch in Chattanooga, scale Mt.

Everest while tanning in Southern California, or hang out with astronauts

aboard the International Space Station without leaving the planet. And that’s

just the tip of the iceberg.

VR is very much still in the enthusiast realm, but the technology has made

great strides in the past few years, especially with the refinement of tiny

displays. Current VR headsets use organic light-emitting diode (OLED)

technology (or active matrix OLED [AMOLED] with added transistors) to

power the tiny, high-resolution stereo panels.

OLED differs from LCD in a couple of ways. First, OLED screens use

organic compounds between the glass layers that light up when given an

electrical charge. This means they require no backlight at all, making them

perfect for ultra-thin, energy-efficient displays. Also, with no backlight,

OLED pixels can turn off completely, enabling pure black and thus

phenomenal contrast compared with LCD panels.

OLED has found three niches so far: high-end televisions, small mobile

devices, such as smart watches and some smartphones, and VR headsets.

NOTE See the “MicroLED” discussion in Beyond A+ for a look at a

potential competitor to OLED and possibly LCD. We’ll also revisit OLED in

Chapter 24, “Understanding Mobile Devices.”

Common Monitor Features

All monitors share characteristics that you need to know for purchase,

installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. They vary in connection

types, on-screen controls for adjustments, mounting brackets, and additional

features such as built-in USB hubs, webcams, speakers, and microphones.

Connections

Monitors connect to computers via one of six connectors:

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