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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Additional Display Topics

Display technologies play such a huge role in modern computing that it’s

hard to believe people used computers for years without anything like a

modern display. The rapid growth and development of computing technology

is nowhere more visible than in the ever-growing selection of super-thin,

curved, astonishingly clear, ultra-wide, blazing-fast, efficient, jaw-droppingly

huge displays.

The pace of change in display technologies is so fast that it’s hard to keep

up, but some of these new bells and whistles cost an arm and a leg. A good

tech needs to keep up with these developments in order to pick out displays

with features that are meaningful to their users, and avoid blowing the budget

on features they could live without. With that in mind, let’s look at a few

display topics that you won’t find on this edition of the exam, but you’re

bound to run into in the real world: microLED displays, High Dynamic

Range, adaptive sync, video display modes, and external GPUs.

MicroLED

Although not yet ready for prime time (or mass production), microLED

(μLED) monitors form pixels using groups of microscopic LEDs. MicroLED

displays perform better than traditional LCD panels, offering better energy

efficiency, brightness, contrast, and response times. As we go to print, several

companies have scores of engineers working on the technology, including

heavyweights such as Sony, Samsung, and Apple. There’s no definite

timeline on the technology, but expect to see it sooner rather than later.

High Dynamic Range

The typical human eye can see an astonishing variety of colors, luminance

(aka brightness), and contrast. Scientists interested in what people see have

defined this visual variety into graphs known technically as chromaticity

diagrams or, more commonly, color spaces (see Figure 17-67).

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