Philips 170P6EG/00 User Manual

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GlossaryRETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGEGGammaScreen luminance as a function of video voltage approximately follows a mathematical powerfunction of the input video signal, the exponent of which is called gamma.GrayscaleAn achromatic scale ranging from black through a series of successively lighter grays to white.Such a series may be made up of steps, which appear to be equally distant from one another. If theAnalog/ Digital converter is 8 bit, then the monitor can display at most 2 8 = 256 levels. For a colormonitor, R.G.B. each color hads 256 levels. Thus, total color can display is 256x256x256= 16.7million.HHueThe main attribute of a color that distinguishes it from other colors. For example, a color may have agreen, yellow, or purple hue. Color defined as having hue are know as chromatic colors. White,black, and grays possess no hue.IIPS (In Plane Switching)A technique of improving the viewing angle of an LCD where the liquid crystal molecules areswitched in the plane of the LCD layer rather than vertical to it.file:///D|/My%20Documents/dfu/A7/english/170p6/glossary/glossary.htm (4 of 9)2005-06-09 7:05:13 AM