Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


 
SamsungM6000User’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration68
ChangingtheVideoConfiguration
YourcomputerincludesaTFToractive-matrixscreen.The
capabilitiesofthescreenplusthevideodriversinstalledonthe
computerdeterminethequalityoftheimageyourLCDcandisplay.
Thefollowingsectionsdescribethedisplaycapabilitiesofyour
computer.
ResolutionandColorDepth
TheresolutionoftheLCDisthesharpnessoftheimageitcandisplay.
Resolutionismeasuredbythenumberofpixels(individualdots)
displayedontheentirescreen.Ingeneral,themorepixelstheLCDcan
display,thebettertheimage.
YourLCDscreeniseitherSVGAorXGA:
ThemaximumdisplayfortheSVGALCDscreenis
800x600,about480,000pixels.
ThemaximumdisplayfortheXGALCDscreenis1024x768,
about800,000pixels.
ThenumberofcolorstheLCDcandisplayismeasuredbyhowmany
bitstheLCDusestorepresenteachpixel:
8-bitcolorcansupport256differentcolors.
16-bitcolorcansupport64K(65,536)colors.
24-bitcolorcansupport16M(16.8million)colors.
32-bitcolorcansupport16M(16.8million)colors.
24-bitcolorusestheRGBcolormodel.
32-bitcolorusestheCMYKcolormodelwhichgivesbetterprinted
colormatching.
Table7liststhebasicvideomodecapabilitiesandmaximumcolors
supportedbyyourcomputer.