Samsung SN6000 Series Laptop User Manual


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SamsungSN6000SeriesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration69
ChangingtheVideoConfiguration
YourcomputerincludesanTFTLCDoractive-matrixdisplay.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.
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