RS-343

What is a RS-343? RS-343 is an EIA (Electronics Industries Association) standard for non-broadcast high resolution monochrome video. RS-343 was introduced later than RS-170 and intended as a signal standard for High-definition Closed-Circuit Television. Among other things, it reduced the… Read more »

Screen flicker describes a flashing, or unsteadiness in an image on a display screen. Flicker most often occurs when the video refresh rate is too low, but it can be due to other video related issues and, in some cases,… Read more »

On standard color CRT monitors, the shadow mask is a perforated metal screen located behind the faceplate of a color CRT to ensure the three colored beams hit the appropriately-colored phosphor dot. All early color televisions and the majority of… Read more »

What is STN? Abbreviated as STN, SuperTwisted Nematic is a type of liquid-crystal-display (LCD) used in portable computers and flat panel displays. STN builds on the twisted nematic (TN) construction method, which twists liquid molecules, causing the LCD display to… Read more »

What is a Super Video Graphics Array? Short for Super Video Graphics Array, SVGA is a set of video standards introduced by IBM in 1987 as an extension of the VGA standard. In 1989, Super VGA was adopted and defined… Read more »

What is VDU? Short for Visual Display Unit, or Video Display Unit, VDU is a term used to describe a device a computer uses to display visual information. Although flat panel displays, monitors and projectors are all examples of a… Read more »

What is VESA (Video Electronics Standard Association)? Short for Video Electronics Standard Association, VESA is an international standards organization founded in the late 1980s by a group of monitor and video card manufacturers to define various display standards for computer… Read more »

What is WSXGA? Short for Wide SXGA, WSXGA is a resolution that supports 1600 by 900 pixels or 1600 x 1024 pixels.

Short for ‘Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array’, WUXGA has a resolution of 1920 by 1200 pixels.

What is WXGA? Short for Wide XGA, WXGA is a video resolution that supports a maximum resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels.