Invention: Dead pixel camouflage

daRk_heLmet · Jul 9, 2005, 04:05 AM

Discovering a faulty pixel in a swanky plasma screen or LCD television need not mean having to permanently put up with an annoying picture, according to Barco of Belgium. The company has come up with a way to make defective pixels "nearly invisible" by tweaking the properties of healthy ones surrounding them.

Plasma, LCD and OLED screens rely on thousands, or even millions, of active picture cells, typically made from three sub-pixels that emit red, green and blue light. If a sub-pixel is faulty - either too bright or too dark - the overall cell emits the wrong colour.
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Read More/Source: New Scientist

Jul 9, 2005, 04:05 AM	#1
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	Invention: Dead pixel camouflage Discovering a faulty pixel in a swanky plasma screen or LCD television need not mean having to permanently put up with an annoying picture, according to Barco of Belgium. The company has come up with a way to make defective pixels "nearly invisible" by tweaking the properties of healthy ones surrounding them. Plasma, LCD and OLED screens rely on thousands, or even millions, of active picture cells, typically made from three sub-pixels that emit red, green and blue light. If a sub-pixel is faulty - either too bright or too dark - the overall cell emits the wrong colour. ____________________________ Read More/Source: New Scientist __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]