New consumer suit claims that phone and tablet manufacturer
skimped on crucial color depth
Not Again!
We begin with a lesson in high technology.
We've all used the word "pixel" – used it to
brag about the picture quality of our digital camera, or the depth
and "reality" of our computer monitor or tablet screen.
But how many of us know what a pixel is?
A pixel, it turns out, isn't a physical quality of the
underlying technology at all – it isn't a tiny LCD bulb,
for example. A pixel is a conceptual unit – the smallest
piece of an image that can be controlled or manipulated by a
computer on a digital display. One pixel can represent a varying
range of colors and brightness depending on the sophistication of
the display; the more pixels your monitor or your smartphone can
cram into its screen, the deeper and richer the images it
displays.
