UNIT 5

OUTPUT DEVICES

1. Your computer screen

In pairs, discuss these questions

1. What type of display do you have: a
cathode ray tube or an LCD flat screen?
2. What size is the screen?
3. How can you change the picture using the
controls?
4. Can you watch TV on your PC monitor?

An Apple Mac flat screen monitor

2. How screen displays work

A. Complete these definitions with words from the box, then read the text below to check
your answer

1.___________ the smallest unit on a display screen or bitmapped image (usually a coloured
dot).
2.___________ an expansion card that generates the video signal sent to a computer
display.
3.___________ the width of the screen in proportion to its height.
4.___________ also called gas discharge diplay.
5.___________ the number of pixels contained in a display, horizontally and vertically.
6.___________ the number of bits used to hold a colour pixel; this determines the maximum
number of colours that can be displayed.

B. Read the text below and then answer the questions

1. What do CRT and LCD stand for?
2. How is the screen size measured?
3. What technology is used by active matrix LCDs?
4. Which unit of frequency is used to measure the brightness of a display?
5. What substance produces light and colour when hit by electrons in a CRT monitor?
6. What are the three advantages of OLED displays?

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 Displays often called monitors or screens,
are the most used output devices on a
computer. They provide instant feedback by
showing you text and graphic images as you
work or play.
Most desktop displays are Liquid Crystal
Display LCD or Cathode Ray Tube CRT
technology, while nearly all portable
computing devices, such as laptops,
incorporate LCDs. Because their slimer
design and lower energy consumption, LCD
monitors (also called flat panel or flat screen
displays) are replacing CRTs.
Basic features
Resolution refers to the number of dots of
colour known as pixels (picture elements),
contained in a display. It is expressed by
identifying the number of pixels on the
horizontal and vertical axes. A typical
resolution is 1024 x 768.
A pixel is a combination of red, green and
blue subpixels.
Two measurements describe the size of your
display: the aspect ratio and the screen
size. Historically, computer displays, like
most televisions, have had an aspect ratio of
4:3 the width of the screen to the height is
four to three. For wide screen LCD displays,
the aspect ratio is 16:9, very useful for
viewing DVD movies, playing games and
displaying multiple windows side by side.
High- definition TV also uses this format. The
viewable screen size is measured diagonally,
to the bottom right.
Inside the computer there is a video adapter
or graphics cards, which processes images
and sends signals to the monitor.
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CRT monitors use a VGA (video graphics
adapter) cable, which converts digital signals
into analogue signals. LCD monitors use a DVI
(digital video interface) connection.
Colour depth refers to the number of colours
a minitor can display. This depends on the
number of bits used to describe the colour of
a single pixel. For example, an old VGA
monitor with an 8-bit depth can generate 256
colours and a SuperVGA with 24-bit depth
can generate 16.7 million colours. Monitors
with 32-bit depth are used in digital video,
animation and video games to get certain
effects.
Display technologies
An LCD is made of two glass plates with a
liquid crystal material between them. The
crystals block the light in different quantities to
create the image. Active-matrix LCDs use
TFT (thin film transitor) technology, in which
each pixel has its own switch. The amount of
light the LCD minitor produces is called
brightness or luminance, measured in cd/m 2
(candela per square metre).
A CRT monitor is similar to traditional TV set.
It contains millions of tiny red, green and blue
phosphor dots that glow when struck by an
electron beam that travels across the screen
and create a visible image.
PCs can be connected to video projectors,
which project the image onto a large screen.
They are used for presentations and home
theatre applications.
In a plasma screen, images are created by a
palsma discharge which contains noble (non-
hampful) gases. Plasma TVs allow for larger
screens and wide viewing angles, making
them ideal for movies.
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
are thin-
backlight to function. The material emits light
when stimulated by an electrical current,
which is known as electroluminescence. They
consume less energy, produce brighter
colours and are flexible -ie, they can be bent
and rolled up when they are not being used.
3. Choosing the right display device
Read five requirements of the customers in a computer shop describing the display device
needed. Which device would you recommend to each requirement? In pairs, discuss your
choices and give reasons for them.
1. I
watching movies and sports in high-definition, listening to music, and playing games on

2. I need to do graphic designs, including photo retouching for a publishing company. I need
a large monitor that can display two full-size pages side by side. I also like to watch DVDs

3. I prepare multi-media presentations with PowerPoint on my laptop, and I need to be able

to display the images on a wall or

4. -
up a lot of space on m

5.
can help me cr

Dell UltraSharp
NEC MultiSyn LCD
LCD monitor
Monitor
Wide screen

Resolution 1280 x
1024 Resolution
1280 x 1024
Aspect Ration 5.4
Colour
Brightness 400 cd/m2 support 16,7 million
Multiple video inputs, flash card slots and
USB ports.

Pioneer 50" Plasma TV

Cambridge-Hitachi
interactive whiteboard Resolution
Allows interaction 1280 x 768
with a projected Blu-ray Disc
computer image. recorder
5.1 surround
Connected to the PC sound
via USB system (Five
audio
Pointing device: cordless pen channels plus one subwoofer)

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Portable projector
DLD (Digital Light Processing)
technology
Resolution 1280 x 768
Projection screen.

4. Language work: Modal verbs

Modal verbs are small verbs like can, must, and might, which give certain meanings to main verbs.
They are followed by infinitive without to. There are twelve modal verbs:
Can shall must
Could should ought to
May will need
Might would dare
FORM:
Positive is formed by putting the modal verbs between the subject and the main verb:
We should stay.
You ought to come.
He might go.
Negative is formed by adding not (or after the modal:

You ought not to come.

He might not come.
Questions are formed by changing the position of the modal and the subject:
Should we stay?
Ought you to go?
Might he come?

NOTES!
* Need can be (modal verb) or (verb form).
* Negative questions generally use . If not is used, there is a different word order:

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 1. To express a possibility
You can / could use Adobe Flash to include interactive animation.
The price of Dreamweaver might go down next month.
You may like to insert songs, postcards, etc.
Can and could are often interchangeable when talking about possibility. May and might
are used to express weaker possibilities and often come before the verb like to mean it
is possible you will like.

2. To ask for permission

Can/Could/May I use your mobile phone? May is more formal than can or could.

3. To talk about ability

They are looking for artist who can draw and desgin a web page. Could is the past tense
of can and is used to talk about ability in the past.

4. To talk about obligation or necessity

To see or hear all these files, you must have the right plug-in. You learn HTML
in order to build your own website. m
used to express a lack of obligation.

5. To give advice
Before going live you should check that all the links work.

5. Reading quiz printer adverts

In pairs, read the adverts and then answer these questions.
1. How many inkjet printers are advertised?

2. Which printer woud you recommend to someone who wants to print advertising graphics?

3. If you have the wide-format printer from Vutek, what kinds of material can you print on?

4. Which technology let you print directly from your digital camera without needing a
computer in between?

5. A page description language or PDL describes how to print the text and pictures on the
page. Can you find two laser printer languages?
6. What is the resolution of the Brother HL Network Colour Laser Printer?

7. How fast is the Brother HL Network Colour Laser printer?

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Canon Compact Photo Printer SELPHY CP750 Photo Printer
An inkjet photo printer with a 2.4" colour LCD for easy viewing,
editing and printing of perfect borderless photos. With PictBridge,
you can print directly from digital cameras, memory cards or
camera phones (via IrDA or optional Bluetooth unit) without
connecting to a PC.
Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi
Software: Easy-PhotoPrint
Dimensions: 179 x 127.1 x 63 mm
Weight: 960 g.

The Vultex Ultra VU 5330 provides the ultimate combination of highest print speed and best
printer quality in a five-metre printer.
Wide-format professional inkjet printer.

Prints on a wide variety of substrates, including vinyl and pressure sensitive paper, mesh
and textiles.

VULTEX low Friction Kit allows for difficult materials to be

run more easily.

Prints up to 16,4 feet (5 metres ) wide.

Up to 330 dpi resolution produces image that are sharp,

crisp and consistent.
Prints up to 2.230 squares. feet (227 m2) per hour.
Applications banners, exhibition graphic, bus shelter, etc.

Colour Laser Printer

The HL-4040CN delivers the perfect balance of quality, workgroup, colour A4 laser printing.
It boasts outstanding colour output: 2,400 dpi class colour printing with
exceptionally crisp, high-resolution text and graphics driven by
Brother's exclusive printing enhancement technologies.
Print Speed: up to 31 ppm (pages per minute) mono, 8 ppm colour
(A4).
Compatibility: PCL and PostScript languages.
Paper tray capacity: 250 sheets.
Memory size: 64 MB.
High-speed USB.

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