beautypg.com

Appendix b: display controller and modes, Appendix b, Display controller and modes – Toshiba Satellite L30 (PSL33) User Manual

Page 134: Display controller and, Modes, Display controller, And modes, For more information

background image

User’s Manual

B-1

Appendix B

Display Controller and Modes

Display controller

The display controller interprets software commands into hardware

commands that turn particular picture elements (pels) on or off.
The controller is an advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides

Graphics Array (XGA) support for the internal LCD and external monitors.
The following is available:

14.1" and 15.4", 1280 horizontal × 800 vertical pixels

A high-resolution external monitor connected to the computer can display

up to 2048 horizontal and 1536 vertical pixels at 16 M colors. (Depends on

the model you purchased.)
The display controller also controls the video mode, which uses industry

standard rules to govern the screen resolution and the maximum number of

colors that can be displayed on screen.
Software written for a given video mode will run on any computer that

supports the mode.
The computer's display controller supports all VGA modes, the most widely

used industry standards.
This series are equipped with ATI Radeon

®

Xpress 200M display adaptors.

The video modes supported by the display chipset are shown in following

tables.