My favorite 3-D display technology



Which of these display technologies does not have a backlight and only uses power when displaying colors other than black?

A) LCD

B) CRT

C) OLED

D) Plasma

E) View-Master


The answer: C) OLED

Organic Light Emitting Diode technology that only uses power when lighting individual pixels. Since the individual pixel glows, a backlight isn’t required and the color black does not require any power.

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