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by HelloNurse 3037 days ago
A digital communication channel allows faithfully sending an image to the display. Turning that data into colored light is another thing.

Standard values of the voltages, currents, timings etc. that are applied to LEDs, liquid crystal pieces and other electronic components of the display in order to get the desired colors are only a starting point; a calibration that measures the differences between devices and compensates them is needed because of manufacturing and accidental differences.