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the glowing rectangle that ate your attention span and called it connection
means A flat surface—of glass, fabric, or mesh—used to display images, block a view, or filter what passes through.
from From Old French 'escren' or 'escran,' a shield or protective covering, likely tracing back to a Germanic root tied to words for protection (a cousin of 'shield' and German 'Schirm'). For centuries a screen was something that sheltered you—a fire screen, a folding screen, a sieve. Only in the 19th century did it learn to catch projected light, and from there it slid into cinema, television, and at last the pocket slab that no longer protects you from the world but pours the world straight into your eyes.
- average exposure
- adults stare at screens roughly seven hours daily
- blue light
- shorter wavelengths delay melatonin and sleep
- pixel count
- 4K holds over eight million tiny dots
- origin
- named for objects that shielded faces from fire
- refresh rate
- 120Hz redraws the image 120 times per second
imax screen — largest cinema screen in the world at 21.7m x 16.1m in leonberg, germany
times square jumbotron — iconic led billboard screens in new york city, brightest at 460,000 candelas per square meter
samsung the wall — modular 146-inch microled display introduced in 2018, used in stadiums and control centers