1. A method performed by a processor for displaying an acquired signal on an oscilloscope, comprising the steps of: acquiring a data signal; determining, by said processor, a plurality of samples of the acquired data signal representing samples at different times that are to be represented by each of a plurality of vertical pixel columns of a display; generating, by said processor, a histogram of the values of the samples for each vertical pixel column; determining, by said processor, a discontinuity in histogram values between histograms associated with adjacent pixel columns; removing, by said processor, the discontinuity by filling in histogram bins with a value for the bins corresponding to the discontinuity; and modifying, by said processor, a display characteristic of information displayed in one or more of the vertical pixel columns based upon values in the histogram corresponding to each vertical pixel column.