The smaller the dot pitch, the sharper the image. However, very small dot pitches may also translate into decreased brightness and contrast. Acer Components offers flat screen AcerView monitors from 14 inches and up. One of the most important measurements of a display's quality is its resolution, because it determines the sharpness and clarity of the images you see. The display consists of thousands of pixels, divided into rows and columns.
Resolution is expressed in terms of the number of pixels displayed horizontally and vertically.
For example, the basic VGA resolution is 640 pixels horizontally by 480 pixels vertically. While a few years ago, this resolution was considered excellent, today a good display adapter is capable of a resolution of at least 1024 by 768. The higher the resolution, meaning the greater the horizontal and vertical values, the sharper the image. CRT size and maximum viewable area are terms used to describe monitor size. CRT size refers to the screen size of a monitor's tube.