Refresh Rate Measures the speed that the entire screen is rescanned. Higher resolution means that you can see more of your image on the screen without scrolling or panning. Scaling The ability of the monitor to display or scale a variety of different resolution signals to the screen while also maintaining the aspect ratio of the image. Scan Rate Indicates the speed, measured in kilohertz, at which a single horizontal line is drawn on the screen. Screen Parameters Describes the appearance of the image area.
More advanced monitors provide more controls to adjust the various elements of screen geometry.
Elements may include Parallelogram, Pincushion distortion, Rotation, Trapezoid, and Unbalanced Pin. Shadow Mask Metal plate with holes through which electron gun passes beams of electrons to generate the pixels on the screen. Compaq offers a special page which explains the difference between aperture grille and shadow mask . Stripe Pitch A measurement of distance between the centers of two same-color stripes that make up a screen image. The closer the stripes, the smaller the stripe pitch, and the sharper the image.