When a charge of electric current passes through the layer of liquid crystals, they align or twist, preventing or allowing the light to pass through. A white paper on Silicon Graphics 1600SW is available for a more in-depth explanation of the technology behind SGI flat panel displays.
Size is measured diagonally from one corner of the glass to the opposite corner.
The smaller the dot pitch, the sharper the image. A brighter monitor will be easier to view and have greater color intensity. The number of colors that can be represented on a display without dithering. Higher quality LCDs have 24-bit color , allowing a color gamut, or range, of 16.7 million. Related to brightness, this is a measure of the range between the lightest tones and the darkest tones that the LCD is capable of producing.