What is the difference between various monitors?
Monitors come in different standards for how many colors they can display (although almost all are 16 Million colors, the most the normal human eye can discern), their size diagonally in inches, the size of their dots (smaller is better), what method they use to align the 3 different light beams as they hit the screen (invar mask, shadow mask, trinitron), and how often the image is repainted on the screen by the beams (the refresh rate). There are also concerns on how much the image distorts as it approaches the corners, how close their colors match printed output, and whether they can be automatically degaussed (i.e. – to correct for the magnetic distortions on the light beams caused by the earth’s magnetic field). Generally, there is no single ‘right’ monitor for everybody, just as there is no single brand or type of computer suitable to everyone’s needs. We factor in the type of work you do, how many hours you are in front of the screen per day, the environment (i.e. – bright sunlig
