Response Time

The amount of time measured in milliseconds (ms) it takes a pixel to go from black to white and back to black again. Faster response times minimize ghosting and blurring on a monitor displaying moving images, and they are indicated by reduced time measurements in product specifications. Although cited, black-to-white-to-black response time is not the ideal indicator of a monitor's ability to play moving images smoothly since it doesn't measure the transition time between gray-to-gray midtones included in all color images. Therefore, gray-to-gray midtones response time is the better metric of a monitor's performance to play motion pictures.