19" Monitor and res > 1024*768

[Mhtml]

Has anyone here got a 19" or greater monitor? Do you think it is to big? What res is good? I mean are resoloutions greater than 1024*768 just to big? Words to small on a 19" ???

I'm using a 14" probably about 13.7" viewable screen and I'm thinking I'll get a 19", BIG difference!

[x_goose_x]

I usually follow:

<=14 800*600
15 1024*768
17 1152*864
19 1280*1024

,but I never liked 19" screens. Found they're were a bit too large. You need to stand back, otherwise it hurts your eyes. Anything over 17 is overkill to me.

[Mhtml]

That's what I've been told..

[Spookster]

My gateway system had it's resolution set at default to 1280x1024 for an 18" monitor

[Sparky]

I had a 19inch Iiyama for a few years, and loved it a lot. Having all that screen area was wonderful. Ran it at 12280-960.

I recently had too downgrade too a 17inch, and slapped the resolution back too 1152-864. I deffinatly miss having the 19 inch screen, but its something you get used too and can live with. Also, since getting the 2nd screen, I have moved my computer too a more spacious area of the house, and had too lower the resolution again as the screen was a good 6-12 inches further away from me.

Either choice would be just a HUGE upgrade on a 14 inch screen (not just in size but flatness and picture quality), I am sure the 19 inch would be something you would be very happy with (after a week or so getting used too it) but I am just as sure that getting a 17 would be great too. Its deffinalty worth spending some money on as well, to me, screens are the one piece of computing hardware that I have the longest b4 replacing, use the most and which de-predicates the least in value. The next screen I hope to get, in a few months or so, will be a 17+ inch TFT.

[Spookster]

Originally posted by Sparky
Ran it at 12280-960.



Wow that must have been a really wide monitor. :D

[Sparky]

Originally posted by Spookster
Wow that must have been a really wide monitor. :D

That was either a typo, or i am a big fat liar... place your bets now folks!

[oracleguy]

Originally posted by x_goose_x
I usually follow:

<=14 800*600
15 1024*768
17 1152*864
19 1280*1024



I agree.

,but I never liked 19" screens. Found they're were a bit too large. You need to stand back, otherwise it hurts your eyes. Anything over 17 is overkill to me.

Wait until you use a 21" they are huge and very heavy (usually around 80lbs). And you usually run those at 1600x1200.

Moving from 14 to 19 will definetly be a huge upgrade for you. At first the higher resolution of the 19 may seem a little bit small but you'll get used to it quickly.

[Mhtml]

Hrmm.. I think I'll try get a demo of a 19" in action and have a looksy, I've used a 17 inch before on my mum's computer..

not just in size but flatness and picture quality

That's what I'm looking forward to no matter what monitor I get, none of this curved glass stuff and awesome picture quality...

What sort of dot pitch should the limit be?

[Borgtex]

My poor eyes prefer:

<=15" - 800x600
17" - 1024x768
19" - 1152x864

[Roy Sinclair]

I have two systems at home, the small one (Dual PII400 system) has the 19" monitor while the big one (P4 3.06GHZ) system uses my 21" monitor. I run both at 1280x1024, the difference is that I don't feel like running everything full-screen on either of those systems. Since you can control the font sizes and everything (in Windows at least, I'm sure the various Linux/Unix GUIs also offer that option) there's no real problem with text becoming too tiny.

Of course at work I have this dinky little 17" thing.

[Sparky]

Originally posted by Mhtml

That's what I'm looking forward to no matter what monitor I get, none of this curved glass stuff and awesome picture quality...

What sort of dot pitch should the limit be?

I personally have not followed the PC screen industry much over the last year or there abouts, and so am not aware what is considered the acceptable norm for dot pitch. I am aware that its not only indicator of a screens picture size.

Best bet is taking a look on some decent/large review sites, maybe even some 'consumer' rating sites to get views off 'real' peoples opinions off various screens. Deffinatly worth having a good look around at some Aussie retailers, what screens they stock, and what kind of prices they are at. Most of the reviews you read will be from US sites; these reviews will take prices into account at some point, you need to make sure that things are not a lot different in your neck off the woods (eg, Iiyama screens all being %20 more, and Sony screens being %15 cheaper).

[Mhtml]

okey dokey, thanks sparky/guys. :thumbsup:

[ionsurge]

Originally posted by oracleguy
Wait until you use a 21" they are huge and very heavy (usually around 80lbs). And you usually run those at 1600x1200.

Moving from 14 to 19 will definetly be a huge upgrade for you. At first the higher resolution of the 19 may seem a little bit small but you'll get used to it quickly.


My monitor runs on 1600 x 1200, this one being 21" TFT, I love it.

A few weeks ago I had to get my hands on a 17" that was working on 1280 x 1024, and it just looked horrible, mainly because I am so used to using pretty big monitors... (I saw a 30" a few days ago, pretty enticing... 4K though).


Its something that you do get used to, mind you, you need a very decent graphics card to back it up, otherwise it just feels well, crap to be blunt.

Anyway, enjoy your new machine Michael.


:)

[Mhtml]

Well I haven't got it yet but it's going to be built so soon I can already hear my 2 fans buzzing furiously and the lumination from my cathodes out of the side window in the corner of my eye...

**drool** mmm...Stable operating system
Can't wait. :)

[gorilla1]

I have used 19 in for 4 years and would not go near a 17in. - too cramped by far. I have res at 1024x768 and text set in windows to 'larger'. Works great. I have lots of space on my desk, so no problem with a big hulking crt. I researched and bought flat screen crt's recently, but returned them all as they all had serious geometry problems. Basically, a curved tube projecting onto a flat screen must present some difficulites. I think you have to buy a high-end self calibrating flat screen to really get straight lines - so I have read. LCD's naturally have perfectly straight lines, however, if you do graphics and need to know what colros really look like, lcd's wont cut it... By the way, when I speak of crt's, I am talking in the $200 to $350 range.

G

[Mhtml]

Yeah I guessed that, my range is about the $500 - $800 range.

[gorilla1]

500 to 800 for a crt? or lcd? Have you evaluated different brands and come up with a favorite? I would love to hear recommendations on crt's, cheap or expensive, based on personal experience. There are some highly rated ones available at lower prices, though, again, I personally have found them (the flat screen ones) to have geometry problems - and have read the self calibrating ones are needed to avoided this - the one commonly cited is a sony that is well over $1000, I believe - I forget what it is called.

G