17 inch versus 19 inch lcd monitor

[aidanjm]

19 inch
-same resoultion as 17 inch
-but bigger screen, so good if you are experiencing eye strain?
-more expensive - waste of money?


Does anyone find looking at a 17 inch LCD strains their eyes, by the way? Has anyone felt their eyes were under less strain after they shifted to a 19 inch LCD (from a 17 inch)?

 

[bocamojo]

I used a 17 in. LCD for years, and it was fine at 1280x1024. I used ClearType, and didn't suffer any type of eye strain. However, when I got my new computer desk (with digital dock), my 17 in got moved back much farther from where I was sitting, and it did get harder to read everything. Now, I have a 20.1 in LCD (Dell UltraSharp 2001FP), so that problem is solved. If you're going to be sitting within about 2 feet of your LCD or less, then 17 in is fine, I think.

 

[dds14u]

Yea I sit about 2 feet away from my 17 inch lcd and i have no eye strain. So much better than 15 inch...but that's a different story.

 

[imported_JohnC]

I've used my 19" L90D+ and the 17" Dells in the computer labs here, and for me neither seems to cause less eye strain than the other.

However I enjoy gaming quite a bit, and the bigger screen does make games more enjoyable for me. So I decided to pay the extra for the larger screen.

 

[vetteguy]

What I'd really like is if I could get a 17" or 18" LCD that would do 1600x1200. If you get a really good 17, I would say go with that. A 19 will still do the same resolution, just bigger and potentially more pixelated. If I can get a 15" laptop screen that does 1600x1200, why not a desktop LCD???

 

[Maluno]

Originally posted by: vetteguy
What I'd really like is if I could get a 17" or 18" LCD that would do 1600x1200. If you get a really good 17, I would say go with that. A 19 will still do the same resolution, just bigger and potentially more pixelated. If I can get a 15" laptop screen that does 1600x1200, why not a desktop LCD???

Do they make 18" LCDs? Also where the heck can you find a 1600x1200 15 incher???

 

[vetteguy]

Originally posted by: Maluno

Originally posted by: vetteguy
What I'd really like is if I could get a 17" or 18" LCD that would do 1600x1200. If you get a really good 17, I would say go with that. A 19 will still do the same resolution, just bigger and potentially more pixelated. If I can get a 15" laptop screen that does 1600x1200, why not a desktop LCD???

Do they make 18" LCDs? Also where the heck can you find a 1600x1200 15 incher???

I had an 18" Planar for 2 years. And I was talking about a laptop screen, Dell has a bunch of higher end laptops that have 15" screens that can do those types of resolution or higher. The 15.4" screen on my XPS does 1920x1200.

 

[rookie1010]

i got a 19 inch screen samsung lcd.
nice!!

 

[imported_rod]

Dunno why heaps of ppl seem to prefer LCDs... A 19" CRT with 1600x1200 is far cheaper, better brightness and contrast, a great viewing angle, no dead pixels and you dont have to worry about refresh rates and native resolutions.

LCD's...too much work.

RoD

 

[dmw16]

Same res on a bigger screen just means a crappier image. I dont think it's worth the money to do what you are talkin about. However, if you can afford a 19 that does a higher res then go with that. Bigger is always better w/ monitors (except for CRTs when moving in and outta dorm rooms).

 

[pelikan]

Besides preferring a bigger monitor (who doesn't?), I would prefer a 19" because the text will be larger. Also, I think 19" is the sweet spot for gaming because you have the same resolution of a 17" so games run well and your screen is bigger.

 

[cockeyed]

The 17" & 19" both use 1280x1024 as the native resolution. Since the clearest picture is attained at the native resolution, I would go for the 19" so the print would be larger. Along with clear type, text should look good and cause little eye strain.