:-) 30" Monitors are overkill

[Gomce]

My Apple 30" just arrived and I hooked it up, overall, it's an overkill.

2560x1600, requires too much head turning. It's better to go 2 x 23" or 24" (1920x1200 in dual monitor setup)

that's it, rigs in sig, pics soon...

 

[w00t]

I think you just have to get used to it.....

 

[DasFox]

Oh man my eyes where killing me on a ACD 24"

24" is quite the biggie, man I can't imagine using a 30" screen, hehe

ALOHA

 

[pkme2]

My 22" LCD is plenty enough for my workdesk. I can't imagine what it would be with a 30".

I guess one can get used to it, but to sit so close to a screen to see small print. I don't see how but people manage.

I have to now increase my font size to 120% to properly read without squinting.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: pkme2
My 22" LCD is plenty enough for my workdesk. I can't imagine what it would be with a 30".

I guess one can get used to it, but to sit so close to a screen to see small print. I don't see how but people manage.

I have to now increase my font size to 120% to properly read without squinting.

Then you need to get your eyes checked

 

[n7]

nevar!

Someday i want a 30", & there's no way it's gonna be overkill.

I sit with two 20" 16x12 displays in front of me, & i would love to convert them into portrait mode displays alongside a 30"

 

[SparkyJJO]

how's the ghosting? I've heard that those mac LCDs have a slower response time.

 

[Gagan]

You're too late
I had mine a year ago you don't see me gloating

Sparky mine runs wow or anything perfect.

Gomce a bit late there.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Just move it farther away to reduce viewing angle

http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

 

[Baked]

My 22" computer LCD is a feet away from the 32" HDTV LCD. lol

 

[Fun Guy]

I have had a Samsung 240T (24", 1920 x 1200) for 4 years now and will be moving to the Dell 30" or comparable (2560 x 1600) probably early next year. I ordered a new Dell Precision workstation for a client and they offered her the 30" for right around $1100. Pretty amazing.

 

[Geomagick]

I'm very seriously considering a 30" display. However they are a bit more expensive over here in blighty.

 

[potato28]

I really like my 26" tv... but a 30" PC monitor? :shocked:

 

[Rubycon]

No such thing as overkill. I wish they had a higher pixel count 30" display though. I have a 1920x1200 15.1" WUXGA notebook display and the dot pitch is superb. Not that I'm complaining about the 3007 I'm using now.

 

[skrewler2]

Love my 3007, only problem is I'm going to need two of those 8800's in SLI to run games at 2560x1600 maxed out.. F.E.A.R. needs a lot of the settings turned down to get a decent frame rate at 2560x1600 res with 7800gts in SLI

 

[Markbnj]

If you're talking about working at normal eye distances for a computer, i.e. maybe 30 inches or so (I lean back in my chair), then yeah, I think 30" is getting toward too big. Large panels aren't meant to be viewed close up. Even when you run them at high enough resolution that you don't experience any coarseness (as I would if I sat 30 inches from, say, my 37" Sceptre at 1920 x 1080), I think you're just doing too much panning at that point. I want to be able to "take in" the entire desktop without moving my head, but probably people who are used to multiple monitors don't feel that way.

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: Gomce
My Apple 30" just arrived and I hooked it up, overall, it's an overkill.

2560x1600, requires too much head turning. It's better to go 2 x 23" or 24" (1920x1200 in dual monitor setup)

that's it, rigs in sig, pics soon...

You know, if the head turning bothers you so much I could trade with you. My 19" NEC doesn't need ANY neck turning, and it's a lot smaller too Don't need as big a desk and more room for other stuff to pile up

 

[BladeVenom]

I'll make a better offer. I'll trade you my 17" LCD. Not head turning ever. I can see the whole thing 1 foot away with one eye closed.

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
I'll make a better offer. I'll trade you my 17" LCD. Not head turning ever. I can see the whole thing 1 foot away with one eye closed.

But the text is bigger on my 19" than on your 17" so he won't have to squint, HA!

EDIT: Crap, just realized it wasn't the OP who needed to make text 120%

 

[dBTelos]

Sit farther away.... problem fixed.

 

[pkme2]

My nieces were gaming on my 32" TV screen and they were at least 3 meters away. I could read the small print 10' away.

I sit at least 24" away from my 22" and everything is comfortable and I would need at least 30" to be able to see the 30" in one scan.

http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=videorig06fo3.gif

 

[0roo0roo]

nothings too big, its not like you have to maximize every window. just use like a dual monitor

 

[thecoolnessrune]

You and your big monitors! Bastards all of ya! XD

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Just move it farther away to reduce viewing angle

http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

But doesn't that only apply to TVs because you have to worry about the 'screen door effect' which wouldn't be an issue with a PC monitor with such a high DPI opposed to TVs with low DPI?

 

[0roo0roo]

yea home theater doesn't really apply to desktop computing