Am I going to notice a difference in monitor size, going from a 19" to a 21" monitor???

[Detoyminador_]

 

[Adul]

yes. Went from 1280*1024 to 1600*1200 resolution. There is a definite notice on the amount of desktop space one of this beasts occupy.

 

[Cpntrips]

yes you will notice a 2 inch difference

 

[Budman]

Like Cpntrips there's a 2inch diference & a deep hole in your wallet.

 

[XWolfsraider]

personally ,
i have both :want tobuy 19 inch cheap lol
just kidding(not 4 sale....kids will kill me lol)
love my 21 and my friend upgraded to a 20 inch recently, and one thing <edit
that makes your gaming hours increase is not so tired eyes lol

 

[dszd0g]

I don't know, look down and tell me if you would notice two more inches?

Sorry, if this humor offends anyone. Hey, you can take it as a comment at the belt level.

I just couldn't answer this question seriously. It is almost a rhetorical question.

 

[whitelight]

i didn't notice much difference going from 17" to 19" but 19" to 21" just seemed like a bigger difference. dunno why.

 

[arcas]

I currently have a 19" Princeton EO90 (18" vis) at home and at the office I have an IBM P201 and a P260, both 21" trinitrons (I'd
guess 20" vis). All are running at 1600x1200@75hz (85 for the P260). To be honest, I just don't notice much difference in
sheer size. I used to have a 22" P202 instead of the P260; I -could- notice a size difference between the EO90 and P202 but
that might have been more because the P202 seemed to have a slightly wider aspect ratio than the other monitors.

The thing I -do- notice with my current monitors is their relative clarity. Both the P201 and EO90 are relatively old monitors
and their sharpness is roughly the same even though the P201 is a trinitron and the EO90 is shadow mask. The P260 is
far sharper...in fact, when I first got it the increased sharpness was bothersome. But now, I wouldn't even consider buying
a new monitor that doesn't have at least this level of sharpness.

So...19" or 21"...they're pretty much the same sizewise IMO. If your budget allows you to buy a very sharp 19" monitor but limits
you to buying a less-sharp 21", definitely go with the 19". No question.

 

[IgoByte]

YES

Make sure you get a good one and take advantage of the higher resolutions it can support.

 

[Workin']

You will notice a difference. I mainly use a 21" Trinitron running 1600x1200 at 85Hz with 32 bit color, and it absolutely blows away my old shadow-mask 20" running 1280x1024. BTW, the 21-incher only cost me $170 (it was off lease at the company where I work).

But if the choice comes down to a high quality 19" vs. a mediocre 21", I would get the high quality 19".