Display size vs resolution vs readablity

[miyagi666]

I currently use a top of the line 21" CRT! 1600x1200 and +125% windows scaling. I can just about read text on the screen, though it's not ideal.

Upgrade options are either a 24" 1920x1200 or 29ish" 2560x1600 (16:10 is a requirement).

For those with less than perfect near vision, did you find you needed to stick to lower resolutions to help out your eyeballs, OR did a larger display, like 30", make higher resolutions like 2560x1600 comfortably readable?

Also, has anyone used an EIZO (or any other professional monitor) for casual gaming? Things like skyrim, single person FPS, driving games, etc. No online or fast pace games.

Some EIZOs have specs like this:

refresh: 60
min response time: 6ms
avg response time: 12ms
input lag: 20ms

Is this good enough to avoid ghosting, etc and give a good/great casual gaming experience?

 

[Tweak155]

Between your 24" option and your 29" option, the 24" at 1920x1200 will be mo

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re readable. In fact, the 24" will be near identical to your current monitor.

Based on your current setup of 1600x1200 at 21" + 125% scaling, you'd need roughly a 30" at 1920x1200 to not need scaling. "Readability" is purely a function of DPI.

I have not used an EIZO before, but your reported numbers don't look TERRIBLE, input lag could maybe use some improvement though.

 

[nOOky]

I'm old and lost my near vision a couple years ago (typical old person reading glasses type guy now). I recently went from a 25.6" 1920 x 1200 100% scaling to a 32" 4k monitor, and I use 200% scaling for that and I can actually see text better on the new monitor. About the same distance from my chair at 2 1/2 feet. No scaling and I cannot read text but I don't think you'll get what you are looking for without scaling.

 

[lefenzy]

If you can spend to get 2560x1600, you won't regret it. Much more screen real estate than 1920x*, especially if you're setting fonts to larger than default to improve readability.

My corrected vision is fine at the moment with 27" 2560x1440, so I imagine 2560x1600 on a 29" diagonal would be fine.

 

[miyagi666]

thanks for the input. I found a Microcenter near me, so I was able to have a look for myself. With Windows scaling 1920x1200 is very readable, and 2560x1600 is not too bad.

 

[PeterScott]

thanks for the input. I found a Microcenter near me, so I was able to have a look for myself. With Windows scaling 1920x1200 is very readable, and 2560x1600 is not too bad.

My vision isn't bad, I tried a 2560x1600 30" for a while, but the text was just on the edge of being slightly too small. I could read it, but it got tiring after a while.

I later switched to a 24" 1920x1200 which is just right. I am looking for a 32" 2560x1440 as my next display as it has about the same pixel pitch.

I didn't use scaling on either, because it isn't reliable in Windows, since applications have be written to properly support it. Works fine in some, fails in others.

I want to just run normal 100% scaling and have everything just work.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

My vision isn't bad, I tried a 2560x1600 30" for a while, but the text was just on the edge of being slightly too small. I could read it, but it got tiring after a while.

I later switched to a 24" 1920x1200 which is just right. I am looking for a 32" 2560x1440 as my next display as it has about the same pixel pitch.

I didn't use scaling on either, because it isn't reliable in Windows, since applications have be written to properly support it. Works fine in some, fails in others.

I want to just run normal 100% scaling and have everything just work.

My vision is not good. I went with a 32" 1440 acer display and have been happy with it. Mostly gaming and some lite content/advertising creation for newspaper.

 

[mnewsham]

PPI isn't the only factor to consider, your viewing distance is also an important thing to take into consideration.
A 24" 1080p monitor is fine at 1-2 feet, but at 4 or 6 feet? I'd want 40" 4k. Similarly a 17" 1600x900 might be fine at 1 foot distance, but at 3-4 feet you'd want 27-30" 1440p

I use two 25" 1440p currently at about 2 to 2.5 feet and I find that's good for me without any windows GUI/text scaling.