Higher Res anyone?

[Dice144]

After reading the new resolution of the new ipad 2048 x 1536 anyone else wanting the return of better desktop resolutions?

A few years ago I had a Acer 24" LCD. This thing was heavy, ran hot but I loved the 1920x1200. My Acer died (one month after the warrenty ended.) Fast forward to today and both my monitors are 1920x1080...

The LG IPS panel I got looks way better then the Acer but I still find myself longing for the few extra lines without paying $500-1k for a 30" monster. Anyone else in this boat?

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'm dying for 1600p monitors to drop in price.

Of course the screen on an iPad is like 9.7". So you can't really compare that to a full-blown 24-27" display.

 

[chimaxi83]

1920x1200 for $240.

Not a bad screen or price, especially for the size and res. TFT panel though.

 

[toyota]

1920x1200 for $240.

Not a bad screen or price, especially for the size and res. TFT panel though.

you mean TN

 

[chimaxi83]

you mean TN

Yep, good catch cyber officer. Thanks!

 

[jenneth]

There are quite a few affordable 27" (2560 x 1440) and 30" LCD available.

 

[toyota]

There are quite a few affordable 27" (2560 x 1440) and 30" LCD available.

define affordable?

 

[RavenSEAL]

define affordable?

Seriously. The difference between a 27" 1080p and a 27" 1440 is at least $400.

 

[ViRGE]

Give me 3840x2400 in 24" or give me death!

 

[toyota]

I would like 3840x2160 on around a 25-27 inch screen if there became a way to scale the text to double size without issues.

 

[Anarchist420]

1920x1200 is plenty for me. On the monitor side, I'd prefer other things like color gamut and input refresh to start going way up (as well as base input lag going down) rather than resolution, and I think a 3840x2400 back buffer is a huge waste of graphics memory.

 

[Hippiekiller]

I am interested in high resolution screens for my work load. I am in construction project management and it is very useful to have multiple spread sheets together on one screen.

I also game extensively on my home desktop and I would like to know from people who have these high res screens (1080p+), a few questions. I buy a mid high to high end vid card every 2-3 years. At the end of my vid cards life it may be necesary to run my games at lowers 1080p res to get good performance. So how do these monitors look when moving to a lower res?

Any experience in this area would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

 

[Yuriman]

I am interested in high resolution screens for my work load. I am in construction project management and it is very useful to have multiple spread sheets together on one screen.

I also game extensively on my home desktop and I would like to know from people who have these high res screens (1080p+), a few questions. I buy a mid high to high end vid card every 2-3 years. At the end of my vid cards life it may be necesary to run my games at lowers 1080p res to get good performance. So how do these monitors look when moving to a lower res?

Any experience in this area would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

I reinstalled Starcraft yesterday and was playing for a good 2 hours before I realized I had forgotten to change my resolution from 1680x1050 to 1920x1200. I thought it looked a little "odd" which is why I eventually checked the resolution, but I wasn't really noticing pixelation (probably because I had AA on) or scaling lag/artifacts. A decent monitor seems to handle scaling a LOT better than most TVs.

 

[SickBeast]

Pretty soon 4k screens will be all over the place.

 

[lavaheadache]

I would even settle for 2560x1600 in a 24 incher

 

[Snowshredder102]

Pretty soon 4k screens will be all over the place.

Define soon, that resolution is FAR from mainstream.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I am interested in high resolution screens for my work load. I am in construction project management and it is very useful to have multiple spread sheets together on one screen.

I also game extensively on my home desktop and I would like to know from people who have these high res screens (1080p+), a few questions. I buy a mid high to high end vid card every 2-3 years. At the end of my vid cards life it may be necesary to run my games at lowers 1080p res to get good performance. So how do these monitors look when moving to a lower res?

Any experience in this area would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

Depends on the monitor really. Some just look like absolutely **** if you don't set them a the recommended resolution.

This normally only happens with cheap-o displays though.

 

[BD231]

Dell 2407WFP 24", 19x12 and they're everywhere for $200 bucks. They have five different display type inputs so u can hook up five different device's at a time, I've bought a few for family members and they love it.

 

[Lepton87]

108PPI on a 27'' is almost enough to not see individual pixels so I don't see any need to increase the resolution further. From normal viewing distance I have to really strain my eyes to see individual pixels so a higher resolution would be a waste. 120PPI would be 100% "retina". I don't know why anyone would want 3840x2160 on a 24'' monitor, 2560x1600 would be just enough to not see individual pixels on that size so why go higher? Unless you sit with your nose touching the monitor 4k resolution on a 24'' screen seems like a waste.

 

[jenneth]

define affordable?

Dell u2711 & HP ZR2740w for example.

Pretty soon 4k screens will be all over the place.

That's extremely doubtful, as the only available 4K screen is about $30K.

 

[3DVagabond]

If you want to see affordable hi-res, increase the TV standard. That's the only way the industry can pump out enough of them to get prices truly affordable.

 

[Pia]

I have thought about a 1440p 27" but to be honest it no longer feels like it would make a big difference for work, and I don't want to pay myself sick to have the GPU to drive that res. Quad HD will be great because of how it allows perfect presentation of 1080p (and correspondingly affordable GPUs) without any quality loss.

 

[BFG10K]

1920x1200 is plenty for me.

For someone who constantly rails for image quality, I’m honestly surprised you settle for such a mediocre resolution.

 

[blastingcap]

If you want to see affordable hi-res, increase the TV standard. That's the only way the industry can pump out enough of them to get prices truly affordable.

Given what Apple did to the iPad's resolution, I wouldn't be surprised if the Apple TV were higher than 1080p.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Seriously Dell has quite a few options above 1080p at prices around $300.

2048x1152 monitors shouldn't be that much, mine cost me $200. And because it's 16:9 I can watch Blu-ray on it without the resolution getting distorted.