Monitor size ... is 30 overkill?

[Cheesetogo]

Yes. I picked up a 30" Dell a couple years ago after having used a 20" widescreen for some time. I love it. I also highly recommend going with a real 2560x1600 30" rather than an HD TV. You might gain some size and possibly some screen quality, but 1080p nets you barely more than half the pixel count of a 30" monitor. Big difference.

 

[Zargon]

Even 8ms on an IPS panel is sufficient to overcome ghosting. Ghosting is almost a thing of the past with even input lag being a more severe issue.

TN panels have inferior viewing angles. On a smaller screen such as <24 inches, that may be fine. Once you start going into 27-30 inch sizes, the viewing angles (colors start to wash out, etc.) generally become a bigger issue. This is why the TN discussions starts to crop up more when talking about larger panels.

Zargon, I doubt anyone would want to sit 24 inches away from a 30+ inch LCD TV. It's almost a given you are sitting 3-4+ feet away when using them hehe.

heheh I learned not to assume people are resonable on here ages ago

yeah I do use some monoprice stands for my Hanns G's, so viewing angle is never an issue