Screen Size for 1080p

24 or 27 inch?

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beginner99

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Since no one answered in my other thread:

What would you prefer as screen size for a 1080p Display?

24 or 27 inch? Viewing distance is "normal" distance when working on a desk, I would say about 2-3 feet.
 

MongGrel

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Have a 29" 2560X1080 myself I like, but I guess the 1440's were becoming popular at that time and they really didn't catch on with the market a lot.

I picked it up marked way down to $399 on a Black Friday sale a few years ago.
 
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Headfoot

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24". 27" on 1080p is just obnoxious. I use 22" 1080p screens personally. 27 w/ 1440p and 24 w/ 1080p
 

Puffnstuff

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I'm looking at 31-32" panels right now and I've decided to go with 2560x1440 which shouldn't look too bad. My current monitor is 27" with 1920x1200 resolution which looks fine. I'm going to move to a larger curved panel which should help with eye strain bringing the edges closer in keeping the distance more consistent across the screen.
 

jhadsell1883

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I bought a 27" BenQ VA monitor last year after asking the same question. I had to try it for myself to see how it looked. Almost a year later and I still have it plus a new video card with the leftover funds. I'm sure 1440 is great but I've switched from dual 22's to the new monitor and love it. The VA panel seems to be a good upgrade from TN and does not have the slow response/ghosting from IPS panels.
 

PrincessFrosty

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I personally think that 27" is too large for 1080p, the pixels become too large at that point. I personally go with:

24" for 1080/1200p
27-30" for 1440/1600p
>32" for 2160p

For reference the monitors I own are in my sig.
 

96Firebird

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This, my friend has 1080p 27" and it sucks (I notice it personally). I have 1920x1200 on 24" which I am used to and like.

This. Except my friend didn't have 1080p @ 27", I used it at work. No good. 1200p @ 24" is great though.
 

Puffnstuff

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Too bad that nobody really makes what I would consider to be the perfect monitor. As for panels my favorites by far are VA which have very rich colors and a good response rate.
 

BFG10K

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27". I use 2x 24" @ 1080p at work, but I prefer my single 27".

Image quality is subjectively 90% as good as 30" 2560x1600, but the desktop is easier to see, and games run twice as fast.

PPI has very little effect on image quality, meaning you need a massive increase to get any sort of reasonable gain.
 

beginner99

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Thanks for all replies. I went with 24" 1080p. Benq XL2430T. Whole point of not going 1440p was 120hz.

Went to a shop and 27" displays look impressive. But yeah, you can for sure see pixels. And for gaming the issue I see is that the screen is just to big to see everything (an no benefit of more details compared to 1440p 27"). So if something happens on the top left/right corner I will probably miss it.
 

Spanners

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I'm looking at 31-32" panels right now and I've decided to go with 2560x1440 which shouldn't look too bad. My current monitor is 27" with 1920x1200 resolution which looks fine. I'm going to move to a larger curved panel which should help with eye strain bringing the edges closer in keeping the distance more consistent across the screen.

I have a 32" @1440p (BenQ BL3200PT) and to me the dot pitch is perfect. (91.79 PPI, in fact it's identical to 24" @1080p if my math is correct) I wasn't willing to spend the money on a GPU/GPUs to drive 4K for gaming as I'm lucky to get 2-4 hours a week playtime.

27" @1080p is 81.59 PPI so maybe that's starting to get visible, I have no first hand experience.
 
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Puffnstuff

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I keep watching the prices move all over the place on monitors and am hoping that the right model at the right price will reveal itself soon.